Method and apparatus for high energetic ultrasonic tissue treatment
First Claim
1. An apparatus for high energetic ultrasonic tissue treatment in a target area inside a living body from an outside surface or a body cavity of the living body comprising an ultrasound generator (101, 102), a device (21) to be applied against the skin or mucous membrane at the site of treatment, and a transducer (28) connected with the ultrasound generator to emit generated therapeutic ultrasound energy through said device, characterized in that means are provided for cooling a contact surface of said device (21) to be engaged with the skin or mucous membrane and that said device (21) is made as an exchangeable product forming a heat exchange element between the device and the tissue.
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Abstract
The invention relates to an apparatus for high energetic ultrasound tissue shrinkage in a target area inside a living body from an outside surface or a body cavity of the living body. The apparatus comprises an ultrasound generator, a device to the applied against the skin or mucous membrane at the site of treatment, and a transducer connected with the ultrasound generator to emit generated therapeutic ultrasound energy through said device. Means are provided for cooling a contact surface of the device to be engaged with the skin or mucous membrane, and the device is made as an exchangeable product forming a heat exchange element between the device and the tissue.
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- 1. An apparatus for high energetic ultrasonic tissue treatment in a target area inside a living body from an outside surface or a body cavity of the living body comprising an ultrasound generator (101, 102), a device (21) to be applied against the skin or mucous membrane at the site of treatment, and a transducer (28) connected with the ultrasound generator to emit generated therapeutic ultrasound energy through said device, characterized in that means are provided for cooling a contact surface of said device (21) to be engaged with the skin or mucous membrane and that said device (21) is made as an exchangeable product forming a heat exchange element between the device and the tissue.
- 9. A method for non-invasive ultrasonic wave medical treatment of tissue in a target area inside a living body from an outside surface or a body cavity of the living body comprising the steps of emitting diagnostic and therapeutic ultrasound energy, defining the location of the target area by diagnostic ultrasound energy, concentrating therapeutic ultrasound energy on tissue to be treated medically in the target area, and controlling the condition of the tissue in the target area by backscattered ultrasound between therapeutic ultrasound pulses.
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