Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Combination ultrasound-phototherapy transducer
- Patent Title (中): 组合超声光电传感器
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Application No.: US12189829Application Date: 2008-08-12
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Publication No.: US08206326B2Publication Date: 2012-06-26
- Inventor: Mark E. Schafer , Brady Aller
- Applicant: Mark E. Schafer , Brady Aller
- Applicant Address: US CO Louisville
- Assignee: Sound Surgical Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Sound Surgical Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CO Louisville
- Agency: Sheridan Ross PC
- Main IPC: A61H1/00
- IPC: A61H1/00 ; A61N5/06

Abstract:
A soundhead of a treatment device is provided that enables a volume of tissue located beneath the soundhead to simultaneously receive ultrasound and light stimulation. According to one embodiment, the soundhead includes an ultrasound transducer, a light source, and a faceplate extending across a face of the transducer for providing a tissue contacting and ultrasound energy coupling surface of the soundhead. The faceplate is transparent or translucent to the light generated by the light source. Alternate embodiments including externally mounted light sources are also disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090227909A1 Combination Ultrasound-Phototherapy Transducer Public/Granted day:2009-09-10
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