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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2022
Applicant:
University of Washington, Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Michael R. Bailey, Seattle, WA (US);
Adam D. Maxwell, Seattle, WA (US);
Oleg A. Sapozhnikov, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
University of Washington, Seattle, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/22 (2006.01); A61B 17/225 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/2256 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00141 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00146 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00402 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for tuning lithotripsy frequency to target size are disclosed. In one embodiment, a lithotripsy system for comminuting a stone in a body includes: a burst wave lithotripsy (BWL) therapy transducer configured to transmit smooth ultrasound waves within a burst of ultrasound waves toward the stone; and a controller configured to determine operating frequency of the ultrasound waves of the therapy transducer. The operating frequency of the ultrasound waves is determined as: