Patent ID: 9630030
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: A61N

Claim:
1. A system for non-invasively ablating a vascular plaque by elevating the temperature of tissue by ultrasound energy waves, the system comprising: at least one ultrasound delivery device adapted to deliver ultrasound energy waves to a focal point of targeted tissue having a size of less than 15 mm a temperature monitor configured to monitor the temperature of targeted tissue at the focal point; a controller for receiving temperature information from the temperature monitor and for steering and controlling the at least one ultrasound delivery device to deliver ultrasound energy waves at the focal point, the controller is adapted to guide said at least one ultrasound delivery device to emit energy waves with an intensity between about 500 W/cm an image recognizer configured to determine a location of at least one vascular plaque in an image and to ascertain the location of the base of said at least one vascular plaque, said image recognizer further ascertaining one or more target locations at the base of said at least one vascular plaque.