Energetic modulation of nerves
AssigneeKona Medical, Inc.
InventorsMichael Gertner, David Perozek, Arash Sabet, Jimin Zhang
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Abstract
A system for treatment of an autonomic nervous system of a patient includes a focused ultrasound energy source for placement outside the patient, wherein the focused ultrasound energy source is configured to deliver ultrasound energy towards a blood vessel with a surrounding nerve that is a part of the autonomic nervous system inside the patient, and wherein the focused ultrasound energy source is configured to deliver the ultrasound energy based on a position of an indwelling vascular catheter.
Claims30
A system for treatment of an autonomic nervous system of a patient, comprising:
- a focused ultrasound energy source for placement outside the patient;
- wherein the focused ultrasound energy source is configured to deliver ultrasound energy in accordance with a treatment plan that prescribes the ultrasound energy be delivered towards a blood vessel with a surrounding nerve that is a part of the autonomic nervous system inside the patient;
- wherein the focused ultrasound energy source is configured to deliver the ultrasound energy using a position of an indwelling vascular catheter as guidance for aiming the ultrasound energy;
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- wherein the treatment plan includes a parameter for modeling heat transfer due to blood flow so that when the focused ultrasound energy source is configured to deliver the ultrasound energy in accordance with the treatment plan, the ultrasound energy has an energy level sufficient to treat the nerve while blood flow in the blood vessel provides a cooling effect due to heat transfer as modeled by the parameter.
A system for treatment, comprising:
- a focused ultrasound energy source for placement outside a patient;
- wherein the focused ultrasound energy source is configured to deliver ultrasound energy in accordance with a treatment plan that prescribes the ultrasound energy be delivered towards a blood vessel with a surrounding nerve that is a part of an autonomic nervous system inside the patient;
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- wherein the treatment plan includes a parameter for modeling heat transfer due to blood flow so that when the focused ultrasound energy source is configured to deliver the ultrasound energy in accordance with the treatment plan, the ultrasound energy has an energy level that is sufficient to treat the nerve while blood flow in the blood vessel provides a cooling effect due to heat transfer as modeled by the parameter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.