{"id":571,"date":"2022-03-24T17:26:59","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T17:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fusfoundation.org\/for-patients\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T19:56:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T23:56:39","slug":"for-patients","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fusfoundation.org\/for-patients\/","title":{"rendered":"For Patients"},"content":{"rendered":"<div\n    class=\"sw-block sw-block-interior-hero    block md:block lg:block alignfull overflow-hidden my-4 md:my-8\"\n    \n    id=\"block_cdd845c5de2dd07cde18ff8f430d3a63\"\n>\n    \n<section class=\"not-prose relative\">\n            \n        <div class=\"min-h-[215px] w-full bg-cover bg-center bg-no-repeat py-6 md:min-h-[350px] md:py-16 md:rounded-br-[80px]\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/cdn.fusfoundation.org\/2024\/09\/30133342\/Stock-woman-doctor-office_narrow2-scaled.jpg')\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"\">\n            <div class=\"px-3.5 pb-4 md:pb-16\">\n                <div class=\"mx-auto max-w-7xl\">\n                  <div class=\"relative max-w-3xl bg-brand-primary-blueDark py-5 pr-5 md:pt-7 md:pb-8 md:pr-16 before:absolute before:left-0 before:top-0 before:h-full before:w-full before:-translate-x-full before:bg-brand-primary-blueDark rounded-tr-[60px] md:rounded-tr-[80px]\">\n                                                <h1 class=\"text-white text-[28px] leading-[1.15] md:text-[52px] md:leading-[1.15]\">For Patients<\/h1>\n                                    \n                                                <p class=\"text-white leading-tight md:text-[22px] md:leading-tight mt-2\">Transforming Treatment &#038; Offering Hope <\/p>\n                                        <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    \n<\/div>\n\n\n<div\n    class=\"sw-block sw-block-text-callout    block md:block lg:block  overflow-hidden \"\n    \n    id=\"block_ca4515b37750f2306832124378cea1b8\"\n>\n    \n<section class=\"\">\n    <div class=\"\">\n        <div>\n                            <h3>Discover how this breakthrough technology has the potential to transform treatment for many conditions and explore clinical trials to help speed development.<\/h3>\n                    \n                    <\/div>\n        \n            <\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"md:hidden\" style=\"height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"hidden md:block\" style=\"height: 50px;\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div\n    class=\"sw-block sw-block-cta-cards    block md:block lg:block  overflow-hidden my-4 md:my-8\"\n    \n    id=\"block_7d04d869a7bdf92738dd05f851c6076a\"\n>\n    \n\n<section class=\"not-prose\">\n    <div class=\"py-4\">\n        <div class=\"max-w-[1212px] mx-auto\">\n                            <div class=\"grid md:grid-cols-2 gap-5\">\n                                            \n                        <div class=\"shadow-brand-neutral-grayLight shadow-[0_0_4px_2px] rounded-tr-[80px] px-4 py-6 md:px-10 md:py-7 bg-white\">\n                            <div class=\"md:hidden\">\n                                <h3 class=\"mb-3 font-medium text-brand-accent-turquoise text-[22px] leading-tight md:text-3xl md:leading-tight\">Treatment Centers<\/h3>\n                            <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"flex gap-4\">\n                                <div class=\"flex-1\">\n                                    <h3 class=\"hidden md:block mb-3 font-medium text-brand-accent-turquoise text-[22px] leading-tight md:text-3xl md:leading-tight\">Treatment Centers<\/h3>\n                                    <p class=\"text-black md:text-lg md:leading-normal\">Globally, there are hundreds of treatment centers that offer focused ultrasound treatment. Find a location near you.<\/p>\n                                <\/div>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                            <hr class=\"h-px w-full bg-[#DCDEE0] mt-7 mb-5 md:mt-6 md:mb-9\">\n                                                                                    <div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4\">\n                                                                                                                                                <a class=\"inline-flex items-center text-brand-primary-blue hover:text-brand-primary-blueDark transition font-medium text-sm leading-none\" href=\"\/for-patients\/treatment-sites\/\" target=\"\">\n                                            Find a Treatment Center\n                                            \n                                        <\/a>\n                                                                                                                                   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                         <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"flex gap-4\">\n                                <div class=\"flex-1\">\n                                    <h3 class=\"hidden md:block mb-3 font-medium text-brand-accent-turquoise text-[22px] leading-tight md:text-3xl md:leading-tight\">Clinical Trials<\/h3>\n                                    <p class=\"text-black md:text-lg md:leading-normal\">Patients who opt out of or are not candidates for traditional treatment may be eligible for research studies.