Acoustic window for imaging and/or treatment of brain tissue
AssigneeCarthera
InventorsGuillaume BOUCHOUX, Guillaume GODEFROY
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an acoustic window (1) suitable for implantation at an opening in a patient's skull (4), said acoustic window (1) being intended to cooperate with an external ultrasound probe (2) for the emission of ultrasound waves through the acoustic window (1), remarkable in that the acoustic window comprises a plate (11) including a plurality of through-holes (12), the distance (P) of the through-holes (12) being less than twice the wavelength of the ultrasound waves emitted by the external ultrasound probe (2).
Claims25
An acoustic window configured to be implanted at an opening in a patient's skull, said acoustic window cooperating with an external ultrasound probe for the emission of ultrasound waves through the acoustic window,
- wherein the acoustic window comprises a plate including a plurality of through-holes, the distance between two adjacent through-holes being less than five times the wavelength of the ultrasound waves emitted by the external ultrasound probe.
A surgical implant set comprising a package, in particular an individual package, wherein the implant set comprises a window contained in the package, and instructions for use of the window as an acoustic window configured to be implanted at an opening in a patient's skull, said acoustic window cooperating with an external ultrasound probe for the emission of ultrasound waves through the acoustic window, wherein the acoustic window comprises a plate including a plurality of through-holes, the distance P between two adjacent through-holes being less than five times the wavelength of the ultrasound waves emitted by the external ultrasound probe.
A system for imaging and/or treating brain tissue, the system including an ultrasound-wave-generating probe, wherein the system further comprises an acoustic window configured to be implanted at an opening in a patient's skull, said acoustic window cooperating with an external ultrasound probe for the emission of ultrasound waves through the acoustic window, wherein the acoustic window comprises a plate including a plurality of through-holes, the distance P between two adjacent through-holes being less than five times the wavelength of the ultrasound waves emitted by the external ultrasound probe.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.