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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2008
Bernardus Hendrikus Wilhelmus Hendriks, Eindhoven, NL;
Stein Kuiper, Neerijnen, NL;
Jan Frederik Suijver, Dommelen, NL;
Ronald Tabaksblat, Den Bosch, NL;
Nijs Cornelis Van Der Vaart, Rosmalen, NL;
Christopher Stephen Hall, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Anna Teresa Fernandez, Falls Church, VA (US);
Bernardus Hendrikus Wilhelmus Hendriks, Eindhoven, NL;
Stein Kuiper, Neerijnen, NL;
Jan Frederik Suijver, Dommelen, NL;
Ronald Tabaksblat, Den Bosch, NL;
Nijs Cornelis Van Der Vaart, Rosmalen, NL;
Christopher Stephen Hall, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Anna Teresa Fernandez, Falls Church, VA (US);
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A catheter apparatus includes an elongated body having proximal and distal ends, and an acoustic transducer disposed proximate the distal end of the elongated body. A variably-refracting acoustic lens is provided to dynamically adjust a direction associated with an acoustic wave coupled to the acoustic transducer in response to one or more control signals provided thereto.