摘要 |
Spinal pain is treated non-invasively by operating a scanning apparatus t o locate a spinal disc afflicted with cracks or fissures, and applying wavef orm energy to the afflicted spinal disc to heat the spinal disc sufficiently to modify collagen fibers of the spinal disc and destroy pain receptors in the spinal disc. The scanning apparatus may be an ultrasound scanner, while the treatment waveform energy may be ultrasonic waveform energy. The applyin g of the waveform energy includes generating ultrasonic pressure waves in th e spinal disc.
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