Patent ID: 8235903

Claim:
A remotely controllable, implantable imaging/therapeutic transducer device capable of being embedded within a living body, the device comprising a first housing part for a transducer array; a second housing part for a rotation motor and a twist motor; the transducer array, extending along one of a diameter and a length of the first housing part for the transducer array, the transducer array being located in the first housing part, the transducer array comprising a plurality of selectable sub-elements for selective actuation and the transducer array being capable of rotation and twist as the first housing part rotates and the transducer array twists with respect to the second housing part for rotation and twist motors; a transducer controller for controlling the transducer array and the rotation and twist motors to one of rotate and twist the transducer array respectively, the transducer controller for selecting a sub-element of the transducer array for actuation and for selecting an ultrasound frequency of operation of the selected sub-element of the transducer array for one of therapy and imaging when in use; a transceiver of the device for communicating with said transducer array in a transmit and a receive direction, the transceiver adapted for wirelessly receiving remote control data from a source external to the living body when in use and for receiving image data via said transducer controller from said selected sub-element of the transducer array when selected for imaging, the transceiver adapted for wirelessly transmitting the received image data to a destination external to the implantable imaging/therapeutic device during use; and an anchoring portion structurally connected to the device and adapted for anchoring the implantable/therapeutic device in a proper position within a living body during use.