发明名称 |
Medical system having an ultrasound source and an acoustic coupling medium |
摘要 |
An ultrasound medical system has an end effector including a medical ultrasound transducer and an acoustic coupling medium. The acoustic coupling medium has a transducer-proximal surface and a transducer-distal surface. The medical ultrasound transducer is positioned to emit medical ultrasound through the acoustic coupling medium from the transducer-proximal surface to the transducer-distal surface. The end effector is adapted to change a property (such as the shape and/or the temperature) of the acoustic coupling medium during emission, and/or between emissions, of medical ultrasound from the medical ultrasound transducer during a medical procedure on a patient. In one example, such changes are used to change the focus and/or beam angle of the emitted ultrasound during the medical procedure.
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申请公布号 |
US7883468(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2011.02.08 |
申请号 |
US20040848550 |
申请日期 |
2004.05.18 |
申请人 |
ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC. |
发明人 |
MAKIN INDER RAJ S.;MAST T. DOUGLAS;SLAYTON MICHAEL H.;BARTHE PETER G.;MESSERLY JEFFREY D.;FAIDI WASEEM;RUNK MEGAN M. |
分类号 |
A61B8/00;A61B17/22;A61H1/00;A61N7/02 |
主分类号 |
A61B8/00 |
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