System and method for treating soft tissue with force impulse and electrical stimulation

摘要

A system for treating soft tissue of a patient. The system includes a treatment head and a computer portion. The treatment head includes a probe and an electrode operably coupled to the probe. The probe and electrode are configured to respectively deliver a mechanical force impulse and an electrical stimulation to the soft tissue when placed in operable contact with the soft tissue. The computer portion includes a CPU and is configured to coordinate the delivery of the mechanical force impulse and electrical stimulation relative to each other. The system is configured to sense a shockwave in the soft tissue of the patient, the shockwave resulting from the mechanical force impulse delivered to the soft tissue via the probe. The system is also configured to analyze a characteristic of the sensed shockwave and configure the electrical stimulation to be delivered to the soft tissue via the electrode based on the characteristic analysis of the sensed shockwave. The characteristic may be at least one of frequency of the sensed shockwave, amplitude of the sensed shockwave, and/or wave shape (form) of the sensed shockwave.

主权项

1. A system for treating tissue associated with a desired outcome of a surgical procedure on a patient, the system comprising:
a database contained in a memory, wherein the database contains data categorized by surgical locations, the data including a plurality of anatomical images, a plurality of treatment points identified on the plurality of anatomical images, and a plurality of treatment protocols associated with the plurality of treatment points, a treatment head comprising a probe and an electrode operably coupled to the probe, the treatment head configured to respectively deliver a mechanical force impulse and an electrical stimulation to at least one treatment point, the electrode configured to measure a galvanic response at the at least one treatment point to provide a measured galvanic response, wherein the treatment head comprises a sensor configured to sense a frequency of the mechanical force impulse associated with the at least one treatment point to provide a sensed mechanical force impulse; wherein the system is configured such that a selection of a specific surgical location and a specific surgical procedure to occur at the specific surgical location causes an image of a specific region of the patient to be displayed on a display of the system, the image of the specific region including the specific surgical location, wherein the at least one treatment point is caused to be displayed on the image of the specific region, the at least one treatment point being stored in the database as part of the plurality of treatment points and associated with at least one treatment protocol of the plurality of treatment protocols, wherein the at least one treatment protocol of the plurality of treatment protocols is modified based on at least one of the measured galvanic response or the sensed mechanical force impulse associated with the at least one treatment point.