New Low-Cost, Portable Pain Relief Device Will be Shown to Journalists in New York City on April 13

WHAT: Dr. Cary Reid, professor of medicine at Cornell Weill Medical College, and George K. Lewis, a Cornell University biomedical engineering doctoral candidate, showcase their miniature ultrasound pain-relief device

WHEN: Tuesday, April 13, from noon to 1:30 p.m.

WHERE: Weill Cornell Medical College, 1300 York Ave. (at 69th Street), New York City

MEDIA: You are invited to attend a special journalist-only meeting with Dr. Cary Reid and Cornell doctoral candidate George K. Lewis. To RSVP, please contact John Carberry at (607) 255-5353 or (607) 227-0767 (e-mail [email protected]).

Newswise — It’s lightweight, smaller than most iPods and can deliver low-intensity ultrasound therapy for up to 10 hours. It just might revolutionize pain relief – and save patients time.

This miniature ultrasound device has shown early, promising results as a non-pharmaceutical method of addressing joint and muscle pain. It was invented and refined by George K. Lewis, Cornell doctoral candidate in biomedical engineering. The device is currently in clinical trial under the supervision of Dr. Cary Reid, Weill Cornell Medical College faculty member and geriatrician.

Unlike current higher-intensity ultrasound therapies that require time-consuming and costly office visits, this miniature ultrasound device can deliver low-intensity therapy for hours, under a doctor’s supervision but with one major difference – a patient can undertake treatment outside of the doctor’s office. Additional applications, including using the device to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of drug therapies, are also being explored.

Both Reid and Lewis will be on hand to demonstrate the device and talk with the media Tuesday, April 13, from noon to 1:30 p.m. at Weill Cornell Medical College, 1300 York Ave., New York City.

Reid is an associate professor, Robert Wood Johnson generalist physician scholar and a Paul Beeson faculty scholar on aging research at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City, where he joined the faculty in January 2003. He also is an associate attending physician New York-Presbyterian Hospital.Lewis is a biomedical engineering doctoral candidate at Cornell’s Ithaca, N.Y., campus. He is a National Science Foundation fellow and a Cornell Presidential Life Sciences fellow.