Ultrasound cardiac stimulator

a stimulator and ultrasonic technology, applied in ultrasonic/sonic/infrasonic diagnostics, therapy, applications, etc., can solve the problems of invasive procedures, obvious risks and expenses, and high-energy ultrasound pulses that shatter kidney stones, etc., to increase the sensitivity of cardiac tissue and enhance the procedure

Inactive Publication Date: 2010-08-12
TECHNION RES & DEV FOUND LTD
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This approach enables non-invasive stimulation and diagnosis of cardiac tissue, allowing for the identification of ischemic tissue, optimization of pacing sequences, and selective drug delivery, while minimizing risks and improving precision in cardiac therapy.

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Separately, high energy ultrasound pulses have been reported to shatter kidney stones, while also affecting inner cellular structures and membrane properties.
All of these invasive procedures involve obvious risks and expenses.

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[0111]FIG. 1 schematically shows an ultrasound system according to an exemplary embodiment of the invention. A heart 10 is shown in a cross-section of a patient's chest 12. A phased array 14 of ultrasound transducers focuses ultrasound waves 16 on a spot 18 in the wall of the heart, stimulating cardiac tissue at that spot and possibly inducing action potentials, detected by an electrocardiograph 20. By adjusting the relative phases and amplitudes of the different transducers in the array, the ultrasound can generally be focused on any desired spot 18. Alternatively, any other method of focusing ultrasound known to the art is used to focus the ultrasound waves on spot 18. The diameter of the spot cannot be much smaller than one wavelength, assuming that it is in the far field of the transducers, i.e. at least several wavelengths away from the transducers. If it is desired to focus the ultrasound on a region much smaller than the thickness of the myocardium, the frequency of the ultra...

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Abstract

An ultrasound cardiac stimulation system comprising:a spatially selective ultrasound source comprising at least one ultrasound transducer located outside the circulatory system; anda controller;where the controller generates an electrical response in the heart by directing the ultrasound source to transmit a high enough power level of ultrasound to one or more locations in the heart.

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RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is a Continuation of pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10 / 505,630, filed on Aug. 19, 2004, which is a National Phase of PCT Patent Application No. PCT / IL03 / 00134, filed on Feb. 19, 2003, which claims the benefit of Israel Patent Application No. 148299, filed on Feb. 21, 2002. The contents of the above applications are all incorporated herein by reference.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention is related to the field of cardiac diagnosis and therapy.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]The myocardium is susceptible to mechanical stimulation: case reports have detailed incidents of cardiac arrest due to a ball or a fist hitting the person's thorax. Physiological studies have reported initiation of an action potential due to a mechanical stimulation such as tapping of the epicardium [Avitall, B., Levine, H. J., Naimi, S., Donahue, R. P., Pauker, S. G., and Adam, D. R., “Local effects of electrical and mechanical stimulation on th...

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Patent Type & AuthorityApplications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A61N7/00A61B8/00A61B17/00A61N1/362
CPCA61B2017/00243A61B2017/00703A61N2007/0078A61N7/00A61N1/362A61N1/3629
InventorADAM, DAN
OwnerTECHNION RES & DEV FOUND LTD