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Microbubbles in Medicine

20 pointsby Jimmc414last Monday at 1:59 AM3 commentsview on HN

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amoshebbtoday at 12:43 PM

They mention using an ultrasonic pulse to pop bubbles around a kidney stone.

In scuba diving, microbubbles are what many blame decompression sickness on. I wonder if it may be possible to attach some sort of ultrasonic beeper to periodically burst them somewhere safe?

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