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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2007
Francois Lacoste, Paris, FR;
Thierry Pechoux, Paris, FR;
Francois Lacoste, Paris, FR;
Thierry Pechoux, Paris, FR;
Theraclion, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A therapeutic treatment head for treating living tissue (T), the head comprising a casing (), an ultrasound therapeutic transducer () mounted on the casing, and a diaphragm () mounted on the casing (), the diaphragm () being designed to come into contact with an application surface (S) of the tissue (T), such as skin; the diaphragm (), the transducer (), and the casing () together defining a chamber () that is filled with an acoustic coupling liquid (L) that flows through the chamber between an inlet () and an outlet (); the transducer () being placed in such a manner as to emit ultrasound through a propagation zone (Z) of the chamber towards the diaphragm (); the head being characterized in that a first temperature sensor () is placed close to the inlet () and a second temperature sensor () is placed close to the outlet (), the sensors () delivering signals that are representative of temperatures.