<\/p>\n                                <\/div>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                            <hr class=\"h-px w-full bg-[#DCDEE0] mt-7 mb-5 md:mt-6 md:mb-9\">\n                                                                                    <div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4\">\n                                                                                                                              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x-data=\"{ open: false }\">\n    <div class=\"md:py-10 grid\">\n        <div class=\"hidden md:grid grid-cols-2 [grid-column:1] [grid-row:1] h-full w-full\">\n            <div class=\"md:py-16 relative md:order-first bg-brand-primary-blueDark md:before:absolute md:before:top-0 md:before:h-full md:before:w-20 md:before:bg-brand-primary-blueDark p-4 flex flex-col justify-center md:before:right-0 md:before:translate-x-full\"><\/div>\n            <div class=\"\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"md:grid md:grid-cols-2 [grid-column:1] [grid-row:1] gap-8 max-w-[1160px] mx-auto\">\n            <div class=\"md:-translate-y-10 not-prose relative rounded-tl-[60px] md:rounded-tl-[80px] md:rounded-br-[80px] overflow-hidden z-10 [@media(min-width:1360px)]:-mr-20\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"object-cover w-full h-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.fusfoundation.org\/2024\/09\/30164319\/man_Liver_Brain_Renal_0822-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                                \n                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"px-4 md:order-first relative z-10 md:py-16 bg-brand-primary-blueDark md:bg-transparent p-4 2xl:px-0\">\n                <div class=\"not-prose\">\n                                            <h2 class=\"text-white font-light text-[26px] leading-none mb-4 md:text-[40px] md:leading-tight\">What is focused ultrasound?<\/h2>\n                                    <\/div>\n\n                                    <div class=\"prose [&#038;_*]:text-white hover:prose-a:text-gray-300 focus:prose-a:text-gray-300 prose-a:underline prose-a:transition [&#038;_li::marker]:text-white prose-p:text-white prose-p:text-lg prose-strong:text-white prose-p:leading-normal md:prose-p:text-xl md:prose-p:leading-normal prose-p:px-0 prose-ul:px-5\">\n                        <p>Focused ultrasound is the most powerful sound you will never hear, but a sound that could save your life.<\/p>\n<p>Like a magnifying glass focusing beams of light on a single point, focused ultrasound concentrates ultrasound energy on a target in the body without harming healthy surrounding tissue.<\/p>\n\n                    <\/div>\n                \n                                <div class=\"not-prose mt-6 md:mt-9\">\n                    <a class=\"inline-block w-full text-white text-sm font-semibold tracking-wider text-center leading-none py-4 px-8 rounded-3xl border uppercase border-white outline outline-transparent outline-2 -outline-offset-2 hover:border-transparent hover:outline-white focus-visible:border-transparent focus-visible:outline-brand-accent-orange active:bg-brand-accent-turquoise active:border-white active:outline-transparent disabled:pointer-events-none disabled:cursor-default disabled:bg-neutral-200 md:w-auto\" href=\"\/for-patients\/how-it-works\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Learn More\">Learn More<\/a>\n                                    <\/div>\n                \n                                    <div class=\"not-prose mt-6 md:mt-9\">\n                        <ul>\n                                                                                                                <\/ul>\n                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <\/section>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"md:hidden\" style=\"height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"hidden md:block\" style=\"height: 50px;\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div\n    class=\"sw-block sw-block-floating-content    block md:block lg:block alignfull overflow-hidden my-4 md:my-8\"\n    \n    id=\"block_6f221172ac9113cabe37e16019754db7\"\n>\n    \n<section class=\"\" x-data=\"{ open: false }\">\n    <div class=\"md:py-10 grid\">\n        <div class=\"hidden md:grid grid-cols-2 [grid-column:1] [grid-row:1] h-full w-full\">\n            <div class=\"md:py-16 relative md:order-last bg-brand-primary-blueDark md:before:absolute md:before:top-0 md:before:h-full md:before:w-20 md:before:bg-brand-primary-blueDark p-4 flex flex-col justify-center md:before:left-0 md:before:-translate-x-full\"><\/div>\n            <div class=\"\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"md:grid md:grid-cols-2 [grid-column:1] [grid-row:1] gap-8 max-w-[1160px] mx-auto\">\n            <div class=\"md:translate-y-10 not-prose relative rounded-tl-[60px] md:rounded-tl-[80px] md:rounded-br-[80px] overflow-hidden z-10 [@media(min-width:1360px)]:-ml-20\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"object-cover w-full h-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.fusfoundation.org\/2024\/07\/10111427\/shutterstock_15076031721.