Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and systems for modulating medicants using acoustic energy
- Patent Title (中): 使用声能调节药物的方法和系统
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Application No.: US12116810Application Date: 2008-05-07
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Publication No.: US09216276B2Publication Date: 2015-12-22
- Inventor: Michael H. Slayton , Peter G. Barthe , Inder Raj S. Makin
- Applicant: Michael H. Slayton , Peter G. Barthe , Inder Raj S. Makin
- Applicant Address: US AZ Mesa
- Assignee: Guided Therapy Systems, LLC
- Current Assignee: Guided Therapy Systems, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US AZ Mesa
- Agency: Quarles & Brady, LLP
- Main IPC: A61M37/00
- IPC: A61M37/00 ; A61N7/00 ; A61N7/02 ; A61B19/00 ; A61B8/00

Abstract:
This invention provides methods and systems uniquely capable of enhancing medicant delivery and/or effectiveness through the use of energy to predictably disrupt membranes and mechanically and thermally modulate cells and tissues. In exemplary embodiments, the methods and systems disclosed herein are capable of modulating multiple layers of tissue. In an exemplary embodiment, the energy is acoustic energy (e.g., ultrasound). In other exemplary embodiments, the energy is photon based energy (e.g., IPL, LED, laser, white light, etc.), or other energy forms, such radio frequency electric currents, or various combinations of acoustic energy, electromagnetic energy and other energy forms or energy absorbers such as cooling. Medicants can be first introduced to the region of interest by diffusion, circulation, and/or injection. An exemplary system for enhancing medicant delivery and/or effectiveness comprises a control system, a probe, and a display or indicator system. Imaging and/or monitoring may alternatively be coupled and/or co-housed with an ultrasound system contemplated by the present invention.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080281255A1 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MODULATING MEDICANTS USING ACOUSTIC ENERGY Public/Granted day:2008-11-13
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