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7615016 Method and system for treating stretch marks  
Methods and systems for treating stretch marks through deep tissue tightening with ultrasound are provided. An exemplary method and system comprise a therapeutic ultrasound system configured for...
7615015 Focused ultrasound ablation devices having selectively actuatable emitting elements and methods of using the same  
A focused ultrasound ablation device and method includes an ultrasound emitting member having a plurality of individual ultrasound emitting elements arranged in an array. The ultrasound emitting...
7613526 Control system for a reciprocating object  
The present invention is related to a control system of the reciprocating object comprising a microprocessor ( 01 ), a reciprocating mode control circuit ( 02 ), a reciprocating travel control...
7601128 Apparatus for treating subcutaneous tissues  
An assembly for treating subcutaneous tissues using acoustic waves in the range of low acoustic pressure ultrasound waves is disclosed. The assembly comprises an acoustic wave generator and...
7601127 Therapeutic stimulation of genital tissue or reproductive organ of an infertility or impotence diagnosed patient  
The method of stimulation for a genital tissue or reproductive organ of an infertility or impotence diagnosed patient is disclosed. The stimulation has the steps of activating an acoustic shock...
7600343 Method of stimulating plant growth  
The method of stimulating a plant substance is disclosed. The method has the steps of activating a pressure pulse or an acoustic shock wave generator or source to emit pressure pulse or acoustic...
7594930 Method of attaching soft tissue to bone  
A method of attaching or reattaching a ligament, tendon, cartilage or other soft tissue to a bone mass has the steps of: positioning or placing the ligament, tendon, cartilage or other soft tissue...
7591794 Therapy probe  
A surgical coagulation instrument having a planar ultrasound transducer without a membrane, mounted in the region of an end of a câble is provided The instrument additionally has a fluid circuit....
7588547 Methods and system for treating subcutaneous tissues  
An apparatus and method for treating subcutaneous tissues using acoustic waves in the range of low acoustic pressure ultrasound waves is disclosed. The method includes injections of enhancing...
7578796 Method of shockwave treating fish and shellfish  
The method of stimulating an aquatic life form is disclosed. The method has the steps of activating a pressure pulse or an acoustic shock wave generator or source to emit pressure pulse or acoustic...
7563242 Ultrasonic surgery apparatus  
An ultrasonic surgery apparatus capable of setting surgical conditions properly in accordance with hardness of a nucleus lentis and performing surgery with efficiency is disclosed. The ultrasonic...
7559904 Shockwave generating system  
A shockwave generating system comprising a first shockwave source device that is formed with an aperture through which a second shockwave source device is adapted to transmit shockwaves. The second...
7553284 Focused ultrasound for pain reduction  
Methods and devices that provide ultrasonic energy used to cause one or more nerves to become dysfunctional. A nerve to be treated is placed in the focal zone of ultrasonic energy emitted by...
7544171 Methods for promoting nerve regeneration and neuronal growth and elongation  
A method of enhancing the regeneration of injured nerves has the step of administering an effective exposure of pressure pulses or acoustic shock waves in a pulse or wave pattern to the zone of...
7540870 Ablative ultrasonic-cryogenic apparatus  
An ablative apparatus that can be used to treat atrial fibrillation and other cardiac arrhythmias by ablating cardiac tissue is disclosed. When the distal end of the apparatus reaches the tissue to...
7540846 Energy application with inflatable annular lens  
Apparatus and methods for ablating tissue surrounding a tubular anatomical structure such as the wall of a blood vessel or prostatic tissue surrounding the urethra. The apparatus includes an...
7537572 Treatment or pre-treatment for radiation/chemical exposure  
A method of treatment for a tissue organ or entire body of a patient prior to or after exposure to chemicals or radiation or both comprises the steps of activating an acoustic shock wave generator...
7530958 Method and system for combined ultrasound treatment  
A non-invasive method and system for combined ultrasound treatment are provided. An exemplary combined ultrasound treatment system comprises a transducer configured to deliver ultrasound energy to...
7530951 Method for generating a three-dimensional ultrasound image  
In a method to generate a three-dimensional ultrasound image of a body region of a patient, spatially varying due to breathing motions, temporally successive B-images are generated with an...
7522955 Method and apparatus for the ultrasonic cleaning of biofilm coated surfaces  
To treat body surfaces, such as the sinuses, which are coated with biofilms, the surface is irrigated and suctioned with a fluid which may contain a biocide or other chemical agent for disrupting...
7510536 Ultrasound guided high intensity focused ultrasound treatment of nerves  
A method for using high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) to treat neurological structures to achieve a desired therapeutic affect. Depending on the dosage of HIFU applied, it can have a...
7509878 Ultrasonic cavitating apparatus and ultrasonic doppler flow measurement system  
Disclosed is an ultrasonic Doppler flow measurment system that achieves flow measurement regardless of the temperature of a fluid. A temperature sensor 7 is combined with a pipe 1 to measure...
7507213 Pressure pulse/shock wave therapy methods for organs  
The method of stimulating an organ comprises the steps of providing an at least partially exposed or direct access portal to an organ, activating an acoustic shock wave generator or source to emit...
7507212 Ultrasonic treatment device with mist suctioning structure  
An ultrasonic treatment device comprises a handpiece having an ultrasonic transducer and a long axial probe whose base end is connected with the transducer. The device further comprises a tubular...
7505805 Self-referencing/body motion tracking non-invasive internal temperature distribution measurement method and apparatus using magnetic resonance tomographic imaging technique  
A noninvasive image measuring method of measuring internal organ/tissue temperature using an MRI system. Temperature measurement insusceptible to body motion and spatial variation of magnetic field...
