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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:
Jun. 06, 2017

Filed:

Sep. 04, 2009
Applicants:

Max Oskar Köhler, Espoo, FI;

Teuvo Vaara, Veikkola, FI;

Shunmugavelu Sokka, Cambridge, MA (US);

Gosta Jakob Ehnholm, Helsinki, FI;

Inventors:

Max Oskar Köhler, Espoo, FI;

Teuvo Vaara, Veikkola, FI;

Shunmugavelu Sokka, Cambridge, MA (US);

Gosta Jakob Ehnholm, Helsinki, FI;

Assignee:

Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 7/02 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 18/18 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 7/02 (2013.01); A61B 18/14 (2013.01); A61B 18/18 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00084 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00194 (2013.01); A61B 2018/183 (2013.01); A61B 2090/374 (2016.02);
Abstract

A therapy system includes a therapy module to perform successive deposits of energy in a target zone. The therapy system further includes a control module configured to, prior to deposits of energy, produce an a priori estimate of the induced heating. A thermometry module is configured to measure temperature in a measurement field. The induced heating may be derived based on a tissue model from the settings of a therapy module. The therapy module includes a high-intensity focused ultrasound transmitter. A magnetic resonance examination system configured for thermometry is employed as the thermometry module.


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