Patent ID: 8360978

Claim:
An ultrasound device for treating a pathology located at a treatment site of a patient, comprising: a transducer comprised of a plurality of transducer elements, each transducer element being individually activatable to emit ultrasound; a flexible carrier to which said transducer elements are mounted, said flexible carrier being configured for placement of said transducer elements on the patient; a measurement device configured to determine respective distances and rotations of said transducer elements with respect to the treatment site, after placement of the transducer elements and said carrier on the patient; and a control device configured to determine respective times or time differences for respective activation of said transducer elements dependent on the determined distance and rotation of the respective transducer elements relative to said treatment site to produce an ultrasound field at said treatment site that is a simultaneous convergence of the respective ultrasound emitted by the respective transducer elements, and to operate said transducer to activate the respective transducer elements at said respective times or time differences.