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2011 Catalog PIC Parte34

Ultrasound has many medical applications including imaging, therapy, aerosol generation, and more. Piezoelectric materials are used to generate ultrasonic waves for these applications. Ultrasound imaging works by emitting sound pulses that reflect off tissues and are detected to produce an image, allowing harmlessness visualization of internal structures. Ultrasonic instruments are also used for minimally invasive surgeries and procedures like liposuction.

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2011 Catalog PIC Parte34

Ultrasound has many medical applications including imaging, therapy, aerosol generation, and more. Piezoelectric materials are used to generate ultrasonic waves for these applications. Ultrasound imaging works by emitting sound pulses that reflect off tissues and are detected to produce an image, allowing harmlessness visualization of internal structures. Ultrasonic instruments are also used for minimally invasive surgeries and procedures like liposuction.

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Ultrasound Applications in Medical Engineering

The piezoelectric effect is used for a large The principle is always similar and works
number of applications in the life sciences: just like ultrasonic material machining:
For example, for imaging in medical Piezoceramic composite systems made of
diagnostics, in therapy for the treatment of ring disks clamped together are integrated in
pain, for aerosol generation or the removal a sonotrode in the form of a medical instru-

the µm range at operating frequencies of


of tartar from teeth, for scalpels in eye ment. This transmits vibration amplitudes in
surgery, for monitoring liquids, such as in
the detection of air bubbles in dialysis, or around 40 kHz.
also as a drive for dispensers and micro-
pumps. Ultrasound Imaging – Sonography
The big advantage of sonography is the
If high power densities are required, as is the harmlessness of the sound waves, which is
case with ultrasonic tartar removal or for why the method is widely used. The ultra-
surgical instruments, for example, “hard“ sonic transmitter contains a piezo element,
PZT materials are used. which generates ultrasonic waves and also
detects them again. The ultrasonic transmit-
Ultrasonic Instruments in Surgical and
ter emits short, directional sound wave
Cosmetic Applications
pulses which are reflected and scattered by
Nowadays, instruments with ultrasonic the tissue layers to different degrees. By
drives allow minimally invasive surgical measuring the propagation time and the
techniques in eye and oral surgery, for magnitude of the reflection an image of the
example. Devices for liposuction are also structure under investigation is produced.
often based on ultrasonic technology. Piezo
elements have long been used as ultrasonic
generators to remove mineral deposits on
human teeth.

Instruments for the removal of tartar with ultrasound,


34 OEM product. The piezo disks can be clearly seen.

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