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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 11207548 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2021

Filed:

Dec. 18, 2020

Ultrasound probe for treating skin laxity

Applicant:

Guided Therapy Systems, L.l.c., Mesa, AZ (US);

Inventors:

Peter G. Barthe, Phoenix, AZ (US);

Michael H. Slayton, Phoenix, AZ (US);

Inder Raj S. Makin, Mesa, AZ (US);

Assignee:

Guided Therapy Systems, L.L.C., Mesa, AZ (US);

Attorney:

Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

Primary Examiner:

Bo Joseph Peng

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 7/02 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 8/12 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61H 23/02 (2006.01); G01S 15/89 (2006.01); A61B 8/13 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61N 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 7/02 (2013.01); A61B 5/682 (2013.01); A61B 5/6842 (2013.01); A61B 8/08 (2013.01); A61B 8/0858 (2013.01); A61B 8/12 (2013.01); A61B 8/13 (2013.01); A61B 8/4483 (2013.01); A61B 8/461 (2013.01); A61B 8/483 (2013.01); A61B 8/546 (2013.01); A61B 17/320068 (2013.01); A61H 23/0245 (2013.01); A61N 7/00 (2013.01); G01S 15/8909 (2013.01); A61B 8/4209 (2013.01); A61B 8/4281 (2013.01); A61B 8/4455 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320069 (2017.08); A61B 2017/320089 (2017.08); A61H 2201/5007 (2013.01); A61N 2007/0008 (2013.01); A61N 2007/0034 (2013.01); A61N 2007/0052 (2013.01); A61N 2007/027 (2013.01);
Abstract

A probe for ultrasound treatment of skin laxity are provided. Systems and methods can include ultrasound imaging of the region of interest for localization of the treatment area, delivering ultrasound energy at a depth and pattern to achieve the desired therapeutic effects, and/or monitoring the treatment area to assess the results and/or provide feedback. In an embodiment, a treatment system and method can be configured for producing arrays of sub-millimeter and larger zones of thermal ablation to treat the epidermal, superficial dermal, mid-dermal or deep dermal components of tissue.

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