Equipment for the treatment of capsular contractures in mammal breast implants and its process of application

• US 6,022,317 A
• Filed: 06/18/1998
• Issued: 02/08/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Medicina EN Forma SL
• Original Assignee: Medicina EN Forma SL
• Inventors: Ribo, Jorge Planas, Cruanas, Jose Colls
• Primary Examiner(s): Kamm, William E.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Imam, Ali M.
• Application Number:
  US09/099,500
• Time in Patent Office: 600 Days
• Field of Search: 623/7, 623/8, 450/38-40, 450/54, 450/55, 600/439, 600/438, 606/31, 606/33, 606/34, 606/41, 607/99, 514/57, 601/2, 601/3
• US Class Current: 600/439
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/12 Mammary prostheses and implants
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2007/0078 with multiple treatment transducers
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 7/00 Ultrasound therapy lithotripsy A61B17/22, A61B17/225; massage using supersonic vibration A61H23/00 ; using ultrasound for introducing media into the body A61M37/0092

Abstract

The invention refers to an equipment (10) for the generation of ultrasonic waves with regulation of the frequency and power range with two possibilites of working, i.e. in continuous or pulsating modes, to be transmitted by adequate means to the transducers (14), The invention discloses a supporting means such as a harness (16) or similar. Said harness (16) is directly applied on the breast with capacity to act on the same in a selective way by programming the amount of power to be transmitted to transducers (14) in an individualized form. The invention permits the elimination of capsular contractures corresponding to degree IV in the Baker scale.

Claims

1. Equipment for the treatment of capsular contractures in a mammal breast implant comprising a support adapted to position supported transducers adjacent to a site of said breast implant, a plurality of transducers which emit ultrasonic wave energy adjustable within a power range of 1 to 15 watts and supported by said support, a power source connected to said transducers, a control adapted to a regulate the power transmitted from the power source to each transducer and a display communicating with the control adapted to display parameters associated with the power source and transducers.

2. Equipment according to claim 1, further having a switch adapted to provide power to the transmitters in a continuous or pulsating mode according to the switch configuration.

3. Equipment according to claim 2, in which the control comprises a microprocessor and a keyboard for the introduction of parameters and data and in which the display is a liquid crystal display.

4. Equipment according to claim 3, in which the working frequency is between 0.5 and 7 MHz.

5. A method for the treatment of capsular contractures in a mammal breast implant which comprises applying ultrasonic energy with a power in the range of 1-15 watts to at least one site external of the mammal body and adjacent to the breast implant.

6. The process of claim 5, in which the application of the ultrasonic energy is continuous.

7. The process of claim 5, in which the application of the ultrasonic energy is discontinuous.

8. The process of claim 5, in which the ultrasonic energy is generated by a plurality of transducers each of which is independently controllable.

9. The process of claim 8, in which the power supplied to at least two transducers is the same.

10. The process according to claim 8, in which the power supplied to at least two transducers is different.

11. The process of claim 8, in which each transducer is connected through a control system to a power source and parameters associated with at least one of the power source and a transducer is displayed in viewable form.

12. The process of claim 8, in which the working frequency of the transducers is between 0.5 and 7 MHz.