Transmissive imaging and related apparatus and methods

JM Rothberg, NJ Sanchez, GL Charvat… - US Patent …, 2014 - Google Patents
Apparatus and methods are described that include ultrasound imaging devices, which may
operate in a transmissive ultrasound imaging modality, and which may be used to detect …

Disposable acoustic coupling medium container

RC Jahnke, JA Bertolina, WW Roberts, CA Cain… - US Patent …, 2015 - Google Patents
(57) 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 acoustically couple an …

Methods and Systems for Removal of a Targeted Tissue from the Body

MH Slayton - US Patent App. 15/001,712, 2016 - Google Patents
Methods and systems for acoustic treatment of tissue are provided. Acoustic energy, for
example ultrasound energy, under proper functional control can penetrate deeply and be …

Methods and Systems for Tattoo Removal

MH Slayton, P Jaeger - US Patent App. 14/751,349, 2015 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A system and method for tattoo removal utilizing controlled acoustic energy
deposition is disclosed. The system and method can generate an acousto-mechanical or …

Image-guided therapy of a tissue

R Tyc, S Qureshi, MA Grant, LFS Fernandes… - US Patent …, 2015 - Google Patents
2013-03-15 Assigned to MONTERIS MEDICAL INC. reassignment MONTERIS MEDICAL
INC. ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS) …

Methods and systems for controlling and acoustic energy deposition in various media

MH Slayton, P Jaeger - US Patent 11,185,719, 2021 - Google Patents
A system and method for controlling acoustic energy deposition in various media or objects
are disclosed. The system and method can generate an acousto-mechanical or acousto …

Methods of soft tissue emulsification using a mechanism of ultrasonic atomization inside gas or vapor cavities and associated systems and devices

OA Sapozhnikov, MR Bailey, LA Crum… - US Patent …, 2016 - Google Patents
The present technology is directed to methods of soft tissue emulsification using a
mechanism of ultrasonic atomization inside gas or vapor cavities, and associated systems …

Histotripsy using very short monopolar ultrasound pulses

CA Cain, A Maxwell, Z Xu, KW Lin - US Patent 10,780,298, 2020 - Google Patents
Apparatus and methods are provided for applying ultrasound pulses into tissue or a medium
in which the peak negative pressure (P−) of one or more negative half cycle (s) of the …

Method for controlling histotripsy using confocal fundamental and harmonic superposition combined with hundred-microsecond ultrasound pulses

M Lu, G Yizhe, LI Ruixin, X Wang… - US Patent …, 2020 - Google Patents
A method for controlling a histotripsy using a confocal fundamental and harmonic
superposition combined with hundred-microsecond ultrasound pulses, including: 1) …

Image-guided high intensity focused ultrasound and related apparatus and methods

JM Rothberg, NJ Sanchez, GL Charvat… - US Patent …, 2016 - Google Patents
Apparatus and methods are described that include ultrasound imaging devices, which may
operate in a transmissive ultrasound imaging modality, and which may be used to detect …