A hyperthermia implant 20 for hyperthermia treatment of tissue 30 of a human or animal body. The implant comprises at least one piece of a large Barkhausen jump material (LBJ) and a magnetic field may be applied to the implant to heat the surrounding tissue. The implant may also be deployed to mark a tissue site in the body for subsequent surgery, thereby providing a combined system for locating an implant and treating the surrounding area. The system includes a handheld probe 14 to excite the implant below the switching field for bistable switching causing a harmonic response to be generated in a sub-bistable mode that allows the implant to be detected and localised.

A system that provides neuroprotection or neuroregeneration to biological tissue includes a pulsed energy having energy parameters including a wavelength or frequency, a duty cycle and a pulse train duration. A delivery device applies the pulsed energy to neural elements of the target tissue having a chronic progressive disease or at risk of having a chronic progressive disease. The delivery device applies the pulsed energy for a predetermined total pulse train duration such that the target tissue temperature is raised sufficiently to provide neuroprotection or neuroregeneration to the neural elements of the target tissue, while maintaining the average temperature rise of the target tissue at or below a predetermined level so as not to permanently damage the target tissue.

The present invention relates to a male contraception apparatus for obtaining a time-limited sterility of a male mammalian individual. The apparatus comprises a restriction device adapted to restrict the lumen of a vas deferens of the mammalian, and a controller operable to control the restriction device to restrict the lumen of the vas deferens during a controlled period to prevent sperms from reaching the urethra of the mammalian. The apparatus further comprises an implantable constriction device configured to gently constrict at least one portion of a tissue wall of the vas deferens to restrict the lumen of the vas deferens such that the flow of sperms in the vas deferens is restricted, and a stimulation device configured to stimulate the constricted wall portion of the tissue wall.

Disclosed are a body contouring device using RF energy, a control method thereof, and a body contouring method using the same, in which a surface of tissue overheated due to the edge effect is selectively cooled while the tissue is heated with the RF energy transferred thereto, thereby having a uniform treatment effect on a treatment area, reducing pain, and preventing the tissue from being damaged.

A physiotherapy device and a method for controlling the physiotherapy device are provided. The physiotherapy device may include an electric stimulator capable of generating electric pulses, a heating electrode sheet capable of attaching to a user's body, and a connecting component configured to connect with the heating electrode sheet via a plurality of fastening components and configured to connect with the electric stimulator via an electric pulse transmission cable. Furthermore, each fastening component may include a first fastener and a second fastener that are connected with each other. The plurality of fastening components may include a heating fastening component, a heat measuring fastening component, and at least one electric pulse fastening component, the heating fastening component transmits current to the heating electrode sheet so as to provide heat, and the heat measuring fastening component measures a temperature of the heating electrode sheet.

Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for managing placement of transducer arrays on a subject/patient.

Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for managing placement of transducer arrays on a subject/patient.

The present invention provides a device for rejuvenating a region of skin or mucosal tissue, comprising: a pulsed electromagnetic frequency generator; a plurality of electrodes in communication with the pulsed electromagnetic frequency generator and an RF tissue diathermy device. The electrodes apply the pulsed electromagnetic power and the RF tissue diathermy to the tissue, heating it such that one portion of the region of mucosal tissue is maintained at a predetermined temperature range T.sub.1 while another portion of the region of mucosal tissue is at least temporarily maintained at predetermined temperature range T.sub.2.

A device for cooling the skin tissue of a patient during a procedure using energy includes a mat-like structure, the mat-like structure having a bottom wall, a top wall and upstanding walls connecting the top wall and the bottom wall, the walls defining an enclosed volume; it also includes one or more electrodes positioned to protrude from the bottom wall and extend through the volume for connection to a source of energy; further, the volume defines a space for holding a cooling substance for cooling the one or more electrodes and the skin tissue during an energy-based procedure.

A device for a soft tissue treatment of a patient. The device includes an applicator including at least one electrode, a fastening mechanism to fix the applicator to a body part of a patient, and a control unit including a microprocessor to control the at least one electrode. The at least one electrode may provide a radiofrequency energy and an electric current. The radiofrequency energy may cause a heating of a soft tissue. The electric current may cause a muscle contraction. The body part includes a face or a chin.