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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:
Jan. 25, 2005
Filed:
May. 14, 2003
Applicants:
Frederic L. Lizzi, Tenafly, NJ (US);
Jeffrey A. Ketterling, New York, NY (US);
Robert Muratore, Huntington, NY (US);
Inventors:
Frederic L. Lizzi, Tenafly, NJ (US);
Jeffrey A. Ketterling, New York, NY (US);
Robert Muratore, Huntington, NY (US);
Assignee:
Riverside Research Institute, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 800 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Diagnostic ultrasound is used to measure distance from a transducer to selected tissue structure. In one arrangement, the focal point of a high intensity focused ultrasound transducer is adjusted in accordance with measured distance to the selected tissue structure. In a second arrangement a transducer transport apparatus moves a transducer to maintain a selected distance from tissue structure.