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                                \n                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"px-4 md:order-last relative z-10 md:py-16 bg-brand-primary-blueDark md:bg-transparent p-4 2xl:px-0\">\n                <div class=\"not-prose\">\n                                            <h2 class=\"text-white font-light text-[26px] leading-none mb-4 md:text-[40px] md:leading-tight\">What can it treat?<\/h2>\n                                    <\/div>\n\n                                    <div class=\"prose [&#038;_*]:text-white hover:prose-a:text-gray-300 focus:prose-a:text-gray-300 prose-a:underline prose-a:transition [&#038;_li::marker]:text-white prose-p:text-white prose-p:text-lg prose-strong:text-white prose-p:leading-normal md:prose-p:text-xl md:prose-p:leading-normal prose-p:px-0 prose-ul:px-5\">\n                        <p>Focused ultrasound is being researched for over 180 diseases worldwide. While most are in the early stages, commercial treatment is now available in the US for essential tremor, Parkinson\u2019s disease, osteoid osteoma, pain from bone metastases, liver tumors, uterine fibroids, chronic low back pain, and the prostate. Globally, nearly 40 diseases have earned regulatory approval.<\/p>\n\n                    <\/div>\n                \n                                <div class=\"not-prose mt-6 md:mt-9\">\n                    <a class=\"inline-block w-full text-white text-sm font-semibold tracking-wider text-center leading-none py-4 px-8 rounded-3xl border uppercase border-white outline outline-transparent outline-2 -outline-offset-2 hover:border-transparent hover:outline-white focus-visible:border-transparent focus-visible:outline-brand-accent-orange active:bg-brand-accent-turquoise active:border-white active:outline-transparent disabled:pointer-events-none disabled:cursor-default disabled:bg-neutral-200 md:w-auto\" href=\"\/diseases-and-conditions\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Learn More\">Learn More<\/a>\n                                    <\/div>\n                \n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <\/section>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"md:hidden\" style=\"height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"hidden md:block\" style=\"height: 50px;\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-profiles-amp-stories\">Profiles &amp; Stories<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Meet some of the patients whose lives have been changed by focused ultrasound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"\/profiles\/tom-ryder\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"917\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.fusfoundation.org\/2024\/12\/19172505\/Patient-Story-Block_Tom-Ryder-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.fusfoundation.org\/2024\/12\/19172505\/Patient-Story-Block_Tom-Ryder-1.png 600w, https:\/\/cdn.fusfoundation.org\/2024\/12\/19172505\/Patient-Story-Block_Tom-Ryder-1-196x300.png 196w, https:\/\/cdn.fusfoundation.org\/2024\/12\/19172505\/Patient-Story-Block_Tom-Ryder-1-82x125.png 82w, https:\/\/cdn.fusfoundation.org\/2024\/12\/19172505\/Patient-Story-Block_Tom-Ryder-1-500x764.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"\/profiles\/anya\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"917\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.fusfoundation.org\/2024\/12\/19173053\/Patient-Story-Block_Anya.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.fusfoundation.org\/2024\/12\/19173053\/Patient-Story-Block_Anya.png 600w, https:\/\/cdn.fusfoundation.org\/2024\/12\/19173053\/Patient-Story-Block_Anya-196x300.png 196w, https:\/\/cdn.fusfoundation.org\/2024\/12\/19173053\/Patient-Story-Block_Anya-82x125.png 82w, https:\/\/cdn.fusfoundation.org\/2024\/12\/19173053\/Patient-Story-Block_Anya-500x764.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"\/profiles\/ken-dychtwald\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"917\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.fusfoundation.org\/2024\/12\/19173705\/Patient-Story-Block_Ken-Dychtwald.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.fusfoundation.org\/2024\/12\/19173705\/Patient-Story-Block_Ken-Dychtwald.png 600w, https:\/\/cdn.fusfoundation.org\/2024\/12\/19173705\/Patient-Story-Block_Ken-Dychtwald-196x300.png 196w, https:\/\/cdn.fusfoundation.org\/2024\/12\/19173705\/Patient-Story-Block_Ken-Dychtwald-82x125.png 82w, https:\/\/cdn.fusfoundation.org\/2024\/12\/19173705\/Patient-Story-Block_Ken-Dychtwald-500x764.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 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