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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2006
Applicants:
Kathryn Ann Stecco, San Jose, CA (US);
Gregory Paul Darlington, Snohomish, WA (US);
Jody Lloyd Johnson, Kirkland, WA (US);
Howard Holman, Snohomish, WA (US);
Jens U. Quistgaard, Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Kathryn Ann Stecco, San Jose, CA (US);
Gregory Paul Darlington, Snohomish, WA (US);
Jody Lloyd Johnson, Kirkland, WA (US);
Howard Holman, Snohomish, WA (US);
Jens U. Quistgaard, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Liposonix, Inc., Bothell, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61N 7/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/225 (2006.01); A61N 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 7/02 (2013.01); A61B 8/4281 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2253 (2013.01); A61N 2007/0008 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are described for coupling a high intensity focused ultrasound transducer to a skin surface using water as a coupling agent.