Patent ID: 9533174
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61N

Claim:
1. A method of ultrasound treatment, the method comprising: a) coupling a hand-held probe comprising a housing to a treatment region, the housing containing or coupled to a therapy ultrasound transducer, an imaging ultrasound transducer, and a position sensor; b) acquiring, using the imaging ultrasound transducer, a first image of the treatment region; c) monitoring, using the position sensor, a position of the housing versus time; d) subsequent to the acquiring of step b), moving the housing, thereby coupling the housing to an extended treatment region; e) subsequent to the moving of step e), acquiring, using the imaging ultrasound transducer, a second image of the extended treatment region; f) forming and correlating the first image and the second image to create an extended field of view image of the treatment region and the extended treatment region; and g) delivering, using the therapy ultrasound transducer, directed therapeutic ultrasound energy into the treatment region or the extended treatment region, wherein the delivering directed therapeutic ultrasound energy is controlled using the position of the housing versus time.