METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TREATMENT WITH COMBINATION ULTRASOUND-PHOTOTHERAPY TRANSDUCER

摘要

A treatment device is provided that enables a volume of tissue located beneath the device to simultaneously receive ultrasound and light stimulation. According to one embodiment, the device includes an ultrasound transducer, a light source, and a faceplate extending across a face of the transducer for providing a tissue contacting and ultrasound energy coupling surface of the device. The faceplate is transparent or translucent to the light generated by the light source, and the faceplate transfers the ultrasound and light energy into the tissue or into an element which transmits these energies into the tissue. A controller operates the ultrasound transducer and light source in a pulsed manner to produce discrete pulses of energy, so as to provide higher amplitude energy treatments without negatively impacting heat generation of the device or the benefits of co-locating both types of energy treatment.

主权项

1. A method for treating tissue, the method comprising:
contacting a portion of a treatment device with the tissue; generating ultrasound with the treatment device; generating light with the treatment device; transmitting the ultrasound and the light from the treatment device into the tissue during contact with the tissue, such that the ultrasound and the light are at least partially co-located on the tissue; and treating the tissue with both the ultrasound and the light generated by the treatment device to provide a therapeutic effect to the tissue where the ultrasound and the light are co-located, wherein at least one of the ultrasound and the light is generated in discrete pulses.