Methods and systems for treating plantar fascia
First Claim
1. A non-invasive method of treating a plantar fascia using an ultrasound treatment system, the method comprising:
- locating a damage location within the plantar fascia; and
directing, non-invasively, using the ultrasound treatment system, a therapeutically effective amount of conformal distributions of ultrasound energy to the damage location within the plantar fascia or tissue within the plantar fascia surrounding the damage location, thereby creating a therapeutically effective amount of conformal regions of elevated temperature in the plantar fascia, thereby creating a therapeutically effective amount of micro-lesions in the plantar fascia.
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Abstract
Various embodiments, described herein, provide methods and systems for the treatment of plantar fascia. In some embodiments, a method of non-invasive treatment of plantar fasciacan include the steps of identifying a damage location comprising a planter fascia; directing a conformal distribution of ultrasound energy to the plantar fascia at the damage location; creating a plurality of micro lesions in the plantar fascia at the damage location; initiating healing of a plurality of micro tears in the plantar fascia at the damage location; and sparing intervening tissue between the plantar fascia and a surface of a sole of a foot.
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1. A non-invasive method of treating a plantar fascia using an ultrasound treatment system, the method comprising:
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locating a damage location within the plantar fascia; and directing, non-invasively, using the ultrasound treatment system, a therapeutically effective amount of conformal distributions of ultrasound energy to the damage location within the plantar fascia or tissue within the plantar fascia surrounding the damage location, thereby creating a therapeutically effective amount of conformal regions of elevated temperature in the plantar fascia, thereby creating a therapeutically effective amount of micro-lesions in the plantar fascia. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 18)
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8. A method of non-invasive treatment of a plantar fascia using an ultrasound treatment system, the method comprising:
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locating a damage location within a plantar fascia, the damage location including a micro-tear; and directing, non-invasively, using the ultrasound treatment system, a therapeutically effective amount of conformal distributions of ultrasound energy to the plantar fascia at the damage location within the plantar fascia or tissue within the plantar fascia surrounding the damage location, thereby creating a therapeutically effective amount of micro lesions in the plantar fascia, the therapeutically effective amount of micro-lesions initiating healing of the micro tear. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of non-invasive treatment of a plantar fascia using an ultrasound transducer, the method comprising:
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coupling the ultrasound transducer to a tissue surface of a foot containing the plantar fascia, the ultrasound transducer configured to emit ultrasound energy; locating a micro-tear in the plantar fascia; and non-invasively focusing a therapeutically effective amount of conformal distributions of the ultrasound energy from the ultrasound transducer to the micro-tear in the plantar fascia, thereby creating a therapeutically effective amount of conformal regions of elevated temperature at the micro-tear in the plantar fascia, thereby welding the micro-tear, wherein the therapeutically effective amount of conformal regions of elevated temperature are placed at a selected depth below the tissue surface and have a defined shape and volume. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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