Ultrasonic method and device for wound treatment
US7914470B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 1, 2004 |
| Grant date | Mar 29, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 1, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61M37/0092
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An apparatus and method are provided for applying a medicament to tissue, and delivering ultrasonic energy from a non-contact distance from the tissue to the medicament and to the tissue, wherein the ultrasonic energy has intensity capable of penetrating the wound tissue to a beneficial depth to provide a therapeutic effect to the tissue, and of sonicating the medicament for causing the medicament to penetrate the tissue to a beneficial depth to provide a therapeutic effect to the tissue.
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