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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2009
John Douglas Fraser, Woodinville, WA (US);
John Douglas Fraser, Woodinville, WA (US);
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The appliance includes an appliance body () as well as a system for producing microbubbles () and a system for producing an ultrasound signal beam () in a frequency range which activates at least some of the microbubbles. The appliance includes at least one of the following: (a) an array of ultrasound transducer elements () which produce a plurality of ultrasound signal beams; (b) an amplitude modulation assembly () for modulating the amplitude of the ultrasound signal; and (c) a frequency modulation system () for changing the frequency of the ultrasound signals over a selected range, to impact a range of microbubble sizes.