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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.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2010

Filed:

Apr. 24, 2002
Applicants:

James William Huckle, Northallerton, GB;

Andrew J. Carter, Acton, MA (US);

Nicholas J. Cotton, Westboro, MA (US);

William R. Walsh, Maroubra, AU;

Nelson Scarborough, Andover, MA (US);

Roger Talish, Hillsborough, NJ (US);

Inventors:

James William Huckle, Northallerton, GB;

Andrew J. Carter, Acton, MA (US);

Nicholas J. Cotton, Westboro, MA (US);

William R. Walsh, Maroubra, AU;

Nelson Scarborough, Andover, MA (US);

Roger Talish, Hillsborough, NJ (US);

Assignee:

Exogen, Inc., Piscataway, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61H 1/00 (2006.01); A61H 1/02 (2006.01); A61H 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The invention relates to methods and apparatus for therapeutically treating connective tissue or increasing vascularization in tissue using ultrasound. More particularly, the present invention relates to methods and apparatus which use ultrasound to stimulate growth or healing, or to treating pathologies, of connective tissue, or to increase vascularization in ischaemic or grafted tissue using ultrasound.


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