Transfection and drug delivery

US11413477B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Cedars Sinai Medical Center · US
• The Regents of the University of California · US

Inventors

• Dan Gazit · Modiin-Maccabim-Reut, IL
• Gadi Pelled · Los Angeles, US
• Katherine W. Ferrara · Davis, US
• Douglas N. Stephens · Davis, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 20, 2017
• Grant date: Aug 16, 2022
• Expiry date: Feb 9, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01S15/899
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An ultrasound transmitter device for treating a patient is provided. The ultrasound transmitter device includes an imaging probe; an imaging array; and a therapeutic ultrasound device, wherein the imaging probe is configured to guide the therapeutic ultrasound device to the patients treatment site by use of ultrasound imaging with the imaging array, wherein the therapeutic ultrasound device is configured to produce a controlled intensity of ultrasound energy for treating the patients treatment site, and wherein the imaging probe and the therapeutic ultrasound device are configured to work in conjunction with one another to apply therapeutic ultrasound to tissue or bone graft sites in the patient.