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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2018
Applicant:
Insightec, Ltd., Tirat Carmel, IL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
INSIGHTEN, LTD., Tirat Carmel, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 7/00 (2006.01); A61N 5/10 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61N 7/02 (2006.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01); A61M 37/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/12 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/1049 (2013.01); A61B 5/489 (2013.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.02); A61M 37/0092 (2013.01); A61N 5/103 (2013.01); A61N 5/1039 (2013.01); A61N 5/1048 (2013.01); A61N 5/1064 (2013.01); A61N 7/00 (2013.01); A61N 7/02 (2013.01); A61B 5/4836 (2013.01); A61B 6/03 (2013.01); A61B 6/12 (2013.01); A61B 6/504 (2013.01); A61B 2034/104 (2016.02); A61B 2034/105 (2016.02); A61N 2005/1055 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1087 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1098 (2013.01); A61N 2007/0039 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various approaches for enhancing treatment of target tissue using a source of focused ultrasound while limiting damage to non-target tissue include selecting a frequency of ultrasound waves transmitted from the source of focused ultrasound for generating a focus in the target tissue; providing microbubbles having the first size distribution such that at least 50% of the microbubbles have a radius smaller than a critical radius corresponding to a resonance frequency matching the selected frequency of ultrasound waves; and applying the ultrasound waves at the selected frequency to treat the target tissue.