Pulsed cavitational ultrasound therapy

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8057408
APP PUB NO 20080319356A1
SERIAL NO

12121001

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Therapy methods using pulsed cavitational ultrasound therapy can include the subprocesses of initiation, maintenance, therapy, and feedback of the histotripsy process, which involves the creation and maintenance of ensembles of microbubbles and the use of feedback in order to optimize the process based on observed spatial-temporal bubble cloud dynamics. The methods provide for the subdivision or erosion of tissue, liquification of tissue, and/or the enhanced delivery of therapeutic agents. Various feedback mechanisms allow variation of ultrasound parameters and provide control over the pulsed cavitational process, permitting the process to be tuned for a number of applications. Such applications can include specific tissue erosion, bulk tissue homogenization, and delivery of therapeutic agents across barriers.

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THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN1600 HURON PARKWAY 2ND FLOOR ANN ARBOR MI 48109-2590

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Cain, Charles A Ann Arbor, US 36 2748
Fowlkes, J Brian Ann Arbor, US 19 1513
Hall, Timothy L Ann Arbor, US 20 926
Roberts, William W Saline, US 12 663
Xu, Zhen Ann Arbor, US 116 1287

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