IMPLOSION TECHNIQUES FOR ULTRASOUND
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Abstract
A housing (50) is placed on skin of a subject, and draws at least a portion of the skin within at least a part of the housing. The housing includes at least first and second support structures (34), placed in contact with a surface of skin surrounding the portion of the skin, the first support structure having a first concave surface (153) and the second support structure having a second concave surface (153) that faces the first concave surface. The apparatus includes one or more first ultrasound transducers (160) coupled to the first support structure and one or more second ultrasound transducers coupled to the second support structure. The apparatus also includes a control unit which drives the first and second ultrasound transducers to induce an implosion wave in a target region of the skin. Other embodiments are also described.
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145 Claims
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46. Apparatus, comprising:
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a housing configured for placement on skin of a subject, and to draw at least a portion of the skin and underlying tissue within at least a part of the housing, the housing comprising; at least first and second support structures configured to be placed in contact with a surface of skin surrounding the portion of the skin, the first support structure having a first concave surface and the second support structure having a second concave surface that faces the first concave surface; two or more first electrodes coupled to the first support structure; two or more second electrodes coupled to the second support structure; and a control unit coupled to the first and second electrodes and configured to drive the first and second electrodes to induce an implosion wave in a target region under the portion of the skin.
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55. Apparatus, comprising:
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a housing configured to be coupled to a portion of skin of a subject; one or more ultrasound transducers coupled to the housing and disposed with respect to the housing so as to be on opposing sides of the portion of the skin when the housing is coupled to the skin; and a control unit coupled to the one or more ultrasound transducers and configured to drive the one or more ultrasound transducers to induce an implosion wave in a target region under the portion of the skin. - View Dependent Claims (19, 57, 58, 60, 64, 65, 67, 71, 72, 73, 74, 85, 86, 87, 89, 90, 97)
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104. A method, comprising:
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placing on a portion of skin of a subject a housing coupled to one or more ultrasound transducers that are disposed with respect to the housing so as to be on opposing sides of the portion of the skin when the housing is coupled to the skin; and configuring the one or more ultrasound transducers to induce an implosion wave in a target region under the portion of the skin. - View Dependent Claims (105, 106, 107, 108, 111, 116, 127, 134, 138, 139)
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145. A method, comprising:
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placing on skin of a subject a housing including; at least first and second support structures configured to be placed in contact with a surface of the skin, the first support structure having a first concave surface, the first support structure being coupled to two or more first electrodes, and the second support structure having a second concave surface that faces the first concave surface, the second support structure being coupled to two or more second electrodes; drawing at least a portion of the skin and underlying tissue between the first and second support structures; and driving the first and second electrodes to induce an implosion wave in a target region under the portion of the skin.
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Specification