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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2000
Zvi Friedman, Qiriat Bialik, IL;
Dov Maor, Haifa, IL;
InSightec-TxSonics, Ltd., Tirat Carmel, IL;
Abstract
A focused ultrasound system includes a transducer array including a plurality of sub-arrays, each sub-array defining an acoustic emission surface and including a plurality of transducer elements thereon. A mechanical controller is coupled to the sub-arrays that includes actuators for moving the sub-arrays to adjust an orientation of the acoustic emission surfaces of respective sub-arrays to facilitate steering of acoustic energy emitted by the transducer elements towards a target tissue region. Drive circuitry provides drive signals to the transducer elements, whereby the transducer elements emit acoustic energy from their respective acoustic emission surfaces to ablate the target region, such as a tumor within a patient's brain.