COSMETIC ULTRASOUND MODULE AND HAND-HELD PROBE FOR TREATING SUBJECT TISSUE AND METHOD OF PERFORMING ULTRASOUND PROCEDURE FOR TREATING SUBJECT TISSUE Russian patent published in 2023 - IPC A61N7/02 A61B8/00 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: group of inventions relates to a cosmetic ultrasonic module for treating subject tissue, a cosmetic ultrasonic hand-held probe for treating subject tissue, and a method of performing an ultrasound procedure for treating subject tissue. An ultrasonic module for treating tissue of a subject contains a transducer module, a piezoelectric ultrasonic transducer element for therapy, a moving mechanism, and a printed circuit board. The converting module contains a housing. The therapy element is designed for ultrasonic treatment. The board is electrically connected to the therapy element and the moving mechanism. The movement mechanism is configured to move the sonication therapy element to produce a series of spaced thermal treatment areas beneath the surface of the skin by interacting with at least one of the group consisting of an encoder, a stepper motor, and a magnetic connector. The housing contains an acoustically transparent element, a fluid coupling medium. The fluid is in acoustic contact with the acoustically transparent element and the piezoelectric ultrasonic transducer element for therapy. The converting module is designed to be detachably connected to a hand probe. The moving mechanism is configured to operate through a liquid-tight seal. The transducer module is configured to expose a layer of skin at a tissue depth in the range of 3 to 4.5 mm from the surface of the skin to ultrasound therapy with a piezoelectric ultrasound transducer therapy element configured to focus on the specified tissue depth. In another embodiment, the therapy element is configured to focus on the said single fixed depth of tissue with a processing frequency ranging from 1 to 10 MHz. The board is configured to be electrically connected to an electronic storage device. The storage device is configured to store any of the group consisting of the following: probe identification data, calibration data and probe usage history. In another embodiment, the therapy element is configured to treat the skin surface at an acoustic power in the range of 1 to 100 W. In another embodiment, the therapy element is configured to focus ultrasound deep into the tissue to treat at least one of the group consisting of the following: skin tissue, fascial tissue, muscle tissue and adipose tissue. The hand probe also includes a handle, an electrical cable and an integrated socket containing a contact configured to removably connect to a sealed housing. The hand-held probe for processing subject tissue includes a handle. The handle contains an integrated socket designed for inserting a replaceable converting module into it, and a moving mechanism. The converting module is designed to be detachably connected to a handle with a connector with contacts. In another embodiment, the handheld probe includes a button to functionally control the sonication function. In another embodiment, the hand-held probe includes a first removable transducer module and a second removable transducer module. In another embodiment, the handheld probe includes a first button and a second button. In another embodiment, the handheld probe includes the first and the second control devices configured to operatively control an ultrasound imaging function to provide ultrasound imaging. In another embodiment, the hand-held probe includes a manually actuated control device. When performing the method, an ultrasonic probe is placed on the surface of the subject's skin. The first target area is focused ultrasonically at a first depth below the surface of the skin by the first transforming module by applying a linear sequence of individual thermal exposure foci to the first target area with their automatic placement at a distance from each other by means of a moving mechanism. The first converting module is replaced with a second converting module. The second target area is treated with ultrasound at a second depth below the surface of the skin by the second transforming module when a linear sequence of individual focuses of thermal action is applied to the second target area with their automatic placement at a distance from each other using a moving mechanism.

EFFECT: cosmetic treatment and visualization of biological tissue.

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