Ultrasound bandages
First Claim
1. An ultrasound bandage which comprises:
- a) a backing layer possessing upper and lower surfaces;
b) an adhesive layer applied to, and substantially coextensive with, the lower surface of the backing layer; and
,c) a transducer material disposed on at least a portion of the adhesive layer, comprising a fiber sheet formed from a composition containing a piezoelectric material.
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Abstract
Ultrasound bandages (10) and ultrasound transducer array bandages are provided herein to accelerate the healing of wounds by positioning the ultrasound bandages (10) and ultrasound transducer array bandages adjacent to a wound and generating ultrasonic pulses. The ultrasound bandages (10) generally include (a) a backing layer (12), (b) an adhesive layer (14) applied to, and substantially coextensive with the backing layer (12), and (c) a transducer material (16) disposed on at least a portion of the adhesive layer (14). The ultrasound transducer array bandages generally include (a) a backing layer (13), (b) an adhesive layer applied to, and substantially coextensive with, the backing layer, and (c) an array comprising a plurality of transducer materials arranged in adjacent relation to define spaces therebetween, the array being disposed on at least a portion of the adhesive layer. The resulting ultrasound bandages (10) and ultrasound transducer array bandages allows for medical therapeutic applications as promoting the healing of wounds such as abrasions, lacerations, incisions and ulcers at any section or multiple sections of the human anatomy with the ultrasound bandages (10) and ultrasound transducer array bandages being conveniently discarded after each application and a new bandage then being applied for the next application.
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83 Claims
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1. An ultrasound bandage which comprises:
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a) a backing layer possessing upper and lower surfaces; b) an adhesive layer applied to, and substantially coextensive with, the lower surface of the backing layer; and
,c) a transducer material disposed on at least a portion of the adhesive layer, comprising a fiber sheet formed from a composition containing a piezoelectric material. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for manufacturing an ultrasound bandage which comprises:
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a) providing a backing layer possessing upper and lower surfaces; b) applying an adhesive layer to, and substantially coextensive with, the lower surface of the backing layer; and
,c) disposing a transducer material on at least a portion of the adhesive layer, comprising a fiber sheet formed from a composition containing a piezoelectric material. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. An ultrasound transducer array bandage which comprises:
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a) a backing layer possessing upper and lower surfaces; b) an adhesive layer applied to, and substantially coextensive with, the lower surface of the backing layer; c) an array comprising a plurality of transducer materials arranged in adjacent relation to define spaces there between, the array being disposed on at least a portion of the adhesive layer; and
,d) a connector assembly applied to the array; wherein each transducer material comprises a fiber sheet formed from a composition containing a piezoelectric material. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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59. A method for manufacturing an ultrasound transducer array bandage which comprises:
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a) providing a backing layer possessing upper and lower surfaces; b) applying an adhesive layer to, and substantially coextensive with, the lower surface of the backing layer; c) disposing an array comprising a plurality of transducer materials arranged in adjacent relation to define spaces there between on at least a portion of the adhesive layer; and
,d) applying a connector assembly to the array; wherein each transducer material comprises a fiber sheet formed from a composition containing a piezoelectric material. - View Dependent Claims (60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77)
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78. A method for accelerating the healing of wounds comprising:
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a) positioning at least one ultrasound bandage adjacent to a body at the site of a wound; b) the ultrasound bandage comprising; i) a backing layer possessing upper and lower surfaces; ii) an adhesive layer applied to, and substantially coextensive with, the lower surface of the backing layer; and
,iii) a transducer material disposed on at least a portion of the adhesive layer, wherein the transducer material comprises a fiber sheet formed from a composition containing a piezoelectric material; and
,c) causing the transducer material to generate ultrasonic pulses. - View Dependent Claims (79, 80)
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81. A method for accelerating the healing of wounds comprising:
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a) positioning at least one ultrasound transducer array bandage adjacent to a body at the site of a wound; b) the ultrasound transducer array bandage comprising; i) a backing layer possessing upper and lower surfaces; ii) an adhesive layer applied to, and substantially coextensive with, the lower surface of the backing layer; and
,iii) an array comprising a plurality of transducer materials arranged in adjacent relation to define spaces there between, the array being disposed on at least a portion of the adhesive layer, wherein the transducer material comprises a fiber sheet formed from a composition containing a piezoelectric material, and, c) causing the plurality of transducer materials to generate ultrasonic pulses. - View Dependent Claims (82, 83)
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Specification