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8167868 VASER assisted high definition liposculpture  
A surgical procedure for performing liposculpture on the human body comprising defining a surgical site where the liposculpture is to be performed including substantially 360 about at least the...
8167826 Vibration generating apparatus and method introducing hypersonic effect to activate fundamental brain network and heighten aesthetic sensibility  
A means is provided for generating a vibration or a vibration signal, which contains audible range components that are vibration components in the audible frequency range and super-high-frequency...
8162858 Ultrasonic medical treatment device with variable focal zone  
An ultrasonic medical treatment device takes the form of an elongate probe having an elongate wave-generating concave surface with a longitudinal axis and ultrasonic electromechanical transducer...
8162859 Shock wave treatment device and method of use  
The system for treating an internal organ has a generator source for producing a shock wave connected to a portable shock wave applicator device, wherein the shock wave applicator device has a...
8146603 Method for ablating body tissue  
A tissue ablation system for treating fibrillation in a patient comprises a steerable interventional catheter having an energy source that emits a beam of energy to ablate tissue thereby creating a...
8147432 Skin massage device  
A skin massage device having a handset connected to a machine body. The handset in turn has a chamber closed by a deformable membrane which adheres to a patient's skin by virtue of a vacuum...
8137274 Methods to deliver high intensity focused ultrasound to target regions proximate blood vessels  
Methods for applying heat to a region proximate a blood vessel are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method can include generating an imaging ultrasound beam adapted to image a blood vessel target...
8133180 Method and system for treating cellulite  
A method and system for providing ultrasound treatment to a deep tissue that contains a lower part of dermis and proximal protrusions of fat lobuli into the dermis. The invention delivers...
8133191 Method and apparatus for treatment of adipose tissue  
The invention provides methods and apparatuses for the treatment of adipose tissue. The methods comprise application of ultrasound energy to a region of adipose tissue, and the apparatuses comprise...
8123707 Method and apparatus for connective tissue treatment  
The invention relates to methods and apparatus for therapeutically treating connective tissue or increasing vascularization in tissue using ultrasound. More particularly, the present invention...
8105248 Medical plaster  
A piezoelectric unit (4), preferably a piezoelectric foil, is arranged in a medical plaster unit (13) for therapeutic or stimulating influence of body tissue in an area underneath the plaster unit....
8099154 Apparatus for generating focused acoustical pressure waves  
An apparatus for generating focused acoustical pressure waves for therapeutical applications and, in particular, for destroying concrements, corporeal stone, etc., comprises a sound generating...
8099147 Intraoperative monitoring of temperature-induced tissue changes with a high-resolution digital X-ray system during thermotherapy  
A method of thermally inducing and monitoring changes to localized regions of tissue illuminating a volume of tissue with a first beam of X-rays, detecting the portions of the first beam of X-rays...
8096961 Switched resonant ultrasonic power amplifier system  
A switched resonant power amplifier system for ultrasonic transducers is disclosed. The system includes an amplifier that receives and processes a driver output signal for generating a drive signal...
8092401 Method and apparatus for producing shock waves for medical applications  
The invention describes a method and an apparatus for producing shock waves in a fluid for medical applications. In a work volume filled with fluid, the pressure is increased mechanically by...
8088084 Method and apparatus for repair of intervertebral discs  
A method of repairing an intervertebral disc of a patient's body includes identifying a target area of the intervertebral disc. An ultrasound generator is placed proximate the target area and...
8088073 Device for the application of acoustic shock waves  
A device, in particular a therapy device, for the application of acoustic shock waves aimed at a region to be treated in a human or animal body and comprising a housing with a coupling surface for...
8079966 Ultrasound stimulation devices and techniques  
Ultrasound stimulation devices and related techniques are disclosed. An ultrasound transducer for generating ultrasound energy is carried by a transducer housing that seals the transducer and may...
8075503 System and method for treating a wound using ultrasonic debridement  
A wound treatment system includes a distribution manifold, a reduced pressure source, a fluid delivery source, and an ultrasonic energy transducer. Reduced pressure and fluid delivery may be...
8075504 Ultrasound medical systems and related methods  
Ultrasound medical systems and related methods are described.
8066641 Method and system for treating photoaged tissue  
A method and system for ultrasound treatment of photoaged tissue are provided. An exemplary method and system are configured for first, ultrasound imaging of the region of interest for localization...
8062289 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...
8062566 Method of manufacturing an ultrasound transmission member for use in an ultrasound catheter device  
Ultrasound catheter devices and methods provide enhanced disruption of blood vessel obstructions. Generally, ultrasound catheters include an elongate flexible catheter body with one or more lumens,...
8057391 Apparatus for delivering high intensity focused ultrasound energy to a treatment site internal to a patient's body  
An apparatus for delivering HIFU energy may include a probe with a plurality of leaves that provide a bowl-shaped HIFU therapy transducer. In once case, pins may slide within grooves in the leaves...
8057408 Pulsed cavitational ultrasound therapy  
Therapy methods using pulsed cavitational ultrasound therapy can include the subprocesses of initiation, maintenance, therapy, and feedback of the histotripsy process, which involves the creation...
8057409 Ultrasonic therapeutic device and an ultrasonic therapeutic system of using the same  
An ultrasonic therapeutic device and an ultrasonic therapeutic system including the ultrasonic therapeutic device and guided by an imaging device are provided. The ultrasonic therapeutic device...
