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Ultrasound device for use in a thermotherapy apparatus

US5522869A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 8, 1995
Grant dateJun 4, 1996
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 8, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61N7/02
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A thermotherapy device for use in treating cancer. The thermotherapy device includes a radio frequency power source for energizing transducers to output ultrasound waves to heat a patient treatment site. The transducers are arranged in a cylindrical shape to treat the patient and a variable number of ultrasound transducers can provide a customized therapy treatment.

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