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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2009
Applicants:
Constantin C. Coussios, Oxford, GB;
Miklos Gyongy, Oxford, GB;
Manish Arora, Oxford, GB;
Ronald Aurele Roy, Boston, MA (US);
Inventors:
Constantin C. Coussios, Oxford, GB;
Miklos Gyongy, Oxford, GB;
Manish Arora, Oxford, GB;
Ronald Aurele Roy, Boston, MA (US);
Assignee:
Isis Innovation Limited, Summerton, Oxford, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61N 7/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/22 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 7/02 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00106 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22008 (2013.01); A61B 2019/5276 (2013.01);
Abstract
Apparatus for locating bubbles in a subject comprises a plurality of pressure wave detectors arranged to operate as passive detectors to generate output signals in response to the receipt of pressure waves generated at a source comprising at least one bubble, and processing means arranged to receive signals from the detectors and to determine from the signals the position of the source.