System for treating a volume of tissue with high intensity focused ultrasound
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United States(US) Patent
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국제특허분류(IPC7판)
A61H-001/00
A61H-001/02
A61H-005/00
A61N-007/02
A61B-017/00
A61B-019/00
A61N-007/00
출원번호
US-0753813
(2010-04-02)
등록번호
US-9050449
(2015-06-09)
발명자
/ 주소
Darlington, Gregory P.
Connolly, Michael J.
Reed, Justin A.
Parsons, Jessica E.
Horth, Roland
Murkowski, John
Emery, Charles D.
출원인 / 주소
Mirabilis Medica, Inc.
대리인 / 주소
Seed IP Law Group PLLC
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초록▼
A method for treating a desired volume of tissue using HIFU or other energy modality to ablate a pattern of elemental treatment volumes each having a volume that is greater than that of the focal zone of the HIFU transducer but smaller than the overall volume of the desired treatment volume. In one
A method for treating a desired volume of tissue using HIFU or other energy modality to ablate a pattern of elemental treatment volumes each having a volume that is greater than that of the focal zone of the HIFU transducer but smaller than the overall volume of the desired treatment volume. In one embodiment, the pattern of elemental treatment volumes are arranged to form a shell which partially or wholly encapsulates the desired volume of tissue, which then necroses in situ due to effects other than direct HIFU damage (including some combination of ischemia, thermal conduction, inflammation, apoptosis, etc.). The necrosed tissue remains in the body and is subsequently resorbed and/or healed via normal body mechanisms.
대표청구항▼
1. A system for treating a volume of tissue with high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU), the system comprising: a hand-held or hand-guided HIFU applicator;a HIFU transducer having a moveable transducer focal zone, wherein the HIFU transducer is configured to deliver HIFU treatment signals to a tar
1. A system for treating a volume of tissue with high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU), the system comprising: a hand-held or hand-guided HIFU applicator;a HIFU transducer having a moveable transducer focal zone, wherein the HIFU transducer is configured to deliver HIFU treatment signals to a targeted volume of tissue at a treatment site; anda processor programmed to cause the HIFU transducer to deliver the HIFU treatment signals in a pattern at a periphery of the targeted volume of tissue,wherein the processor is programmed to determine a power level for the HIFU treatment signals by referencing predetermined data stored in a memory that relates power applied in HIFU treatment signals by the HIFU transducer to power contained in the HIFU treatment signals at the focal zone at a fundamental frequency or one or more harmonics of the fundamental frequency, and based on the predetermined data, selecting a power level for the HIFU treatment signals such that a portion of the power at the fundamental frequency of the HIFU treatment signals is converted to power at a harmonic of the fundamental frequency at the treatment site. 2. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further programmed to cause the HIFU transducer to deliver HIFU treatment signals that create a plurality of elemental treatment volumes within an interior of the targeted volume of tissue. 3. The system of claim 2, wherein at least one of the elemental treatment volumes is cylindrical and has a diameter approximately equal to a length of the focal zone. 4. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is programmed to control a mechanical linkage that adjusts the position of the HIFU transducer to move the focal zone. 5. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is programmed to control an electronic beam steerer to move the focal zone. 6. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is programmed to automatically detect boundaries of the volume of tissue to be treated. 7. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is programmed to receive user input that is indicative of boundaries of the volume of tissue to be treated. 8. The system of claim 1, wherein the HIFU treatment signals are delivered in a pattern that creates a plurality of elemental treatment volumes that are laterally and vertically distributed around the periphery of the targeted volume of tissue and form a shell around an interior of the targeted volume of tissue that is outside the plurality of elemental treatment volumes. 9. The system of claim 8, wherein the HIFU treatment signals create an elemental treatment volume by applying HIFU energy to a perimeter of the elemental treatment volume, and an interior region of the elemental treatment volume is treated by indirect heating from the HIFU energy applied to the perimeter of the elemental treatment volume. 10. The system of claim 1, wherein the predetermined data is determined based on a number of test signals transmitted at different power levels. 11. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is programmed to determine the power level for the HIFU treatment signals without regard to the formation of bubbles in the targeted volume of tissue. 12. A system for thermally necrosing a volume of tissue at a treatment site with high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU), the system comprising: a hand-held or hand-guided HIFU applicator that includes a HIFU transducer having a moveable transducer focal zone, and wherein the HIFU transducer is configured to deliver therapeutic HIFU signals having a fundamental frequency to the volume of tissue at the treatment site;a transmit controller configured to supply driving signals to the HIFU transducer such that the HIFU transducer produces the therapeutic HIFU signals at a power that causes a portion of the power at a fundamental frequency of the therapeutic HIFU signals to be converted to power at a harmonic of the fundamental frequency at the treatment site; anda position controller that is configured to automatically position the HIFU transducer to move the focal zone in a trajectory within the volume of tissue and create one or more elemental treatment volumes that are smaller than the volume of tissue at the treatment site,wherein the one or more elemental treatment volumes are created at a periphery of the volume of tissue at the treatment site without temperature feedback, andwherein, for each elemental treatment, the focal zone repeatedly passes in an enclosed trajectory over or along a perimeter of the elemental treatment volume, the focal zone moving over or along the same trajectory more than once and distributing HIFU energy to tissue in the trajectory with each pass of the focal zone in the trajectory. 