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JP5122816B2 |
A target treatment apparatus for treating a target region (130) within a subject (140) is provided. The apparatus includes an MRI apparatus (100) for generating MR images during an MR scan of the subject disposed within an examination re...
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JP2013006848A |
To provide a means for treatment of skin, in particular, treatment of cosmetic skin conditions, and for improvement in appearance of skin damaged and/or aged by the sun.This invention relates to an ultrasound delivery apparatus comprisin...
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JP5096316B2 |
A method an apparatus for healing bone fractures comprises applying an ultrasound signal to a target site. The ultrasound signal comprises a generally uniform distribution of constructive interference positions in the target site.
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JP5004584B2 |
An apparatus and method for using ultrasound augmented with microbubbles, thrombolytic drugs or other agents for clot lysis wherein at least one ultrasound transducer generates a plurality of acoustic signals and time, amplitude, phase a...
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JP5008658B2 |
Methods and apparatuses to apply substances to a biological tissue are described. The tissue having an target below a surface is stretched to provide openings in a surface. Stretching forces a material from the target onto the surface. A...
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JP4974164B2 |
A method of compensating for breathing and other motions of a patient during treatment includes periodically generating internal positional data about an internal target region. The method further includes generating external positional ...
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JP4970049B2 |
The present invention involves a surgical device and method of use, particularly an assembly and method incorporating dual expandable members along the distal region of an ablation device to facilitate ablation of a circumferential regio...
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JP4970037B2 |
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JP4964869B2 |
An apparatus for cleansing wounds in which irrigant fluid from a reservoir connected to a conformable wound dressing and wound exudate from the dressing are moved by a device (which may be a single pump or two pumps) for moving fluid thr...
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JP4960220B2 |
A cardiac ablation device, including a steerable catheter (10) and an expandable ablation element (18) incorporating one or more balloons (20,22) at the distal end of the catheter, has a continuous passageway (28, 30) extending through i...
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JP4929159B2 |
The cryosurgical kit and method of use relates to the combined use of biodegradable, imageable, drug(s) carriers, vectors or microcapsules deposited into a target tissue region inside a body and the controlled cooling of the target tissu...
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JP4903961B2 |
An ultrasonic medical device comprises an ultrasonic vibration generator that generates vibration along its longitudinal axis. The ultrasonic vibration is transmitted through an ultrasonic coupler and a series of transformer sections tha...
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JP4902105B2 |
An apparatus (18) is provided for performing ablation of cardiac tissue using ultrasound. The apparatus includes a beacon (20), adapted to be placed at a cardiac site in a body of a subject. The apparatus further includes a set of ultras...
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JP4828523B2 |
An assembly for heat treating an area of biological tissue, including an energy generating device for supplying energy to a focal point in said area, a device for measuring the spatial temperature distribution in said area, and a control...
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JP4828699B2 |
The present invention makes use of resonant acoustic and/or acousto-EM energy applied to inorganic or biologic structures for the detection and/or identification, and for augmentation and/or disruption of function within the biologic str...
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JP4824260B2 |
A device, system and method for enhancing the functionality and efficiency of a chemical and/or enzymatic debriding agent with a physical debriding mechanism. The debriding agent alone and the physical mechanism alone are each capable of...
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JP4799795B2 |
An ultrasonic irradiation apparatus is presented which is capable of easily irradiating, with ultrasonic waves, a wide area (range) of an object having three-dimensionally curved surfaces. The apparatus includes an ultrasonic irradiator ...
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JP4776958B2 |
Apparatus is provided for ablating tissue of a patient by applying ultrasound energy to the tissue. The apparatus is typically delivered to the targeted tissue via a catheter and includes an ultrasound array, which is adapted to be drive...
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JP4774500B2 |
A treatment system and method for reducing body perimeter, primarily aimed at reducing cellulite and/or fat at a region of treatment. Ultrasound waves and pressure exertion are applied to the region of treatment, preferably simultaneousl...
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JP4732330B2 |
A cardiac ablation instrument capable of removing blood from a treatment area is provided. The instrument includes a catheter configured to deliver a distal end thereof to a patient's heart. The instrument can also include an expandable ...
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JP4727903B2 |
A methodology and system for lysing adipose tissue including directing ultrasonic energy at a multiplicity of target volumes within the region, which target volumes contain adipose tissue, thereby to selectively lyse the adipose tissue i...
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JP4722039B2 |
An ultrasonic treatment apparatus includes a trace and follow computing unit 22 which sets, prior to ultrasonic treatment, a treatment region 52 on an ultrasonic tomographic image 50 of a region of interest containing an affected part of...
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JP4722860B2 |
Described is a system and method for the destruction of adipose tissue using an energy applicator such as a HIFU transducer. The system has a scan head containing an energy applicator, a mechanical arm for carrying the weight of the scan...
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JP2011104385A |
To provide a novel system for destroying adipose tissue in a non-invasive manner.Described is a system and method for the destruction of adipose tissue using an energy applicator such as a HIFU transducer. The system has a scan head 500 ...
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JP4685013B2 |
The present invention relates to a method for making an ablation transducer having a plurality of helical elements that can be operated out of phase to orient the acoustical energy beam forward or backward in the longitudinal direction. ...
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JP4660024B2 |
The present invention provides an apparatus and a method for treating joint diseases. In order to lower a matrix metalloprotease (MMP) activity which has been enhanced in accompany with a joint disease such as osteoarthritis or rheumatoi...
