Histotripsy using very short monopolar ultrasound pulses

CA Cain, A Maxwell, Z Xu, KW Lin - US Patent 10,780,298, 2020 - Google Patents
Apparatus and methods are provided for applying ultrasound pulses into tissue or a medium
in which the peak negative pressure (P−) of one or more negative half cycle (s) of the …

Histotripsy for thrombolysis

A Maxwell, Z Xu, HS Gurm, CA Cain - US Patent 10,219,815, 2019 - Google Patents
Methods for performing non-invasive thrombolysis with ultrasound using, in some
embodiments, one or more ultra sound transducers to focus or place a high intensity ultra …

Ultrasound lithotripsy and histotripsy for using controlled bubble cloud cavitation in fractionating urinary stones

CA Cain, TL Hall, WW Roberts, Z Xu… - US Patent …, 2018 - Google Patents
A medical imaging and therapy device is provided that may include any of a number of
features. One feature of the device is that it can deliver Lithotripsy therapy to a patient, so as …

Focused ultrasound apparatus and methods of use

A Maxwell, R Hsi, T Lendvay, P Casale… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
Methods for diagnosing a pathologic tissue membrane, as well as a focused ultrasound
apparatus and methods of treatment are disclosed to perform ureterocele puncture …

Disposable acoustic coupling medium container

RC Jahnke, JA Bertolina, WW Roberts, CA Cain… - US Patent …, 2016 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A medical imaging and therapy device is provided that may include any of
a number of features. One feature of the device is that it can acoustically couple an …

Lesion generation through bone using histotripsy therapy without aberration correction

CA Cain - US Patent 10,071,266, 2018 - Google Patents
A medical imaging and therapy device is provided that may include any of a number of
features. The device may include a Histotripsy transducer, a generator and controller …

Articulating arm limiter for cavitational ultrasound therapy system

A Rakic, D Teofilovic - US Patent 11,432,900, 2022 - Google Patents
Methods and devices for manipulating an articulating arm of an ultrasound therapy system
are provided. In one embodiment an articulating arm comprises a first articulating arm link, a …

Histotripsy excitation sequences optimized for bubble cloud formation using shock scattering

JM Cannata, TL Hall, AD Maxwell… - US Patent 10,293,187, 2019 - Google Patents
Methods and devices for producing cavitation in tissue are provided. In one embodiment, a
shock scattering method of Histotripsy therapy comprises delivering an initiation pressure …

Recent advance on fused deposition modeling

Z Shi, Y Peng, W Wei - Recent Patents on Mechanical …, 2014 - ingentaconnect.com
Additive manufacturing (AM) technique is a prospective technique used in the production of
complex geometries, which integrates design as well as manufacture. Fused deposition …

Systems and methods for printing components using additive manufacturing

KJ Susnjara, NC Vote - US Patent 10,668,664, 2020 - Google Patents
A method of forming a part using additive manufacturing may include receiving, at a
computer numeric controlled (CNC) machine, a computer aided design (CAD) model of the …