Inventor · Villeurbanne, FR

Jean-Yves Chapelon

33Patents
16h-index
39Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 16, 1980 → Oct 20, 2017

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5601526A Ultrasound therapy apparatus delivering ultrasound waves having thermal and cavitation effects Human Necessities 532 Expired
US6379320B1 Ultrasound applicator for heating an ultrasound absorbent medium Human Necessities 438 Expired
US5720287A Therapy and imaging probe and therapeutic treatment apparatus utilizing it Human Necessities 367 Expired
US5316000A Use of at least one composite piezoelectric transducer in the manufacture of an ultrasonic therapy apparatus for applying therapy, in a body zone, in particular to concretions, to tissue, or to bones, of a living being and method of ultrasonic therapy Human Necessities 269 Expired
US5573497A High-intensity ultrasound therapy method and apparatus with controlled cavitation effect and reduced side lobes Human Necessities 258 Expired
US5743863A High-intensity ultrasound therapy method and apparatus with controlled cavitation effect and reduced side lobes Human Necessities 243 Expired
US5219401A Apparatus for selective destruction of cells by implosion of gas bubbles Human Necessities 217 Expired
US5666954A Therapeutic endo-rectal probe, and apparatus constituting an application thereof for destroying cancer tissue, in particular of the prostate, and preferably in combination with an imaging endo-cavitary-probe Human Necessities 207 Expired
US5474071A Therapeutic endo-rectal probe and apparatus constituting an application thereof for destroying cancer tissue, in particular of the prostate, and preferably in combination with an imaging endo-cavitary-probe Human Necessities 201 Expired
US6488639B1 Frequency adjustment in high intensity focused ultrasound treatment apparatus Human Necessities 124 Expired
US5720286A Use of A-mode echography for monitoring the position of a patient during ultrasound therapy Human Necessities 103 Expired
US7713203B2 Ultrasound treatment device and method Human Necessities 80 Expired
US5738635A Adjustable focusing therapeutic apparatus with no secondary focusing Physics 79 Expired
US4417584A Real-time measuring method and apparatus displaying flow velocities in a segment of vessel Physics 33 Expired
US6071238A Therapy probe Human Necessities 27 Expired
US4320765A Doppler pseudorandom noise velocimeters Physics 27 Expired
US8977361B2 Apparatus for the treatment of brain affections and method implementing thereof Human Necessities 16 Active
US7591794B2 Therapy probe Human Necessities 14 Expired
US8652073B2 Parameters for an ultrasound device comprising means to generate high intensity ultrasound beam Human Necessities 6 Active
USRE38030E1 Use of a-mode echography for monitoring the position of a patient during ultrasound therapy General 5 Expired
US9403039B2 High intensity focused ultrasound device and method for ocular pathology treatment Human Necessities 4 Active
US10004888B2 Method for determining optimized parameters of a device generating a plurality of ultrasound beams focused in a region of interest Human Necessities 3 Active
US8905949B2 Device for ocular ultrasound therapy having a reflector Human Necessities 3 Active
US9936969B2 Method and apparatus for generating focused ultrasonic waves with surface modulation Physics 2 Active
US9931245B2 High intensity focused ultrasound device with a concave segment shaped transducers for treatment of ocular pathology Human Necessities 2 Active

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