US 7,473,250 B2
	Ultrasound medical system and method
Inder Raj S. Makin, Loveland, Ohio (US); T. Douglas Mast, Cincinnati, Ohio (US); Michael H. Slayton, Tempe, Ariz. (US); Peter G. Barthe, Phoenix, Ariz. (US); Jeffrey D. Messerly, Cincinnati, Ohio (US); Waseem Faidi, Clifton Park, N.Y. (US); Megan M. Runk, Cincinnati, Ohio (US); Brian D. O'Connor, Lawrenceburg, Ind. (US); Christopher J. Park, Oregonia, Ohio (US); and Paul M. Jaeger, Mesa, Ariz. (US)
Assigned to Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio (US)
Filed on May 21, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/850,984.
Prior Publication US 2005/0261611 A1, Nov. 24, 2005
Int. Cl. A61B 18/18 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 606—27  [606/41]

10 Claims

1. An ultrasound medical system comprising an interstitial end effector which includes a distalmost end formed as a tissue-track-creating, tissue-piercing tip, which is interstitially insertable into patient tissue, which includes at least one lesion-ablating medical-treatment ultrasound transducer, and which includes at least one end-effector-tissue-track ablation device, wherein the at-least-one end-effector-tissue-track ablation device is spaced apart from the at-least-one medical-treatment ultrasound transducer.