Patent ID: 11857812
Assignee: CORDANCE MEDICAL INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An ultrasound treatment system operable to deliver ultrasound energy to a patient's brain, the ultrasound treatment system comprising:
a treatment ultrasound transducer comprising a plurality of treatment elements, the treatment ultrasound transducer locatable to deliver ultrasound into the head of the patient;
a data store;
a plurality of position sensors configured to detect relative movement between the head of the patient and the treatment ultrasound transducer, wherein at least a first of the plurality of position sensors is coupled to the treatment ultrasound transducer and a second of the plurality of position sensors is placed on the head of the patient; and
a data processor configured to:
determine a registration transformation which transforms coordinates of at least one target region identified in a previously obtained image in the data store to coordinates of the ultrasound treatment system;
determine an initial treatment ultrasound transducer location from which to deliver ultrasound treatment energy from the treatment ultrasound transducer to the at least one target region based at least in part on the registration transformation; and
monitor outputs from the plurality of position sensors to determine the detected relative movement between the head of the patient and the treatment ultrasound transducer;
determine an updated treatment ultrasound transducer location from which to deliver ultrasound treatment energy from the updated treatment ultrasound transducer to the at least one target region based at least in part on the detected relative movement; and
control the treatment ultrasound transducer to deliver treatment ultrasound energy from the updated treatment ultrasound transducer location to the at least one target region with an energy sufficient to open the blood brain barrier of the patient at the at least one target region.