US 12,029,652 B2
Assembly for imaging and/or treating brain tissue
Alexandre Carpentier, Paris (FR); Guillaume Bouchoux, Lyons (FR); Michael Canney, Denver, CO (US); and Francois Lacoste, Paris (FR)
Assigned to ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HOPITAUX DE PARIS, Paris (FR); SORBONNE UNIVERSITY, Paris (FR); and CARTHERA, Paris (FR)
Appl. No. 16/623,974
Filed by ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HOPITAUX DE PARIS, Paris (FR); SORBONNE UNIVERSITE, Paris (FR); and CARTHERA, Paris (FR)
PCT Filed Jun. 19, 2018, PCT No. PCT/EP2018/066203
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 18, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/234280, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 27, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 1755562 (FR), filed on Jun. 19, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0138580 A1, May 7, 2020
Int. Cl. A61F 2/28 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01); A61N 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/2875 (2013.01) [A61B 8/0808 (2013.01); A61B 8/4281 (2013.01); A61B 8/481 (2013.01); A61B 90/39 (2016.02); A61N 7/00 (2013.01); A61B 2090/3925 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3962 (2016.02); A61F 2002/3009 (2013.01); A61N 2007/0021 (2013.01); A61N 2007/0052 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An assembly for imaging and/or treating a brain tissue comprising:
at least one acoustic window configured to be implanted at an opening arranged into the cranium of a patient, and configured to be covered with the skin of the patient's skull once implanted;
an ultrasonic wave generation probe intended to be positioned in line with the acoustic window,
wherein the acoustic window comprises:
a plate transparent to ultrasonic waves, and
a plurality of positioning marks configured to be locatable through the skin of the patient in order to facilitate the positioning of the probe in line with said acoustic window,
each of the plurality of positioning marks being configured to return a reflection time detectable by the ultrasonic wave generation probe; and
a processing unit communicatively connected to the ultrasonic wave generation probe, the processing unit being configured to:
determine which of the plurality of positioning marks has been detected based on the reflection time, and
display an instruction to displace the ultrasonic wave generation probe in a specified direction based on which of the plurality of positioning marks has been detected.