Michael Sean Mcmanus

US Patent:

20080243036, Oct 2, 2008

Filed:

Mar 27, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/728797

Inventors:

Dan Voic - Cedar Grove NJ, US
Michael A. McManus - Bronxville NY, US

International Classification:

A61N 7/02

US Classification:

601 3

Abstract:

Spinal pain is treated non-invasively by operating a scanning apparatus to locate a spinal disc afflicted with cracks or fissures, and applying waveform energy to the afflicted spinal disc to heat the spinal disc sufficiently to modify collagen fibers of the spinal disc and destroy pain receptors in the spinal disc. The scanning apparatus may be an ultrasound scanner, while the treatment waveform energy may be ultrasonic waveform energy. The applying of the waveform energy includes generating ultrasonic pressure waves in the spinal disc.