Patents by Inventor Brady Aller
Brady Aller has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 9498650Abstract: A soundhead of a treatment device is provided that enables a volume of tissue located beneath the soundhead to simultaneously receive ultrasound and light stimulation. According to one embodiment, the soundhead includes an ultrasound transducer, a light source, and a faceplate extending across a face of the transducer for providing a tissue contacting and ultrasound energy coupling surface of the soundhead. The faceplate is transparent or translucent to the light generated by the light source. Alternate embodiments including externally mounted light sources are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2015Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: PHOTOSONIX MEDICAL, INC.Inventors: Mark E. Schafer, Brady Aller
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Publication number: 20150182762Abstract: A soundhead of a treatment device is provided that enables a volume of tissue located beneath the soundhead to simultaneously receive ultrasound and light stimulation. According to one embodiment, the soundhead includes an ultrasound transducer, a light source, and a faceplate extending across a face of the transducer for providing a tissue contacting and ultrasound energy coupling surface of the soundhead. The faceplate is transparent or translucent to the light generated by the light source. Alternate embodiments including externally mounted light sources are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2015Publication date: July 2, 2015Inventors: Mark E. Schafer, Brady Aller
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Patent number: 8979775Abstract: A soundhead of a treatment device is provided that enables a volume of tissue located beneath the soundhead to simultaneously receive ultrasound and light stimulation. According to one embodiment, the soundhead includes an ultrasound transducer, a light source, and a faceplate extending across a face of the transducer for providing a tissue contacting and ultrasound energy coupling surface of the soundhead. The faceplate is transparent or translucent to the light generated by the light source. Alternate embodiments including externally mounted light sources are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2013Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Photosonix Medical, Inc.Inventors: Mark E. Schafer, Brady Aller
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Publication number: 20140058296Abstract: A soundhead of a treatment device is provided that enables a volume of tissue located beneath the soundhead to simultaneously receive ultrasound and light stimulation. According to one embodiment, the soundhead includes an ultrasound transducer, a light source, and a faceplate extending across a face of the transducer for providing a tissue contacting and ultrasound energy coupling surface of the soundhead. The faceplate is transparent or translucent to the light generated by the light source. Alternate embodiments including externally mounted light sources are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2013Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicant: Sonic Tech, Inc.Inventors: Mark E. Schafer, Brady Aller
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Patent number: 8574174Abstract: A soundhead of a treatment device is provided that enables a volume of tissue located beneath the soundhead to simultaneously receive ultrasound and light stimulation. According to one embodiment, the soundhead includes an ultrasound transducer, a light source, and a faceplate extending across a face of the transducer for providing a tissue contacting and ultrasound energy coupling surface of the soundhead. The faceplate is transparent or translucent to the light generated by the light source. Alternate embodiments including externally mounted light sources are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2012Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: Sonic Tech, Inc.Inventors: Mark E. Schafer, Brady Aller
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Publication number: 20120238917Abstract: A soundhead of a treatment device is provided that enables a volume of tissue located beneath the soundhead to simultaneously receive ultrasound and light stimulation. According to one embodiment, the soundhead includes an ultrasound transducer, a light source, and a faceplate extending across a face of the transducer for providing a tissue contacting and ultrasound energy coupling surface of the soundhead. The faceplate is transparent or translucent to the light generated by the light source. Alternate embodiments including externally mounted light sources are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2012Publication date: September 20, 2012Applicant: SOUND SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Mark E. Schafer, Brady Aller
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Patent number: 8206326Abstract: A soundhead of a treatment device is provided that enables a volume of tissue located beneath the soundhead to simultaneously receive ultrasound and light stimulation. According to one embodiment, the soundhead includes an ultrasound transducer, a light source, and a faceplate extending across a face of the transducer for providing a tissue contacting and ultrasound energy coupling surface of the soundhead. The faceplate is transparent or translucent to the light generated by the light source. Alternate embodiments including externally mounted light sources are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2008Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Assignee: Sound Surgical Technologies, LLCInventors: Mark E. Schafer, Brady Aller
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Publication number: 20100249893Abstract: A medical electrode assembly can be substantially transparent or translucent to visible, infrared and/or ultraviolet light so that light rays emitted by a phototherapy device can shine through and pass transversely across every layer of the medical electrode assembly to impinge upon the skin of the patient to which the assembly is attached. This includes an area of skin located directly underneath the medical electrode assembly and thereby enables a combination of therapies including one or more of electrotherapy and phototherapy. The upper and lower exterior exposed faces of the medical electrode can have tacky, self-adhesive surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2010Publication date: September 30, 2010Applicant: Hill Laboratories CompanyInventor: Brady Aller
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Patent number: 7774070Abstract: A method for combining the effective modalities of electrotherapy and phototherapy is provided. A medical electrode assembly is substantially transparent or translucent to visible, infrared and/or ultraviolet light so that light rays emitted by a phototherapy device can shine through and pass transversely across every layer of the medical electrode assembly to impinge upon the skin of the patient to which the assembly is attached. This includes an area of skin located directly underneath the medical electrode assembly and thereby enables the combination therapy to be achieved.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2008Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Assignee: Hill Laboratories CompanyInventor: Brady Aller
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Publication number: 20090227909Abstract: A soundhead of a treatment device is provided that enables a volume of tissue located beneath the soundhead to simultaneously receive ultrasound and light stimulation. According to one embodiment, the soundhead includes an ultrasound transducer, a light source, and a faceplate extending across a face of the transducer for providing a tissue contacting and ultrasound energy coupling surface of the soundhead. The faceplate is transparent or translucent to the light generated by the light source. Alternate embodiments including externally mounted light sources are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2008Publication date: September 10, 2009Applicant: SONIC TECH, INC.Inventors: Mark E. Schafer, Brady Aller
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Publication number: 20090182396Abstract: A method for combining the effective modalities of electrotherapy and phototherapy is provided. A medical electrode assembly is substantially transparent or translucent to visible, infrared and/or ultraviolet light so that light rays emitted by a phototherapy device can shine through and pass transversely across every layer of the medical electrode assembly to impinge upon the skin of the patient to which the assembly is attached.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2008Publication date: July 16, 2009Applicant: HILL LABORATORIES COMPANYInventor: Brady Aller
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Patent number: D739483Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2014Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: Hill Laboratories CompanyInventor: Brady Aller