Title:
GUIDING ULTRASOUND END EFFECTOR FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2002096507
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
Obtaining a first signal from a location of an ultrasonic transducer at a first time (272), obtaining a signal from a location at a later second time (274) by which time the patient received medical treatment, and creating an image of the location of the ultrasonic transducer using the two signals (276).
Inventors:
MAKIN INDER RAJ S
DUNKI-JACOBS ROBERT
DUNKI-JACOBS ROBERT
Application Number:
PCT/US2002/016699
Publication Date:
November 20, 2003
Filing Date:
May 28, 2002
Export Citation:
Assignee:
ETHICON ENDO SURGERY INC (US)
International Classes:
A61B8/12; A61B18/00; A61B17/32; A61B17/34; A61N7/02; H04R17/00; A61B10/00; A61B10/02; A61B17/22; A61B17/28; A61B19/00; A61N7/00; (IPC1-7): A61B5/05
Foreign References:
| US6246898B1 | 2001-06-12 | |||
| US6063050A | 2000-05-16 | |||
| US6083159A | 2000-07-04 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 1401530A4
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