US 12,364,501 B2
Ultrasound transducer and uses thereof
Ariel Sverdlik, Tel-Aviv (IL); and Or Shabtay, Kibbutz Farod (IL)
Assigned to Sonivie Ltd., Rosh HaAyin (IL)
Filed by Sonivie Ltd., Rosh HaAyin (IL)
Filed on Aug. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/235,904.
Application 14/190,113 is a division of application No. 13/049,013, filed on Mar. 16, 2011, granted, now 8,696,581, issued on Apr. 15, 2014.
Application 18/235,904 is a continuation of application No. 16/451,087, filed on Jun. 25, 2019, granted, now 11,730,506.
Application 16/451,087 is a continuation of application No. 14/190,113, filed on Feb. 26, 2014, granted, now 10,368,893, issued on Aug. 6, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/393,947, filed on Oct. 18, 2010.
Prior Publication US 2023/0389954 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/22 (2006.01); A61M 37/00 (2006.01); A61N 7/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61N 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/320068 (2013.01) [A61B 17/2202 (2013.01); A61M 37/0092 (2013.01); A61N 7/02 (2013.01); A61N 7/022 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00106 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22008 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22051 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22081 (2013.01); A61B 2090/378 (2016.02); A61N 2007/0078 (2013.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for online testing of efficiency or treatment efficacy of an ultrasound transducer to detect changes in said efficiency while said ultrasound transducer is positioned within a liquid filled body lumen during a treatment of tissue, said method comprising:
applying an electrical impulse to said ultrasound transducer;
measuring an electrical response of said ultrasound transducer to said electrical impulse;
inferring changes in said efficiency of said ultrasound transducer or changes in an efficacy of a treatment provided by said ultrasound transducer from said measured electrical response; and
modifying an operation of said transducer during said treatment based on the results of said inferring.