Surgery – Diagnostic testing – Detecting nuclear – electromagnetic – or ultrasonic radiation
Reexamination Certificate
2008-07-01
2008-07-01
Casler, Brian L. (Department: 3737)
Surgery
Diagnostic testing
Detecting nuclear, electromagnetic, or ultrasonic radiation
C601S002000, C601S003000, C601S004000
Reexamination Certificate
active
11042607
ABSTRACT:
Applicable to humans, animals and fish, a method for injecting thoroughly diffused ambient air or disinfectant into water prior to its delivery into a therapy tank plus an underwater PZT probe transmission of separate stable and transient cavitation signals from which a microcomputer determines, 1) the average number of transducer generated sinoidal equal amplitude alternating compression and rarefaction ultrasonic acoustic pressure waves cycles necessary to create inertial and/or transient cavitation and the required number of rectified sinoidal equal amplitude ultrasonic compression acoustic pressure waves necessary to suppress the inertial/transient cavitation and thereby maintain stable cavitation for cleaning and open-wound therapy treatment for 15-minutes, (or greater) time periods and 2) the necessary dilution of water and disinfectant and its activation by dual-mode transient cavitation to kill the pathogens shed by the “patient” following “patient” cleaning or wound-therapy treatment.
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