Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 51, Issue 3 , Pages 707-711 , March 2010

A portable high-intensity focused ultrasound device for noninvasive venous ablation

  • Peter W. Henderson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory for Bioregenerative Medicine and Surgery, Department of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
    • ,
  • George K. Lewis, BS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca , NY
    • ,
  • Naima Shaikh, BA

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory for Bioregenerative Medicine and Surgery, Department of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
    • ,
  • Allie Sohn, BA

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory for Bioregenerative Medicine and Surgery, Department of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
    • ,
  • Andrew L. Weinstein, BS

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory for Bioregenerative Medicine and Surgery, Department of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
    • ,
  • William L. Olbricht, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca , NY
    • ,
  • Jason A. Spector, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory for Bioregenerative Medicine and Surgery, Department of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Jason A. Spector, MD, FACS, 525 E. 68th St, Payson 709-A New York, NY 10065
    web address

Received 18 July 2009 ,Accepted 4 October 2009.

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 Competition of interest: none.

 Funding for this project was obtained in part from a grant from the Empire Clinical Research Investigator Program (New York).

 The editors and reviewers of this article have no relevant financial relationships to disclose per the JVS policy that requires reviewers to decline review of any manuscript for which they may have a competition of interest.

PII: S0741-5214(09)02103-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.10.049

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 51, Issue 3 , Pages 707-711 , March 2010

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