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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:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2023
Applicant:
Otsuka Medical Devices Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Robin Bek, Campbell, CA (US);
Assignee:
Otsuka Medical Devices Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/22 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/22004 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00778 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22005 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tissue treatment system includes a catheter and a generator. The catheter is configured to be introduced into a blood vessel. The catheter includes an ultrasound transducer disposed at a distal end portion of the catheter to emit an unfocused ultrasound energy to treat a target tissue from the blood vessel. The generator is configured to drive the ultrasound transducer with a frequency. The generator is configured to control the frequency to change during the treatment of the target tissue. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.