Acuson Corporation

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Samuel M Howard

Claudio Zanelli

John Alexander Hossack

John W Sliwa, Jr

Sevig Ayter

John P Mohr, Iii

Michael H Ikeda

Champa G Sridhar

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Hair is permanently removed from a patient's skin by transcutaneously focusing high intensity acoustic energy at hair follicles and at dermal papilla regions during a telogen phase of hair growth and applying sufficient energy to destroy said follicles and said dermal papilla regions, so that hair is removed and regrowth is prevented. Typically, a region of a patient's skin is first ultrasonically imaged to show the location of a plurality of individual hair follicles and dermal papilla regions. The imaged hair follicles and dermal papilla regions are then treated using a system which automatically directs high intensity acoustic energy at each follicle and dermal papilla region.

Method of removing and preventing regrowth of hair

Hair is permanently removed from a patient's skin by transcutaneously focusing high intensity acoustic energy at a hair follicle and applying sufficient energy to destroy the follicle, whereby hair is removed and regrowth is prevented. Typically, a region of a patient's skin would be ultrasonically imaged to show the location of a plurality of individual hair follicles. The individual imaged hair follicles are then treated using a system which automatically directs the high intensity acoustic energy at each follicle.

Hair removal using focused high intensity acoustic energy

An ultrasound transducer and the method for the manufacture thereof which is designed to reduce the generation of elevational sidelobes. At least one kerf is formed in each end region of a body of piezoelectric material. The kerfs define therebetween a center region formed solely of piezoelectric material. The kerfs are filled with a second material.

Ultrasonic transducer with reduced elevation sidelobes and method for

An ultrasound transducer includes transducer segments having a non-uniform thickness layer of relaxor ferroelectric material and coupled to a source of biasing voltage thereto. The elevational aperture is controlled by varying biasing voltage applied to the layer of relaxor ferroelectric material.

Ultrasonic transducer with adjustable elevational aperture and methods

An ultrasound transducer comprising an array of individual piezoelectric transducer elements mounted upon an improved backing comprising rigid polymeric or polymer-coated particles fused into a macroscopically rigid structure having remnant tortuous permeability to provide high acoustic attenuation and to permit fluid passage into the backing structure during fabrication.

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Mountain View, CA, United States of America

Samuel M Howard