IT1399639B1 - Sistema e procedimento ultrasonico per identificare automaticamente e trattare tessuto adiposo - Google Patents

Sistema e procedimento ultrasonico per identificare automaticamente e trattare tessuto adiposo

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IT1399639B1
IT1399639B1 ITMI2010A000715A ITMI20100715A IT1399639B1 IT 1399639 B1 IT1399639 B1 IT 1399639B1 IT MI2010A000715 A ITMI2010A000715 A IT MI2010A000715A IT MI20100715 A ITMI20100715 A IT MI20100715A IT 1399639 B1 IT1399639 B1 IT 1399639B1
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automatically identify
ultrasonic procedure
treat adipose
adipose
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Cynthia Elizabeth L Davis
Dhiraj Arora
Warren Lee
Kenneth Wayne Rigby
Lowell Scott Smith
Christopher Robert Hazard
Ying Fan
Kai Erik Thomenius
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Gen Electric
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