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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2010
William W. Roberts, Saline, MI (US);
Timothy L. Hall, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Charles A. Cain, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
J. Brian Fowlkes, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Zhen Xu, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Michael Thomas Kusner, Jr., Perrysburg, OH (US);
Dejan Teofilovic, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
William W. Roberts, Saline, MI (US);
Timothy L. Hall, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Charles A. Cain, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
J. Brian Fowlkes, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Zhen Xu, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Michael Thomas Kusner, Jr., Perrysburg, OH (US);
Dejan Teofilovic, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
HISTOSONICS, INC., Ann Arbor, MI (US);
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A medical imaging and therapy device is provided that may include any of a number of features. One feature of the device is that it can image a target tissue volume and apply ultrasound energy to the target tissue volume. In some embodiments, the medical imaging and therapy device is configured controllably apply ultrasound energy into the prostate by maintaining a cavitational bubble cloud generated by an ultrasound therapy system within an image of the prostate generated by an imaging system. The medical imaging and therapy device can be used in therapeutic applications such as Histotripsy, Lithotripsy, and HIFU, for example. Methods associated with use of the medical imaging and therapy device are also covered.