Device for activating cells of a human body

• US 5,895,348 A
• Filed: 05/30/1996
• Issued: 04/20/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: SOKO
• Original Assignee: SOKO
• Inventors: Hosaka, Einosuke
• Primary Examiner(s): Jaworski, Francis J.
• Application Number:
  US08/656,915
• Time in Patent Office: 1,055 Days
• Field of Search: 601/1, 606/27, 600/26-28
• US Class Current: 600/27
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2007/0296 Intervals of heating alternated with intervals of cooling
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2007/0298 with a section for heating and a section for cooling
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/0138 incorporated in furniture
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/0142 Beds
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/0149 Seat or chair
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/0207 heated
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/0214 cooled
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/0242 by a fluid circulating in the apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/025 by direct air flow on the patient's body
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/0285 with Peltier elements
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/10 with further special therapeutic means, e.g. electrotherapy, magneto therapy or radiation therapy, chromo therapy, infrared or ultraviolet therapy
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/165 Wearable interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/5007 computer controlled
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/5048 Audio interfaces, e.g. voice or music controlled
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2205/06 Arms
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2205/08 Trunk
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2205/10 Leg
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 23/0236 using sonic waves, e.g. using loudspeakers
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2/00 Magnetotherapy

Abstract

A device for activating cells over a prolonged period, comprises a stimuli imparting device for imparting stimuli to a human body, and a state changing device for changing the state of the stimuli imparted by the stimuli imparting device.

Claims

1. A device for activating the cells of a human body, comprising:

a body attachment adapted to be removably attached to the human body;

vibration stimuli imparting means mounted on said body attachment, said vibrations stimuli means imparting vibration stimuli to the human body in response to a drive signal supplied thereto;

soundwave generating means mounted on said body attachment, for generating soundwaves to the human body in a vicinity of said vibration stimuli imparting means in response to a drive signal supplied thereto; and

signal processor means for forming a signal for generating a supersonic wave and/or a signal for generating a subsonic wave, said signals being modulated by an acoustic signal supplied from an external source, mixing said signal for generating said supersonic wave and/or said signal for generating said subsonic wave with said acoustic signal to form a mixed drive signal, supplying said mixed drive signal to said soundwave generating means, and extracting a low-frequency portion from said acoustic signal to form an extracted drive signal and supplying said extracted drive signal to said vibration stimuli imparting means.