Patent SG-11201809850Q-A (SG)
Title: Systems and methods for cosmetic ultrasound treatment of skin
Inventor: EMERY CHARLES
IPC: A61N7/00
Filed: 2017-08-14
Abstract: WO 18/035 0 12 Al (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 22 February 2018 (22.02.2018) WIP0 I PCT ill~~~~~~~~ 011101VIIIVIIIVIII olo olll ioo mom° oimIE (10) International Publication Number WO 2018/035012 Al (51) International Patent Classification: A61N 7/00 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/US2017/046703 (22) International Filing Date: 14 August 2017 (14.08.2017) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 62/375,607 16 August 2016 (16.08.2016) US 62/482,440 06 April 2017 (06.04.2017) US 62/482,476 06 April 2017 (06.04.2017) US 62/520,055 15 June 2017 (15.06.2017) US (71) Applicant: ULTHERA, INC. [US/US]; 1840 South Stap- ley Drive, Suite 200, Mesa, AZ 85204 (US). (72) Inventors: EMERY, Charles, D.; 1840 South Stapley Dri- ve, Suite 200, Mesa, AZ 85204 (US). HSU, Stephen, J.; 1840 South Stapley Drive, Suite 200, Mesa, AZ 85204 (US). (74) Agent: ALTMAN, Daniel, E.; Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP, 2040 Main Street, 14th Floor, Irvine, CA 92614 (US). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). (54) Title: SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COSMETIC ULTRASOUND TREATMENT OF SKIN (57) : Embodiments of a dermatological cosmetic treatment and/or imaging system and method adapted for dithering ultrasound beams from a transducer to alter placement and position of one or multiple cosmetic treatment zones in tissue, simul- taneous multi-focus therapy using multi-channel signal mixing, and/or dithering ultra- sound beams from a transducer to alter placement and position of one or multiple cos- metic treatment zones in tissue, configured for using imaging for improved ultrasound therapy efficacy, and/or adapted for imaging with multiple focal zone sequencing and triggering for mechanically translated and/or steered ultrasound transducers are pro- vided herein. The system can include a hand wand, a removable transducer module, and a control module. In some embodiments, the cosmetic treatment system may be used in various cosmetic procedures. FIG. IA [Continued on next page] WO 2018/035012 Al MIDEDIMOM0101011EFIERIMIONDOIMMEHIEMOVOIMIE Published: with international search report (Art. 21(3)) before the expiration of the time limit for amending the claims and to be republished in the event of receipt of amendments (Rule 48.2(h))