Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for treating soft tissue with force impulse and electrical stimulation
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Application No.: US15373637Application Date: 2016-12-09
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Publication No.: US10226397B2Publication Date: 2019-03-12
- Inventor: Tamas Becse , John Crunick , Louis L. Laskey, Jr.
- Applicant: Sigma Instruments Holdings, LLC
- Applicant Address: US PA Cranberry Twp.
- Assignee: Sigma Instruments Holdings, LLC
- Current Assignee: Sigma Instruments Holdings, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US PA Cranberry Twp.
- Agency: Polsinelli PC
- Main IPC: A61B5/05
- IPC: A61B5/05 ; A61H23/02 ; A61B17/22 ; A61B5/053 ; A61H23/00 ; A61N1/04 ; A61N1/36 ; A61B9/00 ; A61N1/00 ; A61N1/32 ; A61N1/372 ; A61B90/00

Abstract:
A system for treating soft tissue of a patient. The system includes a treatment head and a computer portion. The treatment head includes a probe and an electrode operably coupled to the probe. The probe and electrode are configured to respectively deliver a mechanical force impulse and an electrical stimulation to the soft tissue when placed in operable contact with the soft tissue. The computer portion includes a CPU and is configured to coordinate the delivery of the mechanical force impulse and electrical stimulation relative to each other. The system is configured to sense a shockwave in the soft tissue of the patient, the shockwave resulting from the mechanical force impulse delivered to the soft tissue via the probe. The system is also configured to analyze a characteristic of the sensed shockwave and configure the electrical stimulation to be delivered to the soft tissue via the electrode based on the characteristic analysis of the sensed shockwave. The characteristic may be at least one of frequency of the sensed shockwave, amplitude of the sensed shockwave, and/or wave shape (form) of the sensed shockwave.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170151125A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TREATING SOFT TISSUE WITH FORCE IMPULSE AND ELECTRICAL STIMULATION Public/Granted day:2017-06-01
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