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US 2013/0096471 A1Published application
Systems and methods for treating injuries to joints and connective tissue
AssigneeGuided Therapy Systems, LLC
InventorsMichael H. Slayton, Peter G. Barthe
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Abstract
According to various embodiments, methods and systems useful for treating injuries to joints are provided herein. In some embodiments, methods and systems useful for permanent relief of pain in joints are provided herein. Various embodiments provide for combining therapeutic ultrasound energy directed to a joint with a medicant injected into the joint.
Claims28
A method of treating an injury in a joint, the method comprising:
- targeting injured fibrous soft tissue located in at least one of at and proximate to an injury location comprising a portion of a joint;
- directing therapeutic ultrasound energy to the injured fibrous soft tissue;
- creating a conformal region of elevated temperature in the injured fibrous soft tissue;
- and
- creating at least one thermally induced biological effect in the injured fibrous soft tissue.
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A method of treating scar tissue in a joint, the method comprising:
- targeting scar tissue in a joint;
- directing mechanical ultrasound energy to the scar tissue in the joint;
- breaking up the scar tissue;
- directing ablative ultrasound energy to the joint;
- triggering inflammation in the joint with the ablative ultrasound energy;
- peaking inflammation in the joint;
- and
- accelerating healing in the joint.
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A method of providing pain relief in a joint, the method comprising:
- identifying a location of pain in a joint;
- imaging the location in the joint;
- identifying a nerve ending responsible for the pain in the joint;
- focusing ultrasound energy onto the nerve ending responsible for the pain in the joint;
- ablating the nerve ending with the ultrasound energy;
- disabling function of the nerve ending;
- and
- eliminating the pain in the joint.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.