US 11,684,806 B2
Infected prosthesis and implant treatment with acoustic pressure shock waves
Iulian Cioanta, Milton, GA (US)
Assigned to SANUWAVE, INC., Suwanee, GA (US)
Filed by SANUWAVE, INC., Suwanee, GA (US)
Filed on Feb. 12, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/789,029.
Application 16/789,029 is a division of application No. 15/135,716, filed on Apr. 22, 2016, granted, now 10,569,106.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/152,067, filed on Apr. 24, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2020/0179726 A1, Jun. 11, 2020
Int. Cl. A61N 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 7/00 (2013.01) [A61N 2007/0004 (2013.01); A61N 2007/0017 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
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1. A method comprising determining a type of infection caused by either planktonic bacteria pathogens or biofilm at an infected interface of bone and a prosthesis or an implant fixed to the bone in a human or animal body and applying extracorporeal acoustic pressure shock waves to the infected interface of the bone and the prosthesis or implant in a sufficient amount, based on whether the infection is caused by planktonic bacteria or biofilm, to at least one of disrupt the biofilm and kill the planktonic bacteria pathogens at the infected interface of the bone and the prosthesis or implant.