Patent ID: 9149291
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: a processor; a delivery device operatively coupled to the processor, the delivery device including: (a) a transducer; (b) an aspiration conduit; (c) an irrigation conduit; (d) a horn wherein the horn comes into direct contact with at least one piezoelectric crystal; and (e) a work-hardened stainless steel needle brazed to the horn; a memory device operatively coupled to the processor, the memory device storing instructions that when executed by the processor, cause the processor, in cooperation with the delivery device and the memory device, to: (a) deliver ultrasonic energy to a musculoskeletal tissue site through the stainless steel needle, the ultrasonic energy having a pre-tuned frequency; (b) deliver fluid from the irrigation conduit to a musculoskeletal tissue site; and (c) remove detritus from the musculoskeletal tissue site through the aspiration conduit.