公开(公告)号：US20210228225A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-29

申请号：US17228901

申请日：2021-04-13

申请人： MISONIX, INCORPORATED

发明人： PAUL MIKUS ,  SCOTT ISOLA ,  DAN VOIC ,  SCOTT LUDECKER ,  ALEXANDER DARIAN

IPC分类号： A61B17/22

摘要： A two phase method for reducing the formation of biofilm includes an evacuation of ambient air from a region about the surgical or treatment site, to extract airborne or aerosolized bacteria ejected from the site by the treatment. The extracted bacteria are prevented from settling back onto the cleansed tissue surface, thus at least reducing colonial bacteriological growth and concomitantly exuded biofilm material. A second phase involves the attachment of one or more ultrasonic transducers to the patient over or near a surgical treatment site after the surgery is terminated. Each applied ultrasonic transducer is used to vibrate the patient's tissues at the treatment site to disrupt biofilm formation.