13. The system of claim 12, wherein at least one of the elemental treatment volumes is a cylinder having a diameter approximately equal to a length of the focal zone. 14. The system of claim 12, wherein the power of the therapeutic HIFU signals is selected such that the therapeutic HIFU signals reach or exceed an onset of shock at the treatment site. 15. The system of claim 12, wherein the position controller is configured to position the HIFU transducer and create the one or more elemental treatment volumes such that an interior portion of the volume of tissue at the treatment site outside the enclosed trajectory of each elemental treatment volume is treated indirectly from the HIFU energy distributed to the perimeter of each elemental treatment volume. 16. A system for thermally necrosing a volume of tissue at a treatment site with high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU), the system comprising: a HIFU transducer configured to deliver therapeutic HIFU signals having a fundamental frequency to tissue at a movable focal zone within the treatment site;a transmit controller configured to supply driving signals to the HIFU transducer such that the HIFU transducer produces the therapeutic HIFU signals at a power that causes a portion of the power at the fundamental frequency to be converted to power at a harmonic of the fundamental frequency at the treatment site; anda position controller configured to position the HIFU transducer to create one or more elemental treatment volumes at a periphery of the volume of tissue at the treatment site, wherein the one or more elemental treatment volumes are smaller than the volume of tissue at the treatment site and are created by distributing HIFU energy in multiple doses with repeated passes of the focal zone of the HIFU transducer in a trajectory over or along a perimeter of each elemental treatment volume. 17. A system for treating a volume of tissue with high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU), the system comprising: a hand-held or hand-guided HIFU applicator comprising a HIFU transducer configured to produce a movable transducer focal zone and deliver HIFU energy to a targeted volume of tissue at a treatment site;a processor programmed to determine a pattern in which to deliver the HIFU energy to the targeted volume of tissue; anda position controller configured to selectively control the position of the transducer focal zone and deliver the HIFU energy in the determined pattern such that a treatment volume of tissue is treated without substantial damage to tissue outside the treatment volume,wherein the determined pattern produces a plurality of elemental treatment volumes that are smaller than the treatment volume of tissue and positioned only at a periphery of the treatment volume of tissue such that an interior portion of the treatment volume of tissue is outside the elemental treatment volumes. 18. The system of claim 17, wherein the position controller is configured to selectively control the position of the transducer focal zone and deliver the HIFU energy in the determined pattern such that the treatment volume of tissue is at least approximately 5 cm in diameter and is treated in under 10 minutes, resulting in thermal necrosis of the tissue in the treatment volume. 19. A system for treating a volume of tissue with high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU), the system comprising: a hand-held or hand-guided applicator;a HIFU transducer configured to deliver HIFU treatment signals at a moveable focal zone to a targeted volume of tissue at a treatment site; anda processor programmed to automatically determine a power level and control the moveable focal zone to apply HIFU energy in the HIFU treatment signals to the treatment site at the determined power level,wherein the processor is programmed to determine the power level for the HIFU treatment signals based on a fundamental energy retained (FER) curve and an attenuation curve determined from backscatter signals resulting from a number of test signals transmitted at different power levels, such that a portion of the power at the fundamental frequency of the HIFU treatment signals is converted to power at one or more harmonics of the fundamental frequency at the treatment site. 20. The system of claim 19, wherein the moveable focal zone is configured to move by adjusting a height of the HIFU transducer within the applicator. 21. The system of claim 19, wherein the moveable focal zone is configured to move by adjusting an angular orientation of the HIFU transducer within the applicator. 22. The system of claim 19, wherein the moveable focal zone is configured to move by adjusting a lateral position of the HIFU transducer within the applicator. 23. The system of claim 19, wherein the processor is programmed to position the moveable focal zone to create a plurality of elemental treatment volumes distributed laterally and vertically around a periphery of the targeted volume of tissue at the treatment site such that an interior region of the targeted volume of tissue is outside the elemental treatment volumes, and wherein each elemental treatment volume is created by repeatedly passing the focal zone over or along the tissue at the perimeter of the elemental treatment volume.
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