Patents by Inventor Alexander Bystritsky
Alexander Bystritsky has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11759661Abstract: Embodiments herein provide an ultrasonic treatment device that includes a transducer holder to hold an ultrasonic transducer. The transducer holder includes multiple mounting positions for the ultrasonic transducer to enable the transducer to be held by the transducer holder at different angles. For example, in some embodiments, the transducer holder may include multiple mounting elements on an interior surface of the transducer holder. The mounting elements may be, for example, ridges or grooves on the interior surface. The transducer may include and/or be provided with one or more locking elements that interact with the mounting elements of the transducer holder to hold the transducer within the transducer holder. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2020Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: BRAINSONIX CORPORATIONInventors: Mark Evan Schafer, Alexander Bystritsky, Christopher H. Scholl, Joseph Jackson
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Publication number: 20220314032Abstract: Ultrasound treatment of neurological conditions with energy levels that do not cause damage such as heating or cavitation. A method includes detecting a plurality of Doppler signals from a plurality of arteries near a brain structure, aligning an ultrasound transducer with the brain structure based on the plurality of Doppler signals, and applying ultrasound waves from the ultrasound transducer to the brain structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Mark E. Schafer, Alexander Bystritsky
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Publication number: 20220054853Abstract: Embodiments provide for systems and methods for modulating activity of a live neuronal circuit within the brain of a mammal. In one example, a method comprises applying a focused microwave pulse to a focal spot corresponding to the live neuronal circuit, while simultaneously monitoring a brain image produced by a brain imaging system. In this way, the focused microwave pulse may be used to transiently modulate the function of the live neuronal circuit, as guided by anatomical and functional information provided via the brain imaging system, useful for both research purposes and for treating psychiatric, neurological and neuroendocrine disorders.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Applicant: BRAINSONIX CORPORATIONInventors: Alexander BYSTRITSKY, Alexander David LAPIDUS
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Publication number: 20210386293Abstract: A system comprises an ultrasound subsystem and a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) subsystem. The ultrasound subsystem applies pulses of focused ultrasound having one or more parameters to an identified location in a subject that is to receive treatment. The parameters are determined in accordance with a magnetic resonance guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) treatment plan. The MRI subsystem acquires functional image data corresponding to the identified location concurrently with the applied pulses of focused ultrasound. The MRI subsystem obtains a reconstructed series of functional images of the subject using the functional image data. The functional images are indicative of a first region within the identified location in which neuronal activity has been modified by the applied pulses. The system is configured to adjust one or more parameters of the MRgFUS treatment plan using the reconstructed series of functional images.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2021Publication date: December 16, 2021Inventors: Seung-Schik Yoo, Alexander Bystritsky, Nathan McDannold, Ferenc A. Jolesz
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Publication number: 20210361975Abstract: Embodiments herein provide an ultrasonic treatment device that includes a transducer holder to hold an ultrasonic transducer. The transducer holder includes multiple mounting positions for the ultrasonic transducer to enable the transducer to be held by the transducer holder at different angles. For example, in some embodiments, the transducer holder may include multiple mounting elements on an interior surface of the transducer holder. The mounting elements may be, for example, ridges or grooves on the interior surface. The transducer may include and/or be provided with one or more locking elements that interact with the mounting elements of the transducer holder to hold the transducer within the transducer holder. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2020Publication date: November 25, 2021Applicant: BRAINSONIX CORPORATIONInventors: Mark Evan SCHAFER, Alexander BYSTRITSKY, Christopher H. Scholl, Joseph JACKSON
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Patent number: 11134846Abstract: The various embodiments described herein include methods, devices, and systems for providing ultrasound treatment to a patient. In one aspect, a method for adjusting a magnetic resonance guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) treatment plan with a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system and an ultrasound system includes: (1) identifying a location in a subject that is to receive treatment; (2) applying pulses of focused ultrasound to the identified location with the ultrasound system in order to modulate a level of naturally occurring hormones; (3) concurrently with applying the pulses of focused ultrasound, acquiring with the MRI system functional image data from the subject; (4) obtaining a series of functional images of the subject using the functional image data, the functional images indicative of the modified neuronal activity; and (5) adjusting one or more parameters of the MRgFUS treatment plan using the reconstructed series of functional images.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2018Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignees: The Regents Of The University Of California, The Brigham And Women's HospitalInventors: Seung-Schik Yoo, Alexander Bystritsky, Nathan McDannold, Ferenc A. Jolesz
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Patent number: 10986995Abstract: The various embodiments described herein include methods, devices, and systems for providing ultrasound treatment to a patient. In one aspect, a method for adjusting a magnetic resonance guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) treatment plan with a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system and an ultrasound system includes: (1) identifying a location in a subject that is to receive treatment; (2) applying pulses of focused ultrasound to the identified location with the ultrasound system in order to modulate a level of naturally occurring hormones; (3) concurrently with applying the pulses of focused ultrasound, acquiring with the MRI system functional image data from the subject; (4) obtaining a series of functional images of the subject using the functional image data, the functional images indicative of the modified neuronal activity; and (5) adjusting one or more parameters of the MRgFUS treatment plan using the reconstructed series of functional images.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2017Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignees: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITALInventors: Seung-Schik Yoo, Alexander Bystritsky, Nathan McDannold, Ferenc A. Jolesz