7500956 Apparatus and method for resonant destruction of tumors  
In a method for treating cancer, a series of investigatory pressure waves of respective different preselected frequencies are generated in a patient so that the pressure waves are transmitted to a...
7497836 Germicidal method for treating or preventing sinusitis  
The method of treatment for a nasal or sinus tissue exhibiting a sinusitis or rhinosinusitis disease or condition in a diagnosed patient is disclosed. The method has the steps of activating an...
7497835 Method of treatment for and prevention of periodontal disease  
The method of treatment for a periodontal tissue exhibiting a periodontal disease or periodontal condition in a diagnosed patient is disclosed. The method has the steps of activating an acoustic...
7497834 Germicidal method for eradicating or preventing the formation of biofilms  
A method of treatment for a tissue organ or entire body of a patient prior to or after exposure to a biofilm infection comprises the steps of activating an acoustic shock wave generator or source...
7497119 Methods and systems for using resonant acousto-EM energy and acousto-EM signatures to disrupt biologic structures  
The present invention makes use of resonant acousto-EM energy (alone or in combination with resonant acoustic energy) applied to biologic structures for the disruption of at least one function of...
7494467 Medical system having multiple ultrasound transducers or an ultrasound transducer and an RF electrode  
An ultrasound medical system includes an ultrasound transducer assembly having various combinations of ultrasound transducers having different-shaped ultrasound emitting surfaces and/or different...
7494466 Ultrasonic treatment of breast cancer  
A method of treatment, clinical treatment assembly, robotic manipulator and controlling arrangements for the treatment of cancers are described. The invention has particular application in the...
7491171 Method and system for treating acne and sebaceous glands  
A method and system for ultrasound treatment of acne and sebaceous glands are provided. An exemplary method and system are configured for targeted treatment of sebaceous glands in various manners,...
7485101 Multiple shockwave focal treatment apparatus with targeting positioning and locating apparatus  
The present invention relates to a torso-positioning and target-locating apparatus using medical imaging apparatus for treating a living body or tissue with shockwaves originating from at least two...
7481781 Ultrasound therapy  
Described and claimed is the combined use of an electric field and ultrasound to ablate a cell or tissue, the use of ultrasound to disrupt a nucleated cell which has previously been...
7470241 Controlled high efficiency lesion formation using high intensity ultrasound  
An ultrasound system used for both imaging and delivery high intensity ultrasound energy therapy to treatment sites and a method for treating tumors and other undesired tissue within a patient's...
7455641 Ultrasonic treatment apparatus  
An ultrasonic treatment apparatus comprises an endoscope having an insertion portion to be inserted in a body cavity, and a treatment unit having an ultrasonic vibrator which generates ultrasonic...
7449004 Ultrasonic treatment device and ultrasonic treatment system  
An ultrasonic transducer unit that generates ultrasonic vibration for treating living tissues has an ultrasonic transducer and a cover member that covers the ultrasonic transducer. A flexible...
7449003 Bellows for coupling a source acoustic waves to a subject to be treated  
A bellows for coupling a source of acoustic waves having an acoustic propagation medium, to a patient, has a geometrical modification in that region wherein the bellows can be seated against the...
7442168 High efficiency medical transducer with ergonomic shape and method of manufacture  
A tranducer assembly for an ultrasonic surgical instrument includes a front driver having an elongate shaft in one direction and a stud extending in an opposite direction. An electromechanical...
7431704 Apparatus and method for the treatment of tissue with ultrasound energy by direct contact  
Apparatus and method for the treatment of tissue, such as hard and soft tissues, wounds, tumors, muscles, and cartilage, through the direct contact of ultrasound energy is disclosed. Ultrasound...
7429249 Method for cavitation-induced tissue healing with low intensity ultrasound  
A method and kit for therapeutically treating bone and tissue injuries using ultrasound. The method includes the steps of introducing an ultrasound contrast agent into the patient, preferably, the...
7429248 Method and apparatus for controlling acoustic modes in tissue healing applications  
A modal converter having at least one ultrasonic transducer or at least one array of such transducers positioned on the modal converter at various angles relative to a tissue surface and bone...
7427273 Skin beautification cosmetic system using iontophoresis device, ultrasonic facial stimulator, and cosmetic additive  
A skin beautification cosmetic system comprising an iontophoresis device, an infrared (including far infrared) generator, an ultrasonic vibrator, and a cosmetic composition is disclosed. The system...
7425193 Tomographic imaging system using a conformable mirror  
A tomographic imaging system comprising a source array emitting rays, a deformable mirror reflecting the rays emitted by the source array, and a detector array receiving the electromagnetic rays...
7422563 Multifunctional tip catheter for applying energy to tissue and detecting the presence of blood flow  
Disclosed herein are devices for altering gaseous flow within a lung to improve the expiration cycle of an individual, particularly individuals having Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)....
7416535 Neoplastic cell destruction device and method utilizing low frequency sound waves to disrupt or displace cellular materials  
A neoplasm cell destruction device utilizing low frequency sound waves to disrupt or displace cellular materials in neoplastic cells so as to damage and ultimately destruct the neoplastic cells...
7413552 Method for subaqueous ultrasonic catastrophic irradiation of living tissue  
A fish killing and fish tissue sanitizing apparatus includes a tank, a water feed pipe extending to the tank, and an electromechanical transducer in pressure-wave transmitting relationship to the...
7410469 Apparatus and method for ultrasonically and electromagnetically treating tissue  
The invention relates to apparatus and method for ultrasonically and electromagnetically treating tissue to treat, for example, traumatized tissue or a bone injury. The apparatus includes at least...
7410464 Wave generating device  
A wave generating device including a wave transducer adapted to generate an energy wave, and a beam shaping device defined by revolution of a curve about an axis of revolution, the curve being...