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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2015
Applicant:
The Technology Partnership Plc, Royston, GB;
Inventors:
Paul Mark Galluzzo, Royston, GB;
William Henry Gomersall, Royston, GB;
Mikhail Evgen'evich Bashtanov, Royston, GB;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 8/12 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/5223 (2013.01); A61B 8/085 (2013.01); A61B 8/12 (2013.01); A61B 8/4483 (2013.01); A61B 8/485 (2013.01); A61B 18/1492 (2013.01); A61B 90/37 (2016.02); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2090/3782 (2016.02);
Abstract
A treatment device includes a unit having an ultrasound imaging element and an ablation electrode, mechanism for receiving signals from the imaging element, the signals representing plural frames of ultrasound data; and mechanism for processing the signals to provide, in use, at least one of ultrasound data and data indicating mechanical strains within tissue being monitored by the sensor element, the strains being generated by movement of the tissue or the body being treated, the movement being generated naturally by the tissue or by the device operator's motion, or both.