US Patent No: 8,210,184
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Controlled biothermotherapy
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Jul 3, 2012
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Feb 1, 2012
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Abstract
A method for thermotherapy of a biological tissue by determining the temperature at which to heat a target site to be treated to provide a temperature to the site to effect therapy, the temperature above body temperature but below a protein denaturation temperature, as determined by a patient's experience of a sensation of pain. Thermotherapy is effected in the absence of coagulative effects by providing oscillatory energy at the predetermined temperature.
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| 2008/0177,358 Diagnosis and treatment methods relating to application of external heat | 3 | 2008 | |
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| 2004/0210,214 Method for treatment of tissue | 58 | 2004 | |
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| 7,402,167 Portable laser and process for producing controlled pain | 8 | 2004 | |
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