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Publication number: 20180228429Abstract: The various embodiments described herein include methods, devices, and systems for providing ultrasound treatment to a patient. In one aspect, a method for adjusting a magnetic resonance guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) treatment plan with a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system and an ultrasound system includes: (1) identifying a location in a subject that is to receive treatment; (2) applying pulses of focused ultrasound to the identified location with the ultrasound system in order to modulate a level of naturally occurring hormones; (3) concurrently with applying the pulses of focused ultrasound, acquiring with the MRI system functional image data from the subject; (4) obtaining a series of functional images of the subject using the functional image data, the functional images indicative of the modified neuronal activity; and (5) adjusting one or more parameters of the MRgFUS treatment plan using the reconstructed series of functional images.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2018Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventors: Seung-Schik Yoo, Alexander Bystritsky, Nathan McDannold, Ferenc A. Jolesz
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Publication number: 20170164894Abstract: The various embodiments described herein include methods, devices, and systems for providing ultrasound treatment to a patient. In one aspect, a method for adjusting a magnetic resonance guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) treatment plan with a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system and an ultrasound system includes: (1) identifying a location in a subject that is to receive treatment; (2) applying pulses of focused ultrasound to the identified location with the ultrasound system in order to modulate a level of naturally occurring hormones; (3) concurrently with applying the pulses of focused ultrasound, acquiring with the MRI system functional image data from the subject; (4) obtaining a series of functional images of the subject using the functional image data, the functional images indicative of the modified neuronal activity; and (5) adjusting one or more parameters of the MRgFUS treatment plan using the reconstructed series of functional images.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2017Publication date: June 15, 2017Inventors: Seung-Schik Yoo, Alexander Bystritsky, Nathan McDannold, Ferenc A. Jolesz
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Patent number: 9592409Abstract: A method for modifying neuronal activity in a subject with focused ultrasound pulses (“FUP”) is provided. Such a methods is applicable for research, treatment, and diagnosis of psychiatric, neurological, and neuroendocrine disorders whose biological mechanisms include neuronal circuits in the brain. The application of focused ultrasound pulses is generally via multiple ultrasound transducers that are housed in a cap worn by the subject. The application of FUP at different tone burst duration, total sonication duration, and pulse repetition frequency settings results in either the inducement of either an increase or decrease in neuronal activity.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2010Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignees: The Regents of the University of California, Brigham and Women's HospitalInventors: Seung-Schik Yoo, Alexander Bystritsky, Nathan McDannold, Ferenc A. Jolesz
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Patent number: 8086296Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for modifying electrical currents in brain circuits through the simultaneous use of focused ultrasound pulse (FUP) and an existing brain-imaging system, such as a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) system. The methods are used for research, treatment and diagnosis of psychiatric, neurological, and neuroendocrine disorders whose biological mechanisms include brain circuits. The methods include the simultaneous steps of applying FUP to a live neuronal circuit within a brain and monitoring a brain image produced by a brain imaging system during the application of FUP.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2007Date of Patent: December 27, 2011Assignee: Brainsonix CorporationInventor: Alexander Bystritsky
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Publication number: 20070299370Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for modifying electrical currents in brain circuits through the simultaneous use of focused ultrasound pulse (FUP) and an existing brain-imaging system, such as a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) system. The methods are used for research, treatment and diagnosis of psychiatric, neurological, and neuroendocrine disorders whose biological mechanisms include brain circuits. The methods include the simultaneous steps of applying FUP to a live neuronal circuit within a brain and monitoring a brain image produced by a brain imaging system during the application of FUP.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2007Publication date: December 27, 2007Inventor: Alexander Bystritsky
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Patent number: 7283861Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for modifying electrical currents in brain circuits through the simultaneous use of focused ultrasound pulse (FUP) and an existing brain-imaging system, such as a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) system. The methods are used for research, treatment and diagnosis of psychiatric, neurological, and neuroendocrine disorders whose biological mechanisms include brain circuits. The methods include the simultaneous steps of applying FUP to a live neuronal circuit within a brain and monitoring a brain image produced by a brain imaging system during the application of FUP.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2002Date of Patent: October 16, 2007Inventor: Alexander Bystritsky
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Publication number: 20030204135Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for stimulating neurons within the brain by modifying electrical currents in brain circuits through the simultaneous use of focused ultrasound pulse (FUP) and an existing brain-imaging system, such as a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) system. The methods are used for research, treatment and diagnosis of psychiatric, neurological, and neuroendocrine disorders whose biological mechanisms include brain circuits. The methods include the simultaneous steps of applying FUP to a live neuronal circuit within a brain and monitoring a brain image produced by a brain imaging system during the application of FUP.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2002Publication date: October 30, 2003Inventor: Alexander Bystritsky