Patent ID: 9446227
Filing Date: 2016-09-20
CPC Classification: A61B,A61K,A61M

Claim Text:
1. A method for treating a bacterial infection in a tissue in a patient, comprising: identifying a treatment field associated with the bacterial infection; subcutaneously injecting at least 250 cc of a solution comprising a therapeutic dose of an antibiotic dissolved therein to the treatment field and in a vicinity of the infected tissue using a blunt cannula; dispersing the therapeutic dose of antibiotic dissolved in the at least 250 cc of solution during the subcutaneous injection of the at least 250 cc of solution by moving the blunt cannula externally such that a tip of the cannula is moved through the treatment field during the subcutaneous injection; and applying ultrasound transcutaneously toward the treatment field and the subcutaneously injected 250 cc of solution, wherein the transcutaneously applied ultrasound interacts with the at least 250 cc of solution to disperse the at least 250 cc of solution with the therapeutic dose of antibiotic dissolved therein through the treatment field and into the infected tissue, the therapeutic dose of antibiotic dissolved in the at least 250 cc of solution being dispersed through the infected tissue at therapeutically effective concentrations for treating the bacterial infection.