Image-guided pulsed focused ultrasound
OwnerEverette C. BURDETTE, Julie G. PILITSISinventors
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Abstract
A method for treating a nerve within a treatment region includes identifying the treatment region and positioning a device on a surface of skin for emitting ultrasound energy, wherein the device comprises a transducer array. The method further includes focusing the transducer array within the positioned device such that the ultrasound energy is focused on the treatment region, and verifying the positioned device is directing ultrasound energy on the treatment region. The method also includes delivering ultrasound energy to the treatment region based on a predetermined time, and removing the positioned device when the predetermined time has been reached.
Claims21
A method for treating a nerve within a treatment region, comprising:
- identifying the treatment region;
- positioning a device on a surface of skin for emitting ultrasound energy, wherein the device comprises a transducer array;
- focusing the transducer array within the positioned device such that the ultrasound energy is focused on the treatment region;
- verifying the positioned device is directing ultrasound energy on the treatment region;
- delivering ultrasound energy to the treatment region based on a predetermined time;
- and
- removing the positioned device when the predetermined time has been reached.
A method for treating a nerve within a treatment region, comprising:
- identifying the treatment region;
- positioning a device on a surface of skin for emitting ultrasound energy, wherein the device comprises a transducer array;
- focusing the transducer array within the positioned device such that the ultrasound energy is focused on the treatment region;
- verifying the positioned device is directing ultrasound energy on the treatment region;
- delivering ultrasound energy to the treatment region based on a predetermined temperature;
- and
- removing the positioned device when the predetermined temperature has been reached.
A method for treating a nerve within a treatment region, comprising:
- conducting a first assessment based on a predetermined metric;
- identifying the treatment region;
- positioning a device for emitting ultrasound energy on the skin surface, wherein the device comprises a transducer array;
- focusing the transducer array within the positioned device such that the ultrasound energy is focused on the treatment region;
- verifying the positioned device is directing ultrasound energy on the treatment region;
- delivering a first ultrasound energy to the treatment region based on a first predetermined time or a first predetermined temperature;
- and
- conducting a second assessment based on the predetermined metric.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.