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US 10,772,977 B2Granted
System and method for damaging parasites
AssigneeParaSonic Ltd.
InventorMor Miri Cohen
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Abstract
A method of damaging a parasite while being a resident in or on a surface of a body of a mammal. The method comprises irradiating the parasite with ultrasound radiation at a frequency of from about 1 MHz to about 2.6 MHz for a period of at last one second.
Claims11
A device, comprising:
- a base;
- a plurality of teeth extending from the base;
- at least one ultrasound element, wherein the at least one ultrasound element is (a) coupled to at least one of the plurality of teeth, and (b) configured to generate ultrasound waves at an ultrasound wave frequency,
- wherein the device has a sufficient spacing between adjacent ones of the plurality of teeth and the ultrasound wave frequency is a sufficient ultrasound wave frequency so as to result in destroying at least 95% of parasites having a size in a range of between 1.1 mm and 3.4 mm when the device is positioned in proximity to the parasites,
- wherein the sufficient spacing between adjacent ones of the plurality of teeth is between about 1 mm and about 3 mm,
- wherein the sufficient ultrasound wave frequency is in a range of between 1.6 MHz and 1.8 MHz.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.