Patent ID: 11865371
Assignee: THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTER
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 17:
18. A method comprising:
forming unfocused shock waves by propagating sinusoidal acoustic waves having a frequency between 1 MHz and 1000 MHz through a shockwave medium disposed in and contained by a shockwave housing, the shockwave medium configured to exhibit nonlinear properties in the presence of the propagated sinusoidal acoustic waves; and
delivering the unfocused shock waves formed by said propagation and exiting a distal end of the shockwave housing to a first region having at least one cellular structure comprising at least one region of heterogeneity and at least one homogeneous media; and
rupturing the at least one cellular structure by using the unfocused shock waves.