METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE SELECTIVE TREATMENT OF TISSUE

Title:

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE SELECTIVE TREATMENT OF TISSUE

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2005/107601

Kind Code:

A2

Abstract:

A HIFU System (100) is disclosed which may automatically generate a proposed treatment plan for treating a tissue treatment area (10) with HIFU Therapy. In one example, the proposed treatment plan includes a plurality of treatment sites selected based on a three-dimensional model generated from ultrasound data. In another example, the proposed treatment plan excludes portions of the tissue treatment area (10) corresponding to blood flow, such as the neuro-vascular bundles (20) when treating the prostate (11).

Inventors:

SEIP RALF (US)
CHEN WO-HSING (US)
CARLSON ROY F (US)
SANGHVI NARENDRA T (US)
DINES KRIS A (US)
PENNA MICHAEL A (US)
PFILE RICHARD (US)

Application Number:

PCT/US2005/015648

Publication Date:

November 17, 2005

Filing Date:

May 05, 2005

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Assignee:

FOCUS SURGERY INC (US)
SEIP RALF (US)
CHEN WO-HSING (US)
CARLSON ROY F (US)
SANGHVI NARENDRA T (US)
DINES KRIS A (US)
PENNA MICHAEL A (US)
PFILE RICHARD (US)

International Classes:

A61B8/14; A61N7/02; A61B17/00; A61B19/00; (IPC1-7): A61B8/14

Foreign References:

US6618620B1

2003-09-09

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