The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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. 17, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2011
Applicants:
Liat Tsoref, Tel Aviv, IL;
Yossi Gross, Moshav Mazor, IL;
Inventors:
Liat Tsoref, Tel Aviv, IL;
Yossi Gross, Moshav Mazor, IL;
Assignee:
Rainbow Medical, Ltd., Herzliya, IL;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61N 7/02 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61N 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/5223 (2013.01); A61N 7/022 (2013.01); A61B 8/0841 (2013.01); A61B 8/445 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00026 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00084 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00106 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00285 (2013.01); A61N 2007/0056 (2013.01); A61N 2007/0069 (2013.01); A61N 2007/0091 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method comprising providing a reflective region at a far side of tissue of a subject is provided. The method includes assessing whether the reflective region is in a desired location, by means of acoustic sensing; and in response to assessing that the reflective region is in the desired location, activating an ultrasound transducer to ablate the tissue by applying ultrasound energy to a near side of the tissue, such that at least a portion of the transmitted energy is reflected by the reflective region onto the tissue of the subject. Other embodiments are also described.