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US 2019/0168030 A1Published application
System for skin cancer treatment using low intensity ultrasound
AssigneeSonify Biosciences, LLC
InventorsMiriam Sara Boer, Daniel Jordan Rogers
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a system for skin cancer treatment using low intensity ultrasound. The system comprises an ultrasound transducer, a temperature sensing unit, and a control unit. The temperature sensing unit measures the temperature of the skin being exposed to ultrasound and provides temperature data to the control unit, which controls the ultrasound transducer accordingly.
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A method of treating skin cancer in a subject comprising
- (a) scanning a contour of skin containing the skin cancer and generating data of the contour of the skin containing the skin cancer;
- (b) using the generated data to fabricate a skin contacting surface of an ultrasound transducer having a contour the conforms to the contour of the skin containing the skin cancer;
- (c) positioning the skin-contacting surface of the ultrasound transducer of the system onto the surface of the skin containing the cancer;
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- (d) exposing the skin containing the cancer to low intensity ultrasound whereby the frequency, intensity and duration of the ultrasound are selected and controlled to induce a higher death rate of the skin cancer cells than normal skin cells in the focal zone.
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A method of treating skin cancer in a subject comprising
- (a) scanning a contour of skin containing the skin cancer and generating data of the contour of the skin containing the skin cancer;
- (b) using the generated data to select a skin contacting surface of an ultrasound transducer having a contour the conforms to the contour of the skin containing the skin cancer;
- (c) positioning the skin-contacting surface of the ultrasound transducer of the system onto the surface of the skin containing the cancer;
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- (d) exposing the skin containing the cancer to low intensity ultrasound whereby the frequency, intensity and duration of the ultrasound are selected and controlled to induce a higher death rate of the skin cancer cells than normal skin cells in the focal zone.
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