Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.V.

Terrence James Sweeney

Jeffry E Powers

William Tao Shi

Ralf Seip

Helle Ullerup

Sarah Rhoades Baxter

Davy Maria Willibrordus Schaeken

Maarten Johan Frido Rincker

Sonia Souza

Juliana Pauline Kelly

An apparatus for patient-specific adjusting of ultrasound output pressure includes a controller () configured for adjusting, based on an estimate of thickness of a temporal bone () in a head of a medical treatment recipient, a pressure setting. It may also be based on treatment depth (). Ultrasound at the adjusted pressure setting is applied. A user interface may be provided for user entry of the estimate, the user interface being further configured for user indication of the treatment depth. Both the entered estimate and the indicated treatment depth may be used in calculating ultrasound attenuation (). The user indication can be interactive by virtue of designating, on a display, a location of a treatment target. The calculated attenuation may be a value, in decibels, that is in a range from 0.9&#xd7;(2.70&#xd7;0.1+16.60&#xd7;T+0.87&#xd7;(D&#x2212;T&#x2212;0.1)+3.02) to 1.1&#xd7;(2.70&#xd7;0.1+16.60&#xd7;T+0.87&#xd7;(D&#x2212;T&#x2212;0.1)+3.02), where T is the estimate in centimeters and D is the treatment depth in centimeters.

Setting of sonothromobolysis ultrasound output power

A head frame for a medical patient includes support for a probe and a neck support. The frame wraps around the head of the patient and can be used in the supine position. The support may include a probe holder slidable under the head and configured to contact or engage the neck support. In some embodiments, conformal shaping to the head and/or neck of the patient, the frame's rigid construction, the alignment of the optionally separable holder to the neck support, the weight of the head, or a combination thereof serve to keep the distal tip of the ultrasound probe in place against the temporal region of the head without need for attaching the frame to the head as by straps, which may provide an arrangement robust against patient/vehicle movement in an emergency medical services setting.

Ultrasound head frame for emergency medical services

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Redmond, WA, United States of America

Terrence James Sweeney