SYSTEM FOR FOCUSED ACTION OF HIGH-INTENSITY ULTRASOUND FOR SCANNING AND TREATMENT OF TUMORS Russian patent published in 2003 - IPC

FIELD: medical equipment, in particular, therapeutic apparatuses for scanning and treatment of tumoral tissues of internal organs by hyperthermia. SUBSTANCE: the system consists of a combination sensor, high- intensity source, ultrasonic scanner in the B-mode, multidimensional translation device with a digital control, vacuum deaerator, therapeutic couch and a computer control system. The combination sensor consists of an ultrasonic B- mode head and a therapeutic head that generates ultrasound with a therapeutic effect, its end radiating the ultrasound accomplishes a scanning translation from the outside of the body plane under the control of the computer. EFFECT: enhanced efficiency of treatment of tumors of the internal organs due to precession of laying and arrangement of the therapeutic head. 7 cl, 6 dwg