US 12,303,722 B2
Ultrasound system, apparatus, and method for transcranial treatment
Yi Zhang, Mineola, NY (US); and Benjamin Zhang, New York, NY (US)
Filed by Yi Zhang, Mineola, NY (US); and Benjamin Zhang, New York, NY (US)
Filed on Jul. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/859,542.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/218,982, filed on Jul. 7, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0015807 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. A61N 7/02 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/06 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 7/02 (2013.01) [A61B 8/06 (2013.01); A61B 8/4209 (2013.01); A61B 8/54 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00404 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00434 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for applying ultrasound energy, comprising:
at least five ultrasound applicators configured to be secured against a head of a person and configured to apply ultrasound energy to the head of the person when activated, the at least five ultrasound applications comprising:
a left ICA applicator configured to be positioned to apply ultrasound energy to an interior carotid artery of the head of the person from a left side of the person,
a BA applicator configured to be positioned to apply ultrasound energy to a basilar artery of the head of the person,
a right ICA applicator configured to be positioned to apply ultrasound energy to the interior carotid artery of the head of the person from a right side of the person,
a left ECA applicator configured to be positioned to apply ultrasound energy to an exterior carotid artery of the head of the person from the left side of the person, and
a right ECA applicator configured to be positioned to apply ultrasound energy to the exterior carotid artery of the head of the person from the right side of the person; and
a controller configured to control activation and deactivation of the at least five ultrasound applicators based on a predetermined treatment sequence.