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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2018
Applicant:
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Butrus T. Khuri-Yakub, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Kamyar Firouzi, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Stanford, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 7/02 (2006.01); A61N 7/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 7/02 (2013.01); A61N 7/00 (2013.01); A61B 8/0808 (2013.01); A61B 8/4483 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00446 (2013.01); A61N 2007/0021 (2013.01); A61N 2007/0026 (2013.01); A61N 2007/0056 (2013.01); A61N 2007/0078 (2013.01); A61N 2007/0082 (2013.01); A61N 2007/0095 (2013.01); G01N 2800/52 (2013.01);
Abstract
We provide a novel technique for coupling focused ultrasound into the brain. The ultrasound beam can be used for therapy or neuro-modulation. We excite a selected Lamb wave mode in the skull that mode converts into longitudinal waves in the brain. The benefits of our approach is in improved efficiency, reduction in heating of the skull, and the ability to address regions in the brain that are close or far from the skull.