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PRESURGICAL TREATMENT METHODS AND SYSTEMS

  • US 20150273198A1
  • Filed: 06/12/2015
  • Published: 10/01/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2008
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of reducing an incidence of infection in a patient at a surgical site associated with a surgical procedure, the method comprising:

  • identifying a region of tissue of the patient that will be exposed during the surgical procedure;

    subcutaneously introducing a solution comprising a dose of a drug dissolved therein through a skin of the patient at a location to or in a vicinity of the identified region of tissue;

    applying ultrasound transcutaneously toward the identified region of tissue and the subcutaneously introduced solution, wherein the transcutaneously applied ultrasound interacts with the solution to disperse the solution with the dose of drug dissolved therein through the identified region of tissue;

    exposing the identified region of tissue to air; and

    performing the surgical procedure.

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