<p>An apparatus for stiffening tissue comprises an ultrasound element including an array of ultrasound crystals arranged on a surface, the surface shaped so that energy generated by the crystals converges on a predetermined focusing area. A method of treating tissue comprises positioning adjacent a target portion of tissue to be treated a probe including an ultrasound element, a geometry of the ultrasound element focusing ultrasound energy generated thereby on a predetermined focus area, adjusting the position of the probe so that the predetermined focus area is located at the target portion of tissue and energizing the ultrasound element to treat the target portion of tissue.</p>
申请公布号
WO2006104568(A1)
申请公布日期
2006.10.05
申请号
WO2006US04100
申请日期
2006.02.06
申请人
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.;OSTROVSKY, ISAAC;MADDEN, MICHAEL;MCINTYRE, JON T.;SLANDA, JOZEF
发明人
OSTROVSKY, ISAAC;MADDEN, MICHAEL;MCINTYRE, JON T.;SLANDA, JOZEF