US 11,684,796 B2
Electromagnetic radiation techniques for in vivo tissue
Robert Edward Grant, Laguna Beach, CA (US); and Matthew T. Case, Laguna Hills, CA (US)
Assigned to Crown Holdings, LLC, Newport Beach, CA (US)
Filed by Strathspey Crown, LLC, Newport Beach, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 8, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/535,636.
Application 16/535,636 is a division of application No. 14/854,935, filed on Sep. 15, 2015, granted, now 10,398,908.
Prior Publication US 2019/0381334 A1, Dec. 19, 2019
Int. Cl. A61N 5/06 (2006.01); A61H 23/00 (2006.01); A61N 5/067 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 5/06 (2013.01) [A61H 23/008 (2013.01); A61N 5/0601 (2013.01); A61H 2201/10 (2013.01); A61N 5/067 (2021.08); A61N 2005/063 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for generating sonic waves using electromagnetic radiation which comprises the steps of:
creating a beam of electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength λ, wherein the beam of electromagnetic radiation is created for use as a carrier wave;
pulsing the carrier wave of the electromagnetic radiation beam at a
controlled frequency f to generate a plurality of solitons on the carrier wave, wherein each soliton has a constant shape and the controlled frequency f is a sonic frequency;
directing the plurality of solitons as a sonic wave along a beam path of the carrier wave toward a target; and
establishing operational parameters for the controlled frequency f and the wavelength λ to influence a material in the target.
 
10. A method for radiating a target with a sonic wave which comprises the steps of:
determining a frequency f, wherein the frequency f is a characteristic frequency of the target, and
wherein the frequency f is a sonic frequency having a period p; generating a beam of electromagnetic radiation for use as an electromagnetic carrier wave, wherein the electromagnetic carrier wave has a wavelength λ, and wherein the wavelength λ is smaller than the period p;
pulsing the electromagnetic carrier wave at the frequency f to create a
plurality of solitons on the electromagnetic carrier wave, wherein each soliton has a constant shape and wherein the plurality of solitons collectively constitute the sonic wave; and
directing the sonic wave onto the target.