8057389 Method and system for ultrasound treatment with a multi-directional transducer  
A method and system for ultrasound treatment utilizing a multi-directional transducer to facilitate treatment, such as therapy and/or imaging or other tissue parameter monitoring, in two or more...
8048006 Ultrasound therapy  
A method of treating a peripheral neuropathy, peripheral neurodegenerative disease, or peripheral nerve trauma is disclosed. The method includes the step of applying an ultrasound signal to an...
8043234 System and method for providing therapeutic treatment using a combination of ultrasound, electro-stimulation and vibrational stimulation  
Systems and methods are disclosed for providing therapeutic treatment using vibrational stimulation, ultrasound stimulation and electro-stimulation. The combined therapeutic treatment allows for...
8043235 Ultrasonic treatment of glaucoma  
A method of treating glaucoma is described herein. The method includes the steps of providing an ultrasonic device that emits ultrasonic energy, holding the ultrasonic device at a location external...
8038630 Floating probe for ultrasonic transducers  
The present invention relates to a device with an ultrasonic-based probe for drilling and coring. The invention uses ultrasonic and subsonic vibrations produced by a frequency compensation coupler...
8038631 Laparoscopic HIFU probe  
A high-intensity focused ultrasound ablation of tissue using minimally invasive medical procedures is provided.
8034004 Medical device for the treatment of biological tissue  
Disclosed is a medical instrument for treating biological tissue, comprising a device generating extracorporeal pressure waves and a transmission element (2) coupling said pressure waves into the...
8025630 Treatment apparatus  
A treating device according to the present invention comprises: a transmitting member for transmitting energy, for treating living body tissue, to the living body tissue; an outer sheath through...
8025688 Apparatus for thermal therapy of prostate gland with ultrasound energy  
An apparatus for applying thermal energy to a prostate gland, comprising a support tube having a longitudinal passageway, a power lead channeled through the longitudinal central passageway and an...
8016757 Non-invasive temperature estimation technique for HIFU therapy monitoring using backscattered ultrasound  
Ultrasound data are collected from a thermal source and a mass of tissue before initiating therapy to measure two parameters of the bio-heat transfer equation (BHTE). The parameters are the thermal...
8012092 Method of using a combination imaging and therapy transducer to dissolve blood clots  
A combined ultrasound imaging and therapy transducer includes a linear array of imaging transducer elements. First and second linear arrays of therapy transducer elements extend longitudinally...
8007438 Ultrasound probe and ultrasound elasticity imaging apparatus  
An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes an ultrasound probe which transmits/receives an ultrasound wave with respect to a subject to be diagnosed, an ultrasound wave transmit section which...
8002718 Shockwave system control dependent on patient's blood pressure  
In a shockwave system with a shockwave source for treatment of a patient with shockwaves, a control and evaluation unit for evaluating an input signal supplied directly thereto that is correlated...
7998095 Occlusion device  
Methods, apparatus, and systems for repairing defective occlusions are provided. One embodiment includes an elongate body having a first lumen extending from a proximal end toward a distal end of...
7993289 Systems and methods for the destruction of adipose tissue  
Described is a system and method for the destruction of adipose tissue using an energy applicator such as a HIFU transducer. The system has a scan head containing an energy applicator, a mechanical...
7996059 Esophagus imaging enhancement device  
A device for enhancing visualization of an esophagus when imaged by a visualization system includes a structure including material that is clearly visible when imaged by the visualization system....
7993331 Method and device for removing hair  
A method of treating unwanted hair is disclosed. The method comprises: transmitting acoustic waves through the hair so as to generate heat at a follicle, a dermal papilla, a hair bulge and/or a...
7988648 Pancreas regeneration treatment for diabetics using extracorporeal acoustic shock waves  
The method of stimulating a tissue of a subsurface organ is disclosed. The method has the steps of activating an acoustic shock wave generator or source to emit acoustic shock waves; and subjecting...
7988631 Shock wave therapy device with image production  
The invention relates to a shock wave therapy device with a shock wave source for the emission of a shock wave and an ultrasound unit for obtaining image information by means of the emission and...
7985189 Method for using acoustic shock waves in the treatment of medical conditions  
A method of treating pathological conditions associated with bone and soft tissue adjacent to musculoskeletal environments and soft tissues and osteoporotic sites and of enhancing bone formation...
7985190 Non-invasive skin contouring device to delaminate skin layers using tissue resonance  
A system and method for treating cellulite tissue and related conditions comprising apparatus configured to transmit shear and other vibration modes beneath a patient's skin sufficient to break...
7983865 Power supply apparatus for operation and resonant frequency searching method  
A power supply apparatus for operation supplies a drive signal of a resonant frequency to a surgical instrument to drive the instrument. A recognition section recognizes a surgical instrument...
7981060 Ultrasound applying skin care device  
An ultrasonic skin care device has an applicator head for applying the ultrasound vibrations to a user's skin. The applicator head has a vibrator element and a horn which are integrated into a...
7978461 Enhanced ultrasound system  
An enhanced ultrasound housing and enhanced ultrasound platform facilitates a technician-friendly layout by providing a beneficial ergonomic layout. Control switches may also be configured to...