Patent ID: 6964647
Filing Date: 2005-11-15
Classification: A61M,A61N

Abstract:
1. A removable nozzle for ultrasound wound treatment, for producing a spray of liquid using an ultrasound transducer having a tip, directing and delivering said spray onto the wound surface, comprising: a main body supported on an ultrasound transducer, the main body having a proximal end that removably attaches to a housing of the ultrasound transducer, said main body also having a distal end which is marginally close to a distal end of the ultrasound transducer tip, said distal end of said main body having a gap with said distal end of said ultrasound transducer tip, said distal end of said main body being coaxially placed about said ultrasound transducer tip, said main body defining an opening and being connected with at least one reservoir, for holding and delivering a wound treatment solution at a most distal end of said ultrasound transducer tip via said opening disposed about the most distal end of the ultrasound transducer tip for producing said spray, wherein said spray is delivered through said nozzle.