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OwnerIsaac Ostrovsky, Michael Madden +2inventors
InventorsIsaac Ostrovsky, Michael Madden, Jon McIntyre, Jozef Slanda
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An apparatus for stiffening tissue comprises an ultrasound element including an array of ultrasound crystals arranged on a surface, the surface shaped so that energy generated by the crystals converges on a predetermined focusing area. A method of treating tissue comprises positioning adjacent a target portion of tissue to be treated a probe including an ultrasound element, a geometry of the ultrasound element focusing ultrasound energy generated thereby on a predetermined focus area, adjusting the position of the probe so that the predetermined focus area is located at the target portion of tissue and energizing the ultrasound element to treat the target portion of tissue.
An apparatus for stiffening tissue comprising:
An apparatus for treating tissue comprising a probe which, when in an operative position, is located adjacent to a portion of tissue to be treated, the probe including an ultrasound element, the ultrasound element focusing ultrasound energy on a predetermined focus area determined by the geometry of the ultrasound element.
A method of treating tissue comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.