Patent ID: 6623430
Filing Date: 2003-09-23
Classification: A61B,A61N,G16H

Abstract:
A method for the controlled delivery of a medicant to a region of interest within a patient's body comprising the steps of:administering a thermosensitive liposome encased medicant to the region of interest; locating the region of interest containing the thermosensitive liposome using ultrasound imaging with a single ultrasound transducer; applying ultrasound therapy with the single ultrasound transducer to heat the region of interest containing the thermosensitive liposome; monitoring the temperature of the region of interest containing the thermosensitive liposome using ultrasound imaging with the single ultrasound transducer to create a temperature profile; and alternating application of ultrasound therapy and ultrasound imaging with the single ultrasound transducer until a predetermined temperature threshold is reached.