Acoustic therapy means
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsArnim Rohwedder, Sylvester Oppelt
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Abstract
A therapy system for treatment of a subject with focused acoustic waves has a source of focused acoustic waves, equipment for displacing the focus none of the focused acoustic waves and the subject to be treated relative to one another, and a locating system which non-invasively acquires the three-dimensional spatial position of a region within the subject to be charged with the focused acoustic waves relative to the focus zone of the focused acoustic waves continuously as a function of time. The system further includes a display which graphically displays the three-dimensional data generated by the locating system.
Claims35
A therapy system for administering acoustic energy to a subject comprising:
- means for generating acoustic waves focused at a focus zone;
- means for effecting relative three-dimensional displacement between said focus zone and a subject to be treated with said focused acoustic waves;
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- locating means for non-invasively acquiring a three-dimensional spatial position of a region to be charged with said focused acoustic waves within said subject continuously as a function of time for controlling said means for effecting relative displacement such that said focus zone and said region are in substantial coincidence, at least when charging said region with said focused acoustic waves.
A therapy system as claimed in claim I further comprising display means for graphically displaying data generated by said locating means relating to said three-dimensional spatial position of said region and said focus zone.
A therapy system for administering acoustic energy to a subject comprising:
- means for generating acoustic waves focused at a focus zone;
- means for effecting relative three-dimensional displacement between said focus zone and a subject to be treated with said focused acoustic waves, said subject containing a region to be charged with said focused acoustic waves, said region moving at a frequency;
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- locating means for non-invasively acquiring a three-dimensional spatial position of said region within said subject at a repetition rate which is at least twenty times higher than said frequency for controlling said means for effecting relative displacement such that said focus zone and said region are in substantial coincidence, at least when charging said region with said focused acoustic waves.
A therapy system for administering acoustic energy to a subject comprising:
- means for generating acoustic waves focused at a focus zone;
- means for effecting relative three-dimensional displacement between said focus zone and a subject to be treated with said focused acoustic waves;
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- locating means for non-invasively, repeatedly acquiring a three-dimensional spatial position of a region to be charged with said focused acoustic waves within said subject at time intervals of less than 0.25 seconds for controlling said means for effecting relative displacement such that said focus zone and said region are in substantial coincidence, at least when charging said region with said focused acoustic waves.
A therapy system for administering acoustic energy to a subject respirating at a respiration frequency comprising:
- means for generating acoustic waves focused at a focus zone;
- means for effecting relative three-dimensional displacement between said focus zone and a subject to be treated with said focused acoustic waves, said subject containing a region to be charged with said focused acoustic waves, said region moving at the respiration frequency;
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- locating means for non-invasively, repeatedly acquiring a three-dimensional spatial position of said region within said subject at a repetition rate which is at least twenty times higher than the respiration frequency for controlling said means for effecting relative displacement such that said focus zone and said region are in substantial coincidence, at least when charging said region with said focused acoustic waves.
A therapy system for administering acoustic energy to a subject comprising:
- means for generating acoustic waves focused at a focus zone;
- means for effecting relative three-dimensional displacement between said focus zone and a subject to be treated with said focused acoustic waves;
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- locating means for non-invasively acquiring and storing coordinate data along three orthogonal directions for identifying a three-dimensional spatial position of a region to be charged with said focused acoustic waves within said subject continuously as a function of time for controlling said means for effecting relative displacement such that said focus zone and said region are in substantial coincidence, at least when charging said region with said focused acoustic waves.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.