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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:
Feb. 25, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Axel F. Brisken, Fremont, CA (US);
John R. McKenzie, San Carlos, CA (US);
Robert F. Zuk, Atherton, CA (US);
Menahem Nassi, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Mark W. Cowan, Fremont, CA (US);
Paul D. Corl, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Pharmasonics, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/720 ; A61B 8/14 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/720 ; A61B 8/14 ;
Abstract
A method of treating a target region in a body lumen, said method comprising: directing a uniform dose of ultrasonic energy from an interior of the lumen radially outward over a treatment length of the lumen, wherein the dosage of ultrasonic energy received at any one point along the length varies by no more than plus or minus 6 decibels from that received at any other point along the length.