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US 7,128,720 B2Granted
Ultrasonic finger probe
AssigneeEthicon, Inc.
InventorVaclav O. Podany
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Abstract
An ultrasonic finger probe including: a body having an ultrasonic transducer disposed therein, the ultrasonic transducer being operatively connected to an ultrasonic generator; and a securing device for securing the body to one or more fingers of an operator.
Claims15
An ultrasonic finger probe comprising:
- an elongated body having an ultrasonic transducer disposed therein, the ultrasonic transducer being a crystal operatively connected directly to an ultrasonic generator and having a lesion creating surface, the elongated body having an acoustic window spaced from the crystal and spanning joints of one or more fingers of an operator to which the body is secured;
- and
- securing means for securing the body directly to the one or more fingers of the operator.
A method for applying ultrasound energy to tissue, the method comprising:
- providing an ultrasonic finger probe having an elongated body with an ultrasonic transducer disposed therein, the ultrasonic transducer being a crystal operatively connected to an ultrasonic generator and the body having a surface for applying ultrasonic energy to tissue including an acoustic window spaced from the crystal and having a length that spans joints of one or more fingers of an operator to which the body is secured;
- securing the ultrasonic finger probe directly to the one or more fingers of the operator;
- applying the surface of the ultrasonic finger probe to the tissue;
- and
- generating ultrasonic energy and supplying the same to diagnose and treat the tissue through the ultrasonic transducer.
2 more elements
An ultrasonic finger probe comprising:
- an ultrasonic transducer housed in an elongated body spanning joints of one or more fingers of an operator to which the finger probed is secured, the transducer being a crystal operatively connected to an ultrasonic generator and having a lesion creating surface, and the elongated body having an acoustic window spaced from the crystal;
- and
- securing means for securing the ultrasonic transducer directly to the one or more fingers of the operator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.