Apparatus and method for treating body tissue, in particular soft surface tissue with ultrasound
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1. An apparatus for treating body tissue, superficial soft tissue, with ultrasound, comprising:
- an ultrasonic generation unit;
an applicator having an applicator surface facing the body surface from which said ultrasound can be irradiated through said body surface into said body tissue, wherein a suction apparatus is provided for taking in said body surface against said applicator surface; and
wherein said applicator surface is curved inwardly.
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Abstract
An apparatus for treating body tissue, in particular superficial soft tissue, with ultrasound, comprises an ultrasonic generation unit and an applicator, by means of which the ultrasound can be irradiated from an applicator surface facing the body surface from outside through the body surface into the body tissue. A suction apparatus for sucking in the body surface against the applicator surface is provided.
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70 Claims
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1. An apparatus for treating body tissue, superficial soft tissue, with ultrasound, comprising:
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an ultrasonic generation unit;
an applicator having an applicator surface facing the body surface from which said ultrasound can be irradiated through said body surface into said body tissue, wherein a suction apparatus is provided for taking in said body surface against said applicator surface; and
wherein said applicator surface is curved inwardly. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method for treating body tissue, superficial soft tissue, with ultrasound, comprising the steps of:
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providing an ultrasonic generation unit and an applicator having an applicator surface;
taking in said body surface against said applicator surface;
irradiating said ultrasound from said applicator surface from outside through a body surface into said body tissue; and
bringing a fluid between said applicator surface and said body surface. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. An apparatus for treating body tissue, in particular superficial soft tissue, with ultrasound, comprising:
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an ultrasonic generation unit;
an applicator having an applicator surface facing the body surface from which said ultrasound can be irradiated through said body surface into said body tissue, wherein a suction apparatus is provided for taking in said body surface against said applicator surface; and
wherein said applicator is combined with a suction and irrigation apparatus for a fluid which fluid can be brought between said applicator surface and said body surface and be drawn off again. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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59. An apparatus for treating body tissue, in particular superficial soft tissue, with ultrasound, comprising:
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an ultrasonic generation unit;
an applicator having an applicator surface facing the body surface from which said ultrasound can be irradiated through said body surface into said body tissue, wherein a suction apparatus is provided for taking in said body surface against said applicator surface; and
wherein said applicator surface is curved inwardly and wherein said applicator surface has an approximately cylindric symmetric shape with an approximately U-shaped cross-section.
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60. An apparatus for treating body tissue, in particular superficial soft tissue, with ultrasound, comprising:
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an ultrasonic generation unit;
an applicator having an applicator surface facing the body surface from which said ultrasound can be irradiated through said body surface into said body tissue, wherein a suction apparatus is provided for taking in said body surface against said applicator surface; and
wherein said applicator is combined with a suction and irrigation apparatus for a fluid which fluid can be brought between said applicator face and said body surface and be drawn off again and wherein at least one inlet channel opens at a periphery of said applicator into a region between said applicator face and said body surface.
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61. An apparatus for treating body tissue, in particular superficial soft tissue, with ultrasound, comprising:
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an ultrasonic generation unit;
an applicator having an applicator surface facing the body surface from which said ultrasound can be irradiated through said body surface into said body tissue, wherein a suction apparatus is provided for taking in said body surface against said applicator surface; and
wherein a spacer attachable to said applicator is provided.
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62. An apparatus for treating body tissue, in particular superficial soft tissue, with ultrasound, comprising:
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an ultrasonic generation unit;
an applicator having an applicator surface facing the body surface from which said ultrasound can be irradiated through said body surface into said body tissue, wherein a suction apparatus is provided for taking in said body surface against said applicator surface; and
wherein said applicator comprises at least one ultrasonic receiver element receiving reflected ultrasound and converting same into an electric signal, which is fed to an evaluation unit.
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63. An apparatus for treating body tissue, in particular superficial soft tissue, with ultrasound, comprising:
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an ultrasonic generation unit;
an applicator having an applicator surface facing the body surface from which said ultrasound can be irradiated through said body surface into said body tissue, wherein a suction apparatus is provided for taking in said body surface against said applicator surface; and
wherein said ultrasonic generation unit comprises at least one transducer element for generating ultrasound in the diagnostic power and frequency range in pulse-echo mode operation.
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64. An apparatus for treating body tissue, in particular superficial soft tissue, with ultrasound, comprising:
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an ultrasonic generation unit;
an applicator having an applicator surface facing the body surface from which said ultrasound can be irradiated through said body surface into said body tissue, wherein a suction apparatus is provided for taking in said body surface against said applicator surface; and
wherein at least one temperature registrating element is disposed at said applicator surface.
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65. An apparatus for treating body tissue, in particular superficial soft tissue, with ultrasound, comprising:
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an ultrasonic generation unit;
an applicator having an applicator surface facing the body surface from which said ultrasound can be irradiated through said body surface into said body tissue, wherein a suction apparatus is provided for taking in said body surface against said applicator surface; and
wherein said applicator comprises at least one puncture channel.
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66. An apparatus for treating body tissue, in particular superficial soft tissue, with ultrasound, comprising:
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an ultrasonic generation unit;
an applicator having an applicator surface facing the body surface from which said ultrasound can be irradiated through said body surface into said body tissue, wherein a suction apparatus is provided for taking in said body surface against said applicator surface; and
wherein at least one electrode for measuring the transition resistance between said applicator face and said body surface is disposed in said applicator at said applicator face thereof.
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67. A method for treating body tissue, in particular superficial soft tissue, with ultrasound, comprising the steps of:
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providing an ultrasonic generation unit and an applicator having an applicator surface;
taking in said body surface against said applicator surface; and
irradiating said ultrasound from said applicator surface from outside through a body surface into said body tissue, wherein said treating of said body tissue consists in disintegrating of said tissue near said body surface.
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68. A method for treating body tissue, in particular superficial soft tissue, with ultrasound, comprising the steps of:
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providing an ultrasonic generation unit and an applicator having an applicator surface;
taking in said body surface against said applicator surface; and
irradiating said ultrasound from said applicator surface from outside through a body surface into said body tissue, wherein ultrasound reflected from said body tissue is received and converted into an electric signal, which is fed to an evaluation unit for producing an ultrasound image which is used for controlling the treatment of said body tissue.
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69. A method for treating body tissue, in particular superficial soft tissue, with ultrasound, comprising the steps of:
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providing an ultrasonic generation unit and an applicator having an applicator surface;
taking in said body surface against said applicator surface;
irradiating said ultrasound from said applicator surface from outside through a body surface into said body tissue; and
measuring the temperature of said body surface.
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70. A method for treating body tissue, in particular superficial soft tissue, with ultrasound, comprising the steps of:
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providing an ultrasonic generation unit and an applicator having an applicator surface;
taking in said body surface against said applicator surface;
irradiating said ultrasound from said applicator surface from outside through a body surface into said body tissue; and
measuring the transition resistance between said applicator surface and said body surface.
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