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7621873 |
Method and system to synchronize acoustic therapy with ultrasound imaging
Interference in ultrasound imaging when used in connection with high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is avoided by employing a synchronization signal to control the HIFU signal. Unless the...
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7610079 |
Shock wave imaging system
A system or apparatus 2 for visually displaying and treating a treatment volume 100 located in a human or animal body 1 is disclosed wherein the treatment volume 100 is detected by a...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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7438695 |
Shockwave system and method for operation of such a shockwave system
A shockwave system for treatment of a patient has a detection unit for detection of an indicator correlated with the calmness of the patient, and a device that is operable dependent on the...
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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...
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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...
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7393331 |
Vortex bubble-removing and cooling system for the electromagnetic shock wave generator for the lithotripter
The present invention relates to a vortex bubble removing and cooling system for the electromagnetic shock wave generator in the lithotripter. The vortex bubble-removing and cooling system...
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7390308 |
Apparatus and process for optimized electro-hydraulic pressure pulse generation
The invention relates to an apparatus and a process for optimized electro-hydraulic pressure pulse generation that records characteristic parameters which can be measured insusceptible to error and...
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7377905 |
Method and device for subaqueous ultrasonic irradiation of living tissue
Applicable to humans, animals and fish, a method for injecting thoroughly diffused ambient air or disinfectant into water prior to its delivery into a therapy tank plus an underwater PZT probe...
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7364554 |
Apparatus for administering acoustic shock waves having a removable and replaceable component with a data storage medium
A medical device is described, which comprises a basic device and at least one replaceable component connected therewith, said component having an item belonging to the device that is subjected to...
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7335169 |
Systems and methods for delivering ultrasound energy at an output power level that remains essentially constant despite variations in transducer impedance
Systems and methods deliver ultrasound energy to an ultrasound transducer having an impedance subject to variations. The systems and methods electrically couple an ultrasound generator to the...
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7311678 |
Pressure-pulse therapy apparatus
Disclosed is a device for producing an intracorporeal pressure pulse comprising a pressure pulse source configured to generate a collimated pressure pulse and an acoustic lens including at least...
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7311677 |
Energy concentrator system and method
Reflective apparatus and method by which energy is radiated in divergent fashion from an elongated source and is reflected by a first parabolic reflector as a paraxial beam, focused by a second...
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7268938 |
In-vivo examination apparatus
An in-vivo examination apparatus in which the examination angle can be changed while keeping an examination site in focus to carry out accurate in-vivo examination is provided. The in-vivo...
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7264597 |
Device and method for producing high-pressure ultrasonic pulses
A device for producing high pressure ultrasound pulses. The device includes an ultrasound source having a piezoelectric transducer provided with electrodes and presenting polarization in a given...
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7247141 |
Intra-cavitary ultrasound medical system and method
A method for medically employing ultrasound within a body cavity of a patient. An end effector is obtained having a medical ultrasound transducer assembly. A biocompatible hygroscopic substance is...
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7175596 |
System and method for sensing and locating disturbances in an energy path of a focused ultrasound system
A method for sensing a disturbance in a transmission path of a converging ultrasound energy beam transmitted by a transducer in a focussed ultrasound system comprises transmitting a burst of...
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7166075 |
Elastographic imaging of in vivo soft tissue
Elastographic images provide visualization in two or three dimensions of RF ablation lesions to guide in the ablation process. Compression may be applied using the RF probe. A similar technique may...
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7164940 |
Therapeutic system
A therapeutic system comprising a therapeutic applicator for treating living tissues and an observation unit for determining the position of the applicator. The therapeutic energy applied from the...
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7118540 |
Method for use in orthodontics for accelerating tooth movement when treating patients for malocclusion
A method for accelerating orthodontic treatment of malocclusion by noninvasively altering a condition of bone in a patient's jaw so that teeth held in generally fixed positions in the bone are able...
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7108663 |
Method and apparatus for cartilage growth stimulation
The invention relates to apparatus and method for ultrasonically stimulating cartilage growth. The apparatus includes at least one ergonomically constructed ultrasonic transducer configured to...
