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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2017
Applicant:
Soliton, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Christopher Capelli, Houston, TX (US);
David Robertson, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Soliton, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61H 23/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/22 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/20 (2006.01); A61H 23/02 (2006.01); A61H 23/04 (2006.01); A61N 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 7/00 (2013.01); A61B 18/203 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00769 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00458 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0047 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00476 (2013.01); A61N 2007/0034 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for method for acoustic treatment of tissue to disperse vacuoles within the tissue. Some of the present methods and systems comprise: directing pulsed acoustic waves from the acoustic wave generator into the tissue containing the vacuoles. Some of the present methods include identifying the location of tissue containing vacuoles, and/or coupling (e.g., acoustically) an acoustic wave generator to the tissue containing the vacuoles.