Surgery: light – thermal – and electrical application – Light – thermal – and electrical application – Electrical energy applicator
Patent
1993-04-26
1996-06-04
Zele, Krista M.
Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application
Light, thermal, and electrical application
Electrical energy applicator
73644, A61B 800
Patent
active
055228780
ABSTRACT:
A solid, multipurpose, flexible, ultrasonic biomedical couplant hydrogel in sheet form is applied to the skin of a patient to facilitate the transfer of ultrasound energy between a standard ultrasound instrument and the body. The couplant sheet has broad upper and lower surfaces and a narrow peripheral edge which is usually circular, square or rectangular but can have other shapes such as the shape of the part of the body being monitored. During use, the lower surface of the sheet is applied to the skin of a patient and remain in place throughout use. The ultrasound instrument is then passed back and forth, usually in contact with the exposed upper surface of the hydrogel sheet while ultrasound energy is transmitted through the hydrogel which serves as a transmission path for the sonic energy passing to and from the body of the patient. The hydrogel sheet of the present invention is a flexible, self-supporting solid sheet which holds its form during storage and when placed on the body. The sheet contains water and a humectant such as triethylene glycol or glycerin and a network of long hydrophilic polymer molecules that hold the liquid in place and give solidity to the hydrogel sheet The polymer can comprise polyacrylamide, karaya gum or a modified starch.
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Montecalvo David A.
Rolf David
Casler Brian L.
Harmon James V.
LecTec Corporation
Zele Krista M.
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