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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2005
Applicant:
Ronald R. Manna, Valley Stream, NY (US);
Inventor:
Ronald R. Manna, Valley Stream, NY (US);
Assignee:
US Hifu, LLC, Charlotte, NC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61H 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An ultrasonic medical treatment device takes the form of an elongate probe having an elongate wave-generating concave surface with a longitudinal axis and ultrasonic electromechanical transducer elements for vibrating said concave surface to generate ultrasonic pressure waves focused along a linear locus extending parallel to said longitudinal axis. The probe may include a monolithic piezoelectric crystal element and electrode pairs provided along the unitary or monolithic element in a spaced array.