US Patent Application 18200869. Non-Cavitational Mechanical Pulsed Ultrasound Therapy simplified abstract

Non-Cavitational Mechanical Pulsed Ultrasound Therapy

Organization Name

Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation

Inventor(s)

John-Paul Yu of Madison WI (US)

Non-Cavitational Mechanical Pulsed Ultrasound Therapy - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18200869 titled 'Non-Cavitational Mechanical Pulsed Ultrasound Therapy

Simplified Explanation

The patent application describes a method of using short ultrasound pulses to apply mechanical forces to tissue without causing cavitation or cellular damage.

• Short ultrasound pulses are delivered at intermediate intensity to the target tissue.
• The pulses generate acoustic radiation forces in the tissue without causing cavitation or cellular fractionization.
• The invention optimizes the interaction between the pulses and radiation forces to apply mechanical forces to tissue.
• This method generates a broad spectrum of desired and varied bioeffects in the tissue.

Original Abstract Submitted

Short ultrasound pulses or bursts, delivered at intermediate intensity to the target tissue transmits acoustic radiation forces into the targeted tissue without generating acoustic cavitation and without cellular fractionization. Thus, the present invention exploits the mechanical effects of high-intensity pressure fields only, without cavitation, by optimizing the interaction between acoustic pulses and radiation forces to apply mechanical forces to tissue to generate a broad spectrum of desired and varied bioeffects.