Patent ID: 8613714
Filing Date: 2013-12-24
Classification: A61B,A61N

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for autonomous operation in a non-invasive, transcranial ultrasound (US) mode, said apparatus comprising an electronic circuit with microcontroller, clock, memory, instruction set, a portable power and voltage supply, and on/off control, wherein said circuit is configured for actuating a headset on which are disposed a plurality of ultrasonic transducer arrays, each array having a plurality of ultrasonic transducers externally disposed on a skull and acoustically coupled thereto; said headset, when positioned on a subject's head for transcranial sonothrombolysis, defining a headset plane that is inclined with respect to a horizontal reference plane by 10 to 15 degrees and is parallel to a plane defined by the subject's Circle of Willis, further characterized in that said headset is configured with wherein said nosepiece and contralateral earpieces are configured such that, when the headset is positioned on the subject's head for transcranial sonothrombolysis, said contralateral earpieces self-align the respective left and right temporal transducer arrays with the otobasion superior and the sphenoid shelf without (i) a need for measuring or locating of said otobasion superior and sphenoid shelf prior to positioning of the headset on the subject's head and (ii) a need for diagnostic imaging guidance.