Patent ID: 7108663

Claim:
A kit for ultrasonically stimulating cartilage growth, which comprises: means for initiating a biological healing response at or adjacent a cartilaginous site; an ultrasonic transducer assembly having at least one ultrasonic transducer; a placement module configured to be worn by a patient, said placement module being configured to receive said transducer assembly such that when said placement module is worn said at least one ultrasonic transducer is positioned in proximity to the channels; an ultrasonic signal generator positioned in said ultrasonic transducer assembly and operative between a signal generating mode and a non-signal generating mode, wherein at said signal generating mode the ultrasonic signal generator emits ultrasonic signals; timing means for automatically placing the ultrasonic signal generator from said signal generating mode to said non-signal generating mode after a predetermined period of time; and a main operating unit.