BR9916702A - Métodos para tratamento de uma região-alvo em um lumen de corpo, para geração de um bio-efeito uniforme em torno da circuferência e ao longo do comprimento de uma região-alvo em um lumen de corpo, e para causar deslocamento por cisalhamento longitudinal nas paredes de um lumen de corpo, e, dispositivo para tratamento de uma região-alvo em um lumen de corpo - Google Patents

Métodos para tratamento de uma região-alvo em um lumen de corpo, para geração de um bio-efeito uniforme em torno da circuferência e ao longo do comprimento de uma região-alvo em um lumen de corpo, e para causar deslocamento por cisalhamento longitudinal nas paredes de um lumen de corpo, e, dispositivo para tratamento de uma região-alvo em um lumen de corpo

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BR9916702A
BR9916702A BR9916702-6A BR9916702A BR9916702A BR 9916702 A BR9916702 A BR 9916702A BR 9916702 A BR9916702 A BR 9916702A BR 9916702 A BR9916702 A BR 9916702A
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target region
treating
circumference
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Axel F Brisken
John R Mckenzie
Robert F Zuk
Menahem Nassi
Mark W Cowan
Paul D Corl
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Pharmasonics Inc
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods
    • A61B17/22—Implements for squeezing-off ulcers or the like on inner organs of the body; Implements for scraping-out cavities of body organs, e.g. bones; for invasive removal or destruction of calculus using mechanical vibrations; for removing obstructions in blood vessels, not otherwise provided for
    • A61B17/22004—Implements for squeezing-off ulcers or the like on inner organs of the body; Implements for scraping-out cavities of body organs, e.g. bones; for invasive removal or destruction of calculus using mechanical vibrations; for removing obstructions in blood vessels, not otherwise provided for using mechanical vibrations, e.g. ultrasonic shock waves
    • A61B17/22012—Implements for squeezing-off ulcers or the like on inner organs of the body; Implements for scraping-out cavities of body organs, e.g. bones; for invasive removal or destruction of calculus using mechanical vibrations; for removing obstructions in blood vessels, not otherwise provided for using mechanical vibrations, e.g. ultrasonic shock waves in direct contact with, or very close to, the obstruction or concrement
    • A61B17/2202—Implements for squeezing-off ulcers or the like on inner organs of the body; Implements for scraping-out cavities of body organs, e.g. bones; for invasive removal or destruction of calculus using mechanical vibrations; for removing obstructions in blood vessels, not otherwise provided for using mechanical vibrations, e.g. ultrasonic shock waves in direct contact with, or very close to, the obstruction or concrement the ultrasound transducer being inside patient's body at the distal end of the catheter
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61N—ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY
    • A61N7/00—Ultrasound therapy
    • A61N7/02—Localised ultrasound hyperthermia
    • A61N7/022—Localised ultrasound hyperthermia intracavitary
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods
    • A61B17/22—Implements for squeezing-off ulcers or the like on inner organs of the body; Implements for scraping-out cavities of body organs, e.g. bones; for invasive removal or destruction of calculus using mechanical vibrations; for removing obstructions in blood vessels, not otherwise provided for
    • A61B2017/22051—Implements for squeezing-off ulcers or the like on inner organs of the body; Implements for scraping-out cavities of body organs, e.g. bones; for invasive removal or destruction of calculus using mechanical vibrations; for removing obstructions in blood vessels, not otherwise provided for with an inflatable part, e.g. balloon, for positioning, blocking, or immobilisation
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61N—ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY
    • A61N7/00—Ultrasound therapy
    • A61N2007/0078—Ultrasound therapy with multiple treatment transducers

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  • Orthopedic Medicine & Surgery (AREA)
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Abstract

''MéTODOS PARA TRATAMENTO DE UMA REGIãO-ALVO EM UM LUMEN DE CORPO, PARA GERAçãO DE UM BIO-EFEITO UNIFORME EM TORNO DA CIRCUNFERêNCIA E AO LONGO DO COMPRIMENTO DE UMA REGIãO-ALVO EM UM LUMEN DE CORPO, E PARA CAUSAR DESLOCAMENTO POR CISALHAMENTO LONGITUDINAL NAS PAREDES DE UM LUMEN DE CORPO, E, DISPOSITIVO PARA TRATAMENTO DE UMA REGIãO-ALVO EM UM LUMEN DE CORPO'' Um cateter
BR9916702-6A 1998-12-30 1999-12-23 Métodos para tratamento de uma região-alvo em um lumen de corpo, para geração de um bio-efeito uniforme em torno da circuferência e ao longo do comprimento de uma região-alvo em um lumen de corpo, e para causar deslocamento por cisalhamento longitudinal nas paredes de um lumen de corpo, e, dispositivo para tratamento de uma região-alvo em um lumen de corpo BR9916702A (pt)

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US09/223,225 US6296619B1 (en) 1998-12-30 1998-12-30 Therapeutic ultrasonic catheter for delivering a uniform energy dose
PCT/US1999/030961 WO2000038580A1 (en) 1998-12-30 1999-12-23 Therapeutic ultrasonic catheter for delivering a uniform energy dose

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