Patent ID: 8641622

Claim:
A method of rejuvenating skin with a combined imaging and therapy ultrasound transducer, the method comprising: identifying a treatment area comprising a skin surface, an epidermal, a superficial dermal, a mid-dermal, a deep dermal, and a muscle tissue; imaging at least a portion of the treatment area with an ultrasound transducer configured for both imaging and therapy; and delivering ultrasound energy with the ultrasound transducer through the skin surface and into the treatment area to cause thermal injury to a combination of any of the epidermal, the superficial dermal, the mid-dermal, the deep dermal, and the muscle tissue, activating a motion mechanism to move the ultrasound transducer within a probe to form a plurality of thermal lesions along a line in the treatment area, wherein the motion mechanism is controlled by a control system in communication with the ultrasound transducer, wherein the ultrasound transducer is coupled to the motion mechanism within the probe, thereby rejuvenating the skin surface.