Transdermal ultrasonic antimicrobial treatment and method
OwnerMartin L. Lenhardtinventor
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Abstract
An ultrasonic transducer pair, preferentially coupled in a phase-shifted manner, is used to provide antimicrobial treatment of an infection without heating or cavitation.
Claims11
1) A device for treatment of bacterial and other infections comprising at least one ultrasonic transducer pair, in which a first transducer of a transducer pair is adapted to produce an ultrasonic signal that is phase-shifted relative to a second ultrasonic signal from a second transducer of said transducer pair, and said first transducer and said second transducer are independently amplified and orientated with respect to each other to provide a convergence of emitted ultrasonic signals from the transducer pair onto an infection site.
6) A method of treating an infection comprising the steps of radiating a first and a second ultrasonic signal onto said infection wherein said ultrasonic signals are not aligned in phase.
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