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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2000
Francis J. Fry, Port Charlotte, FL (US);
Michael H. Phillips, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Narendra T. Sanghvi, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Focus Surgery, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for ablating tissue within a treatment region includes an ultrasound treatment transducer ( ′) for orienting at a first longitudinal orientation and a first angular orientation ( ) within the treatment region ( ), for orienting at the first longitudinal orientation and a second angular orientation ( ) within the treatment region, and for orienting at a second longitudinal orientation and the first angular orientation ( ) within the treatment region, and a drive system for exciting (via conductors ) the transducer ( ′) to ablate tissue ( ) oriented adjacent the first longitudinal orientation and the first angular orientation within the treatment region ( ), adjacent the first longitudinal orientation and the second angular orientation within the treatment region ( ), and adjacent the second longitudinal orientation and the first angular orientation within the treatment region ( ), respectively.