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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2019
Applicant:
Insightec, Ltd., Tirat Carmel, IL;
Assignee:
INSIGHTEC, LTD., Tirat Carmel, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 15/89 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 15/892 (2013.01); A61B 8/54 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various approaches for focusing an ultrasound transducer include introducing at least one transient acoustic reflector located in proximity to at least one target region; generating multiple sonications to the at least one target region; measuring a reflection signal of each of the sonications off the at least one transient acoustic reflector; selecting the measured reflection signals, and based at least in part on the selected reflection signals, adjusting a parameter value associated with at least one of the transducer elements so as to improve an ultrasound focus at the target region.