Granted Patent
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US 12,329,991 · App. 18/117,643 · Granted Jun 17, 2025
Wearable transcranial dual-mode ultrasound transducers for neuromodulation
Assignee:
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
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Abstract
An ultrasound transducer array is incorporated in a light-weight, conformable, and wearable patch that may be used to deliver, monitor, and control localized transcranial focused ultrasound (tFUS). The patch may include full-duplex transmit-receive circuitry that may be used for continuous monitoring of transcranial focused ultrasound (tFUS) application. The circuitry may include a circulator. The ultrasound transducer array may be coupled to an aperture interface having irregularly sized or shaped channel conductors to provide a coarse aperture for the array. The coarse aperture may be designed using a method that provides a reduced channel count.
Claims (38)
1. An ultrasound transducer system comprising:
an ultrasound transducer configured to provide a transmit ultrasound wavefront in response to an excitation waveform and to provide a reflection waveform in response to a reflected ultrasound wavefront, the transmit ultrasound wavefront configured to provide neuromodulation and imaging, the ultrasound transducer comprising an ultrasound transducer layer;
a course aperture layer configured to decouple from the ultrasound transducer layer;
a fine aperture layer configured to couple to the ultrasound transducer layer and comprising a greater number of channel conductors than the coarse aperture layer; and
a circulator configured to couple to the ultrasound transducer, the circulator comprising:
a first port configured to receive the excitation waveform from a transmit circuit;
a second port configured to:
provide the excitation waveform to the ultrasound transducer to provide the transmit ultrasound wavefront, and
receive a reflection waveform from the ultrasound transducer corresponding to a reflection of the transmit ultrasound wavefront during or after providing the excitation waveform; and
a third port configured to provide the reflection waveform to a receive circuit during or after receiving the excitation waveform from the transmit circuit.
2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a lens layer coupled to the ultrasound transducer and configured to partially or completely compensate for a predetermined ultrasound beam distortion associated with an ultrasound obstacle, wherein the lens layer is positioned to receive the transmit ultrasound wavefront from the ultrasound transducer.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein each of the course aperture layer and the fine aperture layer comprises a plurality of channel conductors defining sampling elements.
4. The system of claim 3 , further comprising a backing layer comprising electrically insulative material.
5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the backing layer comprises a plurality of conductive vias coupled to the plurality of channel conductors.
6. The system of claim 3 , further comprising a control circuit configured to couple to the course aperture layer or the fine aperture layer when each is respectively coupled to the ultrasound transducer layer, the control circuit comprising processing circuitry configured to determine the excitation waveform to provide to the transmit circuit.
7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the control circuit is configured to provide a continuous excitation waveform even while receiving a continuous reflection waveform.
8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the receive circuit is configured to begin receiving the reflection waveform from the third port even while the transmit circuit is providing the excitation waveform to the first port.
9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the circulator comprises an operational amplifier for each of the first port, the second port, and the third port.
10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the ultrasound transducer is configured as a wearable patch.
11. An ultrasound transducer system comprising:
an ultrasound transducer configured to provide a transmit ultrasound wavefront in response to an excitation waveform and to provide a reflection waveform in response to a reflected ultrasound wavefront, the transmit ultrasound wavefront configured to provide neuromodulation and imaging, the ultrasound transducer comprising an ultrasound transducer layer;
a circulator configured to couple to the ultrasound transducer, the circulator comprising:
a first port configured to receive an excitation waveform from a transmit circuit;
a second port configured to:
provide the excitation waveform to the ultrasound transducer to provide the transmit ultrasound wavefront, and
receive a reflection waveform from the ultrasound transducer corresponding to a reflection of the transmit ultrasound wavefront during or after providing the excitation waveform; and
a third port configured to provide the reflection waveform to a receive circuit during or after receiving the excitation waveform from the transmit circuit;
a lens layer coupled to the ultrasound transducer and configured to partially or completely compensate for a predetermined ultrasound beam distortion associated with an ultrasound obstacle, wherein the lens layer is positioned to receive the transmit ultrasound wavefront from the ultrasound transducer;
an aperture layer coupled to the ultrasound transducer, the aperture layer comprising a plurality of channel conductors defining sampling elements of the aperture, the aperture layer defined by a course aperture layer or a fine aperture layer;
the course aperture layer configured to removably couple to the ultrasound transducer layer; and
the fine aperture layer configured to removably couple to the ultrasound transducer layer and comprising a greater number of channel conductors than the coarse aperture layer.
12. The system of claim 11 , further comprising a backing layer coupled to the aperture layer, the backing layer comprising electrically insulative material.
13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the backing layer comprises a plurality of conductive vias coupled to the plurality of channel conductors of the aperture layer.
14. The system of claim 11 , further comprising a control circuit configured to couple to the aperture layer, the control circuit comprising processing circuitry configured to determine the excitation waveform to provide to the transmit circuit.
15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the control circuit is configured to provide a continuous excitation waveform even while receiving a continuous reflection waveform.
16. The system of claim 11 , wherein the receive circuit is configured to begin receiving the reflection waveform from the third port even while the transmit circuit is providing the excitation waveform to the first port.
17. The system of claim 11 , wherein the circulator comprises an operational amplifier for each of the first port, the second port, and the third port.
18. The system of claim 11 , wherein the ultrasound transducer is configured as a wearable patch.
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application
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· Apr 6, 2018
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