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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2021
Ultra Hom Llc, Stamford, CT (US);
Arif Sanli Ergun, Ankara, TR;
Andre Khoury, Purchase, NY (US);
Butrus T. Khuri-Yakub, Palo Alto, CA (US);
John N. Irwin, III, Greenwich, CT (US);
ULTRA HOM LLC, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A medical device includes a capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer (CMUT) array configured to emit ultrasound to target tissue, and at least one thermoelectric cooler mechanically coupled with the CMUT array and configured to cool non-target tissue heated by the ultrasound. The medical device may be implemented in a catheter together with a solid thermal conductor coupled to the thermoelectric cooler and extending along the catheter, to conduct heat away from the thermoelectric cooler. A catheter or catheter sleeve includes a tubular wall for insertion into a body channel, and at least one thermoelectric cooler coupled to the tubular wall for cooling the body channel wall. A catheter sleeve includes tubular casing for insertion into a body channel and capable of encasing a catheter, and at least one sensor coupled to the tubular casing for sensing one or more properties of the body channel wall, such as temperature and pressure.