Patent ID: 8317724
Filing Date: 2012-11-27
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A system for targeted treatment comprising: a redirecting guide having a guide body and an elongate guide channel; an ultrasonic system having an ultrasonic system CPU, an ultrasonic probe and a display monitor that cooperate to generate and display ultrasonic images of a target tissue mass, wherein said ultrasonic probe comprises a probe tip adapted such that said guide body of said redirecting guide sits atop said probe tip and can be moved in different rotative positions and different longitudinal positions relative to said probe tip; an assembly for controlling rotational position and longitudinal position of said guide body of said redirecting guide relative to said probe tip; a targeting software system that displays ultrasonic images generated by the ultrasonic system in a transverse image display and a sagittal image display that are simultaneously displayed on said display monitor, wherein said wherein said transverse image displays a transverse image sampled by said ultrasonic probe at a respective depth within said probe tip, wherein said sagittal image display displays a longitudinal image sampled at a respective angular orientation within said probe tip, wherein projections of a plurality of paths are simultaneously displayed on said transverse image display and said sagittal image display, each said path defined by a corresponding rotative position and longitudinal position of said guide body of said redirecting guide relative to said probe tip as controlled by said assembly; and a treatment delivering means which may be inserted into and through the elongate guide channel of said redirecting guide for treating a particular portion of the target tissue mass whose images are displayed on said monitor, wherein said particular portion of the target tissue mass corresponds to a given path defined by a corresponding rotative position and longitudinal position of said guide body of said redirecting guide relative to said probe tip as controlled by said assembly.