Inventor

Shuki Vitek

Inventor

Haifa, IL

Overview

2002–2021

Patent span

Human necessities

Primary field (CPC A)

Patents· 34 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

A61Nprimary

A61NElectrotherapy36%

A61BDiagnosis34%

G10KSound-producing devices11%

B06BMethods or apparatus for generating or transmitting mechanical vibrations of infrasonic, sonic, or ultrasonic frequency, e.g. for performing mechanical work in general5%

G01RMeasuring electric variables5%

G01SRadio direction-finding5%

A61HPhysical therapy apparatus, e.g. devices for locating or stimulating reflex points in the body1%

G01HMeasurement of mechanical vibrations or ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves1%

G16HHealthcare informatics, i.e. information and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for the handling or processing of medical or healthcare data1%

PatentTitleYear

11,103,731Overcoming acoustic field and skull non-uniformities2021 10,765,892Systems and methods for optimizing transcranial ultrasound focusing2020 10,589,129Therapeutic ultrasound with reduced interference from microbubbles2020 10,456,603Systems and methods for optimizing transskull acoustic treatment2019 10,449,395Rib identification for transcostal focused ultrasound surgery2019 10,130,828Controlled, non-linear focused ultrasound treatment2018 9,981,148Adaptive active cooling during focused ultrasound treatment2018 9,852,727Multi-segment ultrasound transducers2017 9,623,266'Estimation of alignment parameters in magnetic-resonance-guided ultrasound focusing'2017 9,289,154'Techniques for temperature measurement and corrections in long-term magnetic resonance thermometry'2016 9,177,543'Asymmetric ultrasound phased-array transducer for dynamic beam steering to ablate tissues in MRI'2015 8,932,237'Efficient ultrasound focusing'2015 8,617,073'Focusing ultrasound into the brain through the skull by utilizing both longitudinal and shear waves'2013 8,409,099'Focused ultrasound system for surrounding a body tissue mass and treatment method'2013 RE043901'Apparatus for controlling thermal dosing in a thermal treatment system'2013 8,235,901'Focused ultrasound system with far field tail suppression'2012 8,088,067'Tissue aberration corrections in ultrasound therapy'2012 8,002,706'Acoustic beam forming in phased arrays including large numbers of transducer elements'2011 7,699,780'Focused ultrasound system with adaptive anatomical aperture shaping'2010 7,611,462'Acoustic beam forming in phased arrays including large numbers of transducer elements'2009 7,535,794'Transducer surface mapping'2009 7,377,900'Endo-cavity focused ultrasound transducer'2008 7,175,596'System and method for sensing and locating disturbances in an energy path of a focused ultrasound system'2007 6,790,180'Apparatus, systems, and methods for measuring power output of an ultrasound transducer'2004 6,735,461'Focused ultrasound system with MRI synchronization'2004 6,705,994'Tissue inhomogeneity correction in ultrasound imaging'2004 6,645,162'Systems and methods for ultrasound assisted lipolysis'2003 6,626,854'Systems and methods for ultrasound assisted lipolysis'2003 6,618,620'Apparatus for controlling thermal dosing in an thermal treatment system'2003 6,613,004'Systems and methods for creating longer necrosed volumes using a phased array focused ultrasound system'2003 6,543,272'Systems and methods for testing and calibrating a focused ultrasound transducer array'2003 6,506,154'Systems and methods for controlling a phased array focused ultrasound system'2003 6,506,171'System and methods for controlling distribution of acoustic energy around a focal point using a focused ultrasound system'2003 6,419,648'Systems and methods for reducing secondary hot spots in a phased array focused ultrasound system'2002

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

2002–2007Patents assigned to INSIGHTEC TXSONICS LTD (10)· patent assignee history

2002–2021Based in Haifa, IL· patent location history

2009–2021Patents assigned to INSIGHTEC LTD (19)· patent assignee history

2012–2021Patents assigned to VITEK SHUKI (17)· patent assignee history

2012–2021Patents assigned to VORTMAN KOBI (7)· patent assignee history

2016–2021Patents assigned to LEVY YOAV (6)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
INSIGHTEC LTD	19	2009–2021
VITEK SHUKIself	17	2012–2021
INSIGHTEC TXSONICS LTD	10	2002–2007
VORTMAN KOBI	7	2012–2021
LEVY YOAV	6	2016–2021

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Haifa, IL	34	2002–2021