Ultrasonic surface optimizer

An ultrasonic surface optimizer for fragmenting or emulsifying soft tissue in a patient, said optimizer powered by an ultrasonic vibratory energy source, said optimizer comprising:

• a longitudinal handle having a proximal end and a distal end;
• a longitudinal stem axis joining the proximal end and the distal end;
• an axis of the longitudinal stem aligned with the center of the longitudinal stem and passing through the proximal end and the distal end;
• a connection at the proximal end of the longitudinal stem for connecting the longitudinal stem to the ultrasonic vibratory energy source;
• a point at the distal end of the longitudinal stem;
• and
• a plurality of grooves and rings near the tip, the grooves being generally transverse to the axis, in the axis of the longitudinal shank, and substantially circumscribing the axis of the longitudinal shank, thereby reducing the tissue contact surface area along and around the sides of the tip, providing additional tissue fragmentation surface area of the tip in planes generally perpendicular to the axis;
• where the grooves and rings of the tip have a rough finish to fragment or emulsify the subcutaneous soft tissues in such a way that a greater surface area is covered in different angular and longitudinal orientations and not only the frontal one.