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1. A method for treating a bacterial infection in a tissue in a patient, comprising:
- identifying a tissue in a patient as comprising a bacterial infection;
delivering one or more antibiotics to the infected tissue; and
broadcasting ultrasonic energy transcutaneously to the tissue to disperse the antibiotics.
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Antibiotics are administered in a surgical site subcutaneously via a small or stab incision in the surgical field. Transcutaneous ultrasonic vibrations are applied across the surgical field, which is then opened in the usual manner, to thereby provide a surgical field which contains a vastly higher and more effective level of antibiotic. At the same time the underlying tissue is hydrated.
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1. A method for treating a bacterial infection in a tissue in a patient, comprising:
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identifying a tissue in a patient as comprising a bacterial infection; delivering one or more antibiotics to the infected tissue; and broadcasting ultrasonic energy transcutaneously to the tissue to disperse the antibiotics. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of treating a methicilin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection in a patient comprising:
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identifying an infected tissue in the patient comprising MRSA; injecting one or more antibiotics into the infected tissue; and dispersing the antibiotics by transcutaneously applying ultrasound to the tissue. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method for administering one or more therapeutic agents to a target tissue in a patient, comprising:
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delivering one or more therapeutic agents to the target tissue; and providing an energy field transcutaneously to the target tissue to disperse the therapeutic agent, wherein the concentration of therapeutic agent in a sample of the patients serum is less than 10 times the contemporaneous concentration in the target tissue. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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