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Localization and therapy system for treatment of spatially oriented focal disease
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Inventors: Fry, Francis J.; Sanghvi, Narendra T.;
Assignee: Laboratory Equipment, Corp. (Mooresville, IN)
Primary Examiner: Jaworski; Francis
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Woodard, Emhardt, Naughton, Moriarty & McNett
A transducer assembly for visualization and treatment of transcutaneous and intraoperative sites includes in combination a visualization transducer and a treatment transducer, each of which are movable with both linear and rotary degrees of freedom. Movement of each transducer is by various motor and geared drive arrangements wherein certain degrees of freedom for one transducer are separate and independent from the degrees of freedom for the other transducer. At least one degree of freedom for each transducer is common and the transducers are moved concurrently. One arrangement of the transducer combination is for prostate treatment and includes a specific shape and configuration for anatomical considerations and a control unit which is operable external to the patient to control both transducers and a reflective scanner which are inserted into the patient as part of the ultrasound probe. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION A visualization and treatment transducer for producing lesions in diseased tissue sites according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises a transducer housing having a main section and a detachable enclosure, movable visualization transducer means disposed within the detachable enclosure, movable treatment transducer means disposed within the detachable enclosure, first drive means providing rotary motion to the visualization transducer means in two degrees of freedom, second drive means providing rotary motion to the treatment transducer means in two degrees of freedom, the visualization transducer means and treatment transducer means having generally coaxial focal axes and the first and second drive means being operable independently of each other.
A transrectal or other body cavity visualization and treatment transducer assembly for ultrasonic visualization and treatment by producing lesions in diseased tissue sites according to another embodiment of the present invention comprises a fluid-filled, flexible-walled enclosure, a movable visualization transducer disposed within the enclosure, a movable treatment transducer disposed within the enclosure, a reflective scanner disposed within the enclosure and aligned with the treatment transducer for changing the direction of the focused ultrasound beam from the treatment transducer, first drive means providing rotary motion to the treatment transducer, second drive means providing linear motion to the visualization transducer, the first and second drive means being operable independently of each other, and third drive means providing rotary motion to the visualization transducer and the treatment transducer concurrently.
One object of the present invention is to provide an improved transducer assembly including both a visualization transducer and a cooperating treatment transducer Related objects and advantages of the present invention will be apparent from the following description.
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