{"id":668219,"date":"2010-02-17T22:20:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-18T03:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"Gizmodo-5474323"},"modified":"2010-02-17T22:20:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-18T03:20:00","slug":"sound-waves-being-used-to-treat-strokes-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/668219","title":{"rendered":"Sound Waves Being Used to Treat Strokes [Health]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"lytebox\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cache.gawkerassets.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2010\/02\/299.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cache.gawkerassets.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2010\/02\/500x_299.jpg?w=500\" class=\"left image500\"  \/><\/a>Neurologists have built an ultrasound device which uses focused <a class=\"autolink\" title=\"Click here to read more posts tagged #soundwaves\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/tag\/soundwaves\/\">sound waves<\/a> to destroy stroke-causing blood clots in brains. The procedure is non-invasive&mdash;requiring no drugs or surgery&mdash;and is already being tested on patients.<\/p>\n<p>The machine and procedure allows doctors to &#8220;surround the head with an array of transducers that can focus ultrasound beams on a single spot in the brain without damaging the skull.&#8221; This means that diseased tissue could be destroyed without any collateral damage or risky surgery. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/biomedicine\/24548\/?ref=rss\">Technology Review<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.popsci.com\/technology\/article\/2010-02\/ultrasound-beams-could-destroy-stroke-causing-blood-clots-brain\">Pop Sci<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=ea6c9dc40e368c28eeb78af964e859d8&#038;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 0;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?s=ea6c9dc40e368c28eeb78af964e859d8&#038;p=1\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/a.rfihub.com\/eus.gif?resize=0%2C0\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=ReJC8GYQIIM:sp9-s9KX5iE:H0mrP-F8Qgo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=ReJC8GYQIIM:sp9-s9KX5iE:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=ReJC8GYQIIM:sp9-s9KX5iE:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?i=ReJC8GYQIIM:sp9-s9KX5iE:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=ReJC8GYQIIM:sp9-s9KX5iE:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?i=ReJC8GYQIIM:sp9-s9KX5iE:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/gizmodo\/full\/~4\/ReJC8GYQIIM\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Neurologists have built an ultrasound device which uses focused sound waves to destroy stroke-causing blood clots in brains. The procedure is non-invasive&mdash;requiring no drugs or surgery&mdash;and is already being tested on patients. 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