Patents by Inventor Marko Tapani Häkkinen

Marko Tapani Häkkinen 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).

  • CALCULATING THE ULTRASONIC INTENSITY ESTIMATE USING AN INCOHERENT SUM OF THE ULTRASONIC PRESSURE GENERATED BY MULTIPLE TRANSDUCER ELEMENTS
    Publication number: 20150126910
    Abstract: The invention provides for a medical instrument (300, 500, 600) comprising a high intensity focused ultrasound system (302) comprising an ultrasonic transducer (306) with multiple transducer elements (400, 402, 404, 406, 408). The medical instrument further comprises a memory (334) containing machine executable instructions (350, 352, 354, 520, 522, 524) which cause a processor to receive (100, 200) a treatment plan (340) specifying a protected zone (322) within a subject (301) and to calculate (102, 208) a set of transducer control parameters (342) using the treatment plan. The set of transducer control parameters specify the switching of electrical power to the multiple transducer elements. An ultrasonic intensity estimate (900) in the protected zone is below a predetermined threshold. The ultrasonic intensity estimate is calculated using an incoherent sum of the ultrasonic pressure generated by each of the multiple transducer elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Iipo Asko Julius Koskela, Charles Mougenot, Marko Tapani Häkkinen