US 11,766,576 B2
Treating degenerative dementia with low intensity focused ultrasound pulsation (LIFUP) device
Shelly Jordan, Sherman Oaks, CA (US); Mark Evan Schafer, Ambler, PA (US); Alex Korb, Sherman Oaks, CA (US); and Walter William Wurster, Sherman Oaks, CA (US)
Assigned to Brainsonix Corporation, Sherman Oaks, CA (US)
Filed by Brainsonix Corporation, Sherman Oaks, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 5, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/193,087.
Application 15/456,266 is a division of application No. 14/478,323, filed on Sep. 5, 2014, granted, now 9,630,029, issued on Apr. 25, 2017.
Application 14/478,323 is a division of application No. 13/728,392, filed on Dec. 27, 2012, granted, now 9,061,133, issued on Jun. 23, 2015.
Application 17/193,087 is a continuation of application No. 15/842,771, filed on Dec. 14, 2017, granted, now 10,974,078.
Application 15/842,771 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/456,266, filed on Mar. 10, 2017, granted, now 10,792,519, issued on Oct. 6, 2020.
Application 15/456,266 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/382,351, filed on Dec. 16, 2016, granted, now 10,512,794, issued on Dec. 24, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/434,744, filed on Dec. 15, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0361977 A1, Nov. 25, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61N 7/00 (2006.01); A61N 7/02 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 90/11 (2016.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 7/00 (2013.01) [A61B 8/488 (2013.01); A61N 7/02 (2013.01); A61B 8/0808 (2013.01); A61B 8/4227 (2013.01); A61B 90/11 (2016.02); A61N 2007/0026 (2013.01); A61N 2007/0091 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
attaching an ultrasonic transducer to a head of a patient;
operating the ultrasonic transducer to apply a focused ultrasonic beam that is focused at a target area of the brain, wherein the focused ultrasonic beam includes a plurality of groups of pulses, wherein individual groups of pulses of the plurality of groups of pulses include multiple individual pulses, wherein the individual groups of pulses are repeated at a rate between 1-4 Hertz to stimulate a deep sleep patient episode, and wherein a first time period between individual pulses of a respective individual group of pulses of the plurality of groups of pulses is less than a second time period between the respective individual group of pulses and a next individual group of pulses of the plurality of groups of pulses.