发明名称 Energetic modulation of nerves
摘要 A method to deliver focused ultrasound energy from a position outside a skin of a patient to a nerve surrounding a blood vessel, includes placing the patient on a table in a substantially flat position, moving a transducer into a position inferior to ribs, superior to an iliac crest, and lateral to a spine of the patient, maintaining the transducer at the position relative to the patient, and delivering focused ultrasound energy through the skin of the patient without traversing bone, wherein the direction of the focused ultrasound is directed from a lower torso to an upper torso of the patient.
申请公布号 US8986211(B2) 申请公布日期 2015.03.24
申请号 US201113048844 申请日期 2011.03.15
申请人 Kona Medical, Inc. 发明人 Gertner Michael;Perozek David;Sabet Arash;Zhang Jimin;Anderson Thomas
分类号 A61B5/055;A61B5/20;A61B5/00;A61B6/03;A61B8/06;A61N5/06;A61N7/00;A61N7/02;A61B5/0225;A61B5/026;A61B6/00;A61B8/08;A61B19/00;A61B18/00 主分类号 A61B5/055
代理机构 Vista IP Law Group, LLP 代理人 Vista IP Law Group, LLP
主权项 1. A system for treatment of one or more nerves next to a blood vessel leading to a kidney comprising: an ultrasound energy source for placement outside a patient, wherein the ultrasound energy source comprises an array of ultrasound transducers; and a programmable controller, configured to control both a position of the ultrasound energy source relative to the patient, and a phasing for one or more elements in the array of ultrasound transducers, to sequentially deliver focused ultrasound to a plurality of target areas next to the blood vessel leading to the kidney; wherein the controller is configured to update a position of one of the plurality of target areas to correlate with a current vessel position; wherein the controller is configured to control the ultrasound energy source to place an energy focus at a first one of the target areas in accordance with a vessel position at a first time instance, and to place the energy focus at a second one of the target areas in dependence of the vessel position at a second time instance; and wherein the vessel position at the first time instance is different from the vessel position at the second time instance.
地址 Bellevue WA US