Patent ID: 11918420
Assignee: INSIGHTEC LTD.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A system for focusing an ultrasound transducer comprising:
an ultrasound transducer comprising a plurality of transducer elements; and
a controller configured to:
cause the plurality of transducer elements to transmit ultrasound waves to a target regions;
cause measuring transducer elements included in the plurality of transducer elements of the ultrasound transducer to measure reflections of the ultrasound waves transmitted by the plurality of transducer elements of the ultrasound transducer off the target region;
weight parameter values corresponding to the measuring transducer elements at least in part by signal quality metrics associated with the reflections measured by the measuring transducer elements;
for each transducer element of at least some of the plurality of transducer elements, adjust a parameter value corresponding to said each transducer element based at least in part on the weighted parameter values corresponding to a plurality of the measuring transducer elements; and
cause said each transducer element to transmit ultrasound waves to the target region using the adjusted parameter values corresponding to said each transducer element so as to increase acoustic intensity at the target region.