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JP2011036688A |
To provide a high-intensity-focused ultrasound apparatus of new constitution and systems.Methods and apparatus are provided that enable a physician to image tissue within the body that is to be ablated, and then to ablate that tissue usi...
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JP2011037866A |
To provide a medicinal composition or a medicinal preparation which contains an effective therapeutic dose of neurotoxin obtained by treatment, facilitates neurotoxin transmission (infiltration) of a patient skin so as to obtain a treatm...
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JP4638819B2 |
An ultrasonic motor drive device capable of prolong the service life of an ultrasonic motor by preventing the motor from being unstably operated when the motor is driven at a lower speed of at least two speeds. When the ultrasonic motor ...
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JP4629034B2 |
A method of delivering ultrasound signals using shear waves includes applying a portion of at least a first ultrasound beam to a subject at at least a first incident angle relative to the surface of the subject to induce shear waves in t...
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JP4618964B2 |
A device is described that can be used by surgeons to provide quick and accurate face-lifting maneuvers that minimize the amount of tissue that has to be removed. The device is comprised of a shaft with a relatively planar but possibly l...
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JP4618810B2 |
A method of diagnosing a subject by delivering ultrasound signals using shear waves includes applying a portion of an ultrasound mainbeam to a bone surface at an incident angle relative to the surface of the bone to induce shear waves in...
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JP2011002463A |
To solve a problem wherein a conventional technology cannot indicate a sufficient method or system (device) for affecting a function of a biological structure without affecting nearby tissue, the conventional technology does not provide ...
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JP4598050B2 |
A method of treating unwanted hair is disclosed. The method comprises: transmitting acoustic waves through the hair so as to generate heat at a follicle, a dermal papilla, a hair bulge and/or a germinal matrix of the hair. The heat itsel...
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JP4588528B2 |
A catheter for ablating body tissue of the interior regions of the heart includes a handle assembly, a shaft, and a distal tip section coupled to the distal end of the shaft. The distal tip section has a non-compliant and non-porous cap ...
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JP4559860B2 |
Improvements in safety and efficacy for externally focused adaptive phased array microwave thermotherapy (hyperthermia) for treatment of cancer and benign conditions of an organ or an appendage are described. In order to reduce blood flo...
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JP4558504B2 |
A system for focusing ultrasonic energy through intervening tissue into a target site within a tissue region includes a transducer array including transducer element, an imager for imaging the tissue region, a processor receiving images ...
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JP4551090B2 |
A system for imaging tissue during ultrasound therapy treatments is described. The system has a high intensity focused ultrasound transducer, video display and controller. The controller has two receive paths for detecting cavitation and...
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JP4543430B2 |
An ultrasound probe comprises therapeutic transducers which include a plurality of arrayed first transducer elements and emit therapeutic ultrasounds to a subject, and diagnostic transducers which include a plurality of arrayed second tr...
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JP4527290B2 |
An ultrasound transducer array suitable for medical uses such as tissue ablation and short duration high intensity hyperthermia has a plurality of ultrasound transducer elements dispersed across a substrate surface for focusing ultrasoun...
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JP4519905B2 |
A device for positioning an energy-generating transducer probe a movement unit. The transducer probe may be configured for heat treatment of biological tissues and emits energy in one aiming direction which is located in an aiming plane....
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JP4519390B2 |
The invention concerns a fluid manipulating system, comprising a reservoir of fluid ( 7 ), a bubble trap ( 9 ) connected to the reservoir, a heat-exchanger ( 11 ) and an appliance ( 21 ) forming with the bubble trap a closed circuit of f...
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JP4498931B2 |
A balloon catheter is provided with a sleeve and a flexible material where, upon inflation of the balloon, the sleeve is slid over a ball joint, preventing the flexible material and tube from moving through a range of motion in order to ...
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JP4491149B2 |
A medical balloon catheter assembly includes a balloon having a permeable region and a non-permeable region. The balloon is constructed at least in part from a fluid permeable tube such that the permeable region is formed from a porous m...
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JP4492818B2 |
An ultrasonic cerebral infarction therapeutic apparatus that does not produce side effects of destruction of brain cells, occurrence of intracerebral hemorrhage, destruction of nerve cells, etc. by avoiding formation of a standing wave b...
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JP4453801B2 |
An electro-mechanical surgical device, system and/or method may include a housing, at least two opposing jaw, and at least one electrical contact associated with at least one of the jaws. The electrical contact may include at least one o...
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JP4448921B2 |
A non-invasive method of obtaining a target soundwave field in the brain by means of an array of transducers positioned outside the skull, the method comprising a training stage during which, on the basis of a three-dimensional image giv...
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JP4429160B2 |
A tranducer assembly for an ultrasonic surgical instrument includes a front driver having an elongate shaft in one direction and a stud extending in an opposite direction. An electromechanical transducer element is disposed around the st...
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JP2010046501A |
To remove a tumor or other undesirable tissue and visually recognize the state of an operation by a surgeon.A transducer unit 18 for surgical devices includes a front driver 14 having a major axis extending in a prescribed direction and ...
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JP4416332B2 |
An apparatus and method for performing treatment on an internal target region while compensating for breathing and other motion of the patient is provided in which the apparatus comprises a first imaging device for periodically generatin...
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