Energy based hyperhidrosis treatment
AssigneeGuided Therapy Systems, LLC
InventorsPeter G. Barthe, Michael H. Slayton, Inder Raj S. Makin
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Abstract
A method and system for energy-based (e.g., ultrasound treatment and/or other modalities) of sweat glands are provided. An exemplary method and system for targeted treatment of sweat glands can be configured in various manners, such as through use of therapy only, therapy and monitoring, imaging and therapy, or therapy, imaging, and monitoring, and/or through use of focused, unfocused, or defocused ultrasound (or other energy) through control of various spatial and temporal parameters. As a result, ablative energy can be deposited at the particular depth at which the aberrant sweat gland population is located below the skin surface.
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A method for reducing sweat, the method comprising:
- positioning a probe on a skin surface, the probe comprising at least one therapy element;
- targeting a region of interest under the skin surface, wherein the region of interest comprises a sweat gland;
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- using the at least one therapy element to thermally ablate the sweat gland in the region of interest to reduce sweat,
- wherein the at least on therapy element is configured to delivery ultrasound energy at a depth of 1 mm to 7 mm below the skin surface.
A method for reducing sweat, the method comprising:
- identifying a subject having a region of interest comprising at least one overactive sweat gland;
- placing an energy delivery probe on a skin surface overlying the region of interest;
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- targeting ultrasound energy, via the energy delivery probe, through the skin surface to the region of interest thereby creating a plurality of lesions in the region of interest using an automated motion mechanism.
A method for reducing sweat, the method comprising:
- transmitting ultrasound energy at a frequency in the range of 500 kHz to 15 MHz, via a therapy element, to deliver a first ablative lesion to a first sweat gland;
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- moving the therapy element, via a motion mechanism, to deliver a second ablative lesion to a second sweat gland,
- wherein the first and second ablative lesions reduce an amount of sweat produced from the first and second sweat glands.
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