Patent ID: 6231528
Filing Date: 2001-05-15
Classification: A61B,A61N

Abstract:
A method of non-invasively therapeutically treating bone tissue in a living body, using an ultrasound transducer and an ultrasound pulser, the method comprising the steps of:(a) placing a prescribed amount of a bone growth factor on skin overlying said bone tissue in said living body;(b) acoustically coupling said ultrasound transducer to said skin overlying said bone tissue of said living body;(c) connecting said ultrasound transducer to said ultrasound pulser and thereby generating an ultrasound signal within said skin and said bone tissue;(d) transporting said bone growth factor through said skin to said bone tissue using said ultrasound signal, wherein said bone tissue receives said bone growth factor applied exogenously; and(e) exposing said bone tissue to said ultrasound signal in conjunction with said bone growth factorto produce a nonlinear interaction between said bone tissue, said ultrasound signal and said exogenously applied bone growth factor,and to thereby synergistically promote bone tissue healing, growth and repair.