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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2017
Applicants:
Dignity Health, San Francisco, CA (US);
Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Bruce C. Towe, Mesa, AZ (US);
Robert E. Garfield, Goodyear, AZ (US);
Shao-Qing Shi, Goodyear, AZ (US);
Assignees:
Dignity Health, San Francisco, CA (US);
Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 7/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 7/00 (2013.01); A61B 8/08 (2013.01); A61B 2090/378 (2016.02); A61N 2007/0043 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for speeding the softening of the cervix (cervical ripening) by way of application of ultrasound energy. A vaginal transducer may be used to emit pulse-modulated ultrasound energy directed to the cervix. Focused ultrasound energy may be applied transabdominally and directed at the cervix.