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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.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015

Filed:

Sep. 26, 2012
Applicant:

Profound Medical Inc, Toronto, CA;

Inventors:

Cameron Mahon, Georgetown, CA;

Mathieu Burtnyk, Toronto, CA;

Assignee:

Profound Medical, Inc., Toronto, ON, unknown;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/04 (2006.01); A61N 7/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01); A61N 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 7/02 (2013.01); A61N 7/022 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00119 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00791 (2013.01); A61B 2019/5236 (2013.01); A61N 2007/0095 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method are disclosed for thermal therapy that takes into account predictive calculations of tissue temperature, and can be used to control the operation of a conformal thermal therapy procedure and device. In some embodiments, the tissue ablation area is part or all of a prostate gland. The method includes, in preferred embodiments, simulations and or calculations of future temperatures based on some or all of the following information: current temperatures, heat diffusion in the tissue, blood perfusion in the tissue, and planned ultrasound energy depositions. The calculated temperature maps can be used to design, control, or terminate the therapy.


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