Patent ID: 7828734
Filing Date: 2010-11-09
Classification: A61B,A61N

Abstract:
1. Apparatus, comprising: a housing, adapted for placement on tissue that includes skin of a subject, such that the tissue may be drawn into the housing; a plurality of ultrasound transducers, coupled to the housing at respective locations with respect to the housing so as to define a ring of transducers, at least some of which are configured to transmit energy through the skin towards each other, in a plane defined by the housing, at least some of the plurality of ultrasound transducers being configured to receive the energy by through transmission; and a processor configured to monitor the tissue in response to the received energy by calculating an indication of speed of sound in the tissue, wherein at least some of the plurality of transducers are configured to apply a treatment to the tissue in response to the monitoring of the tissue.