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7048699 |
Non-cylindrical acoustic wave device
An acoustic wave device including a non-cylindrical and non-point acoustic wave transducer adapted to generate an acoustic wave and positioned along a longitudinal axis, and a reflector arranged...
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7033328 |
Direct wave cavitation suppressor for focused shock-wave devices
A reflector ( 14 ) reflects energy emitting from an energy source ( 16 ) and focuses and directs it to a target. An aperture stop or suppressor disk ( 18 ) is positioned between the energy source (...
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7027853 |
Data acquisition method and apparatus for MR imaging
An improved technique is described for acquiring MR image data such as needed for FSE-based Dixon imaging techniques. A gradient-induced echo shift is produced in the pulse sequences by a small...
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7025735 |
Ultrasonic apparatus for the treatment of septic wounds
An ultrasonic apparatus comprising a hand piece ( 1 ) within a handle region ( 2 ), a connection tube ( 3 ) for connecting to a supply tube, wherein rock salt solution and medical healing agents...
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6981952 |
Apparatus for generating acoustic waves
An apparatus for generating acoustic waves has an acoustic transducer with a first electrode serving as a membrane and adjoining an acoustic propagation medium and a second electrode spaced from...
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6929608 |
Apparatus for deposition of ultrasound energy in body tissue
An apparatus for providing ultrasonic energy for deposition in body tissue including an array of elements having at least two different sizes and at least one element being aperiodically spaced...
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6926680 |
Coupling bellows for shockwave therapy
An apparatus for coupling a shockwave source to the body of a patient is provided. The apparatus may include a coupling bellows that is configured to rotate about an axis of rotation. The coupling...
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6926669 |
Heart wall ablation/mapping catheter and method
Steerable electrophysiology catheters for use in mapping and/or ablation of accessory pathways in myocardial tissue of the heart wall and methods of use thereof are disclosed. The catheter...
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6916296 |
System for antiseptic surgery
A method is furnished for a treatment of septic wounds. A hand piece of a sonotrode is connected to a liquid storage. Access to a wound is furnished to the sonotrode. A liquid atomized by...
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6913581 |
High output therapeutic ultrasound transducer
A therapeutic ultrasound delivery system, comprises: a catheter body, a plurality of axially spaced-apart hollow cylindrical vibrational transducers disposed along a length of the catheter body, a...
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6907282 |
Intensity map resampling for multi-leaf collimator compatibility
A method for converting a source intensity map into a target intensity map having a geometry compatible with a desired multi-leaf collimator configuration. The source intensity map and the target...
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6869407 |
Acoustic wave device
An acoustic wave device including an electrical element disposable on an outer contour of a support of an acoustic wave transducer, the outer contour having a non-cylindrical and non-flat shape,...
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6849053 |
Shock wave source with a wave damping coil carrier
A shock wave source has a coil carrier, a coil, having a metallic membrane separated from the coil in insulating fashion for generating shock waves. The coil carrier is formed of a material that...
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6837859 |
Shock wave source with a coil carrier having a non-circular contour
A shock wave source has a coil carrier, having a longitudinal axis, a coil and a metallic membrane separated from the coil in insulating fashion for generating shock waves. The coil carrier has a...
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6770039 |
Method to reduce tissue injury in shock wave lithotripsy
A method to reduce vascular injury produced by lithotripter shock waves comprising the use of particular multi-pulsed shock waves which comminute human concretions with reduced vascular damage.
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6752801 |
Metal probe for intracorporeal calculi crushing
A metal probe for intracorporeal calculi crushing has a point at its distal end with one or several lateral notches next to the probe end. These notches secure a calculus laterally against an...
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6736784 |
Medical instrument for treating biological tissue and method for transmitting pressure waves
A medical instrument for treating biological tissue comprises a housing ( 2 ), a pressure wave generation means ( 4 ) and a transmission means ( 8 ) for coupling the unfocused pressure waves into...
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6733450 |
Therapeutic methods and apparatus for use of sonication to enhance perfusion of tissue
Ultrasound methods and apparatus for reducing tissue damage from ischemia by means of insonation through intact skin and/or bone, the insonation preferably promoting thrombolysis, reducing edema...
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