EP1139880A4 - Method and apparatus for producing homogenous cavitation to enhance transdermal transport - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for producing homogenous cavitation to enhance transdermal transport

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Publication number
EP1139880A4
EP1139880A4 EP99966360A EP99966360A EP1139880A4 EP 1139880 A4 EP1139880 A4 EP 1139880A4 EP 99966360 A EP99966360 A EP 99966360A EP 99966360 A EP99966360 A EP 99966360A EP 1139880 A4 EP1139880 A4 EP 1139880A4
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Prior art keywords
transdermal transport
enhance transdermal
producing homogenous
cavitation
homogenous cavitation
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EP99966360A
Other languages
German (de)
French (fr)
Other versions
EP1139880A1 (en
Inventor
Samir S Mitragotri
Joseph Kost
Scott C Kellogg
Nick Warner
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Sontra Medical Inc
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Sontra Medical Inc
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Publication of EP1139880A1 publication Critical patent/EP1139880A1/en
Publication of EP1139880A4 publication Critical patent/EP1139880A4/en
Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M37/00—Other apparatus for introducing media into the body; Percutany, i.e. introducing medicines into the body by diffusion through the skin
    • A61M37/0092—Other apparatus for introducing media into the body; Percutany, i.e. introducing medicines into the body by diffusion through the skin using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic vibrations, e.g. phonophoresis
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
    • A61B17/22—Implements for squeezing-off ulcers or the like on the inside of inner organs of the body; Implements for scraping-out cavities of body organs, e.g. bones; Calculus removers; Calculus smashing apparatus; Apparatus for removing obstructions in blood vessels, not otherwise provided for
    • A61B17/22004—Implements for squeezing-off ulcers or the like on the inside of inner organs of the body; Implements for scraping-out cavities of body organs, e.g. bones; Calculus removers; Calculus smashing apparatus; Apparatus for removing obstructions in blood vessels, not otherwise provided for using mechanical vibrations, e.g. ultrasonic shock waves
    • A61B2017/22005—Effects, e.g. on tissue
    • A61B2017/22007—Cavitation or pseudocavitation, i.e. creation of gas bubbles generating a secondary shock wave when collapsing
    • A61B2017/22008—Cavitation or pseudocavitation, i.e. creation of gas bubbles generating a secondary shock wave when collapsing used or promoted
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
    • A61B17/22—Implements for squeezing-off ulcers or the like on the inside of inner organs of the body; Implements for scraping-out cavities of body organs, e.g. bones; Calculus removers; Calculus smashing apparatus; Apparatus for removing obstructions in blood vessels, not otherwise provided for
    • A61B17/22004—Implements for squeezing-off ulcers or the like on the inside of inner organs of the body; Implements for scraping-out cavities of body organs, e.g. bones; Calculus removers; Calculus smashing apparatus; Apparatus for removing obstructions in blood vessels, not otherwise provided for using mechanical vibrations, e.g. ultrasonic shock waves
    • A61B2017/22027—Features of transducers
EP99966360A 1998-12-18 1999-12-17 Method and apparatus for producing homogenous cavitation to enhance transdermal transport Withdrawn EP1139880A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US11293698P 1998-12-18 1998-12-18
US112936P 1998-12-18
PCT/US1999/030067 WO2000035351A1 (en) 1998-12-18 1999-12-17 Method and apparatus for producing homogenous cavitation to enhance transdermal transport

Publications (2)

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EP1139880A1 EP1139880A1 (en) 2001-10-10
EP1139880A4 true EP1139880A4 (en) 2005-08-17

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EP99966360A Withdrawn EP1139880A4 (en) 1998-12-18 1999-12-17 Method and apparatus for producing homogenous cavitation to enhance transdermal transport

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EP (1) EP1139880A4 (en)
JP (1) JP2002542841A (en)
AU (1) AU768190B2 (en)
CA (1) CA2355187A1 (en)
WO (1) WO2000035351A1 (en)

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WO1999067645A1 (en) 1998-06-24 1999-12-29 Transderm Diagnostics, Inc. Non-invasive transdermal detection of analytes
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US20040171980A1 (en) 1998-12-18 2004-09-02 Sontra Medical, Inc. Method and apparatus for enhancement of transdermal transport
EP1225831A2 (en) 2000-03-17 2002-07-31 Sontra Medical, Inc. Non-invasive body fluid sampling and analysis
EP2035082A4 (en) * 2006-06-07 2012-02-08 Trinity Wound Inst Llc Oxygen therapy with ultrasound
ES2387419T3 (en) 2007-04-27 2012-09-21 Echo Therapeutics, Inc. SKIN PERMEATION DEVICE FOR THE DETECTION OF ANALYTICS OR TRANSDERMAL ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICINES
KR20160140491A (en) * 2015-05-28 2016-12-07 주식회사 퍼시픽시스템 Cavitation seed for carrying drug and method for carrying drug by using the cavitation seed

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WO1998000194A2 (en) * 1996-06-28 1998-01-08 Sontra Medical, L.P. Ultrasound enhancement of transdermal transport

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EP0342448A1 (en) * 1988-05-17 1989-11-23 Sumitomo Bakelite Company Limited A horn used in an ultrasonic surgical operating instrument
US5474531A (en) * 1992-09-14 1995-12-12 Coraje, Inc. Apparatus and method for enhanced intravascular phonophoresis including dissolution of intravascular blockage and concomitant inhibition of restenosis
WO1997022325A1 (en) * 1995-12-20 1997-06-26 Sonex International Corporation Sonic method and apparatus for cosmetic applications
WO1998000194A2 (en) * 1996-06-28 1998-01-08 Sontra Medical, L.P. Ultrasound enhancement of transdermal transport

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EP1139880A1 (en) 2001-10-10
CA2355187A1 (en) 2000-06-22
JP2002542841A (en) 2002-12-17
AU2192100A (en) 2000-07-03
WO2000035351A1 (en) 2000-06-22
AU768190B2 (en) 2003-12-04
WO2000035351A9 (en) 2001-05-10

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