Patent ID: 7393325

Claim:
An ultrasound system for facilitating treatment to at least two regions of interest, said ultrasound system comprising: a control system configured to control operation of said ultrasound system; and a multi-directional transducer configured for facilitating treatment in the at least two regions of interest, said multi-directional transducer comprising a single first transduction element, said single first transduction element having both a first firing face adjacent to and facing a first region of interest that is configured for radiating ultrasound energy to provide a first radiation pattern from said first firing face and a second firing face adjacent to and facing a second region of interest that is configured for radiating a second radiation pattern from said second firing face, wherein said second radiation pattern is different from said first radiation pattern and wherein said both first radiation pattern and said second radiation pattern are emitted on a single emission axis that is parallel to an axis of electrical excitation within said single first transduction element and wherein said single first transduction element expands and contracts in the same direction as said axis of electrical excitation and does not substantially expand and contract in a direction that is not parallel to the axis of electrical excitation.