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Imaging, therapy, and temperature monitoring ultrasonic method

  • US 9,272,162 B2
  • Filed: 07/08/2013
  • Issued: 03/01/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/14/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for therapeutic treatment comprising the steps of:

  • providing an ultrasonic therapy system comprising a single ultrasound transducer, a display, and a control interface; and

    operating the control interface to control the single ultrasound transducer to non-invasively provide imaging of a targeted tissue below a skin surface, provide temperature monitoring of the targeted tissue, and provide therapeutic heating of the targeted tissue, such that the imaging, the temperature monitoring, and the therapeutic heating are conducted through the use of the single ultrasound transducer.

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