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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2010
T. Douglas Mast, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Waseem Faidi, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Inder Raj S. Makin, Loveland, OH (US);
Peter G. Barthe, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Michael H. Slayton, Tempe, AZ (US);
T. Douglas Mast, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Waseem Faidi, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Inder Raj S. Makin, Loveland, OH (US);
Peter G. Barthe, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Michael H. Slayton, Tempe, AZ (US);
Other;
Abstract
A system and method for medical treatment of tissue using ultrasound. The system comprises a probe having an array of transducer elements, an ultrasound waveform generator adapted to generate at least one electrical ultrasound signal, and a plurality of phase controls, each coupled to the ultrasound waveform generator and adapted to generate from the electrical ultrasound signal a phase-shifted drive signal that is coupled to an associated transducer element. The drive signal is effective to control grating lobe foci emitted by the array. The method employs the system.