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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2019
Filed:
May. 02, 2014
University of Washington Through Its Center for Commercialization, Seattle, WA (US);
Adam D. Maxwell, Woodinville, WA (US);
Bryan W. Cunitz, Seattle, WA (US);
Wayne Kreider, Seattle, WA (US);
Oleg A. Sapozhnikov, Seattle, WA (US);
Ryan S. Hsi, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael R. Bailey, Seattle, WA (US);
University of Washington through its Center for Commercialization, Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Methods, computing devices, and a computer-readable medium are described herein related to fragmenting or comminuting an object in a subject using a burst wave lithotripsy (BWL) waveform. A computing device, such a computing device coupled to a transducer, may carry out functions for producing a BWL waveform. The computing device may determine a burst frequency for a number of bursts in the BWL waveform, where the number of bursts includes a number of cycles. Further, the computing device may determine a cycle frequency for the number of cycles. Yet further, the computing device may determine a pressure amplitude for the BWL waveform, where the pressure amplitude is less than or equal to 8 MPa. In addition, the computing device may determine a time period for producing the BWL waveform.