Method and apparatus for monitoring and improving blood circulation by resonance

• US 6,537,229 B1
• Filed: 06/27/2000
• Issued: 03/25/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Wei-Kung Wang
• Original Assignee: Wei-Kung Wang
• Inventors: Wang, Wei-Kung
• Primary Examiner(s): Hindenburg, Max F.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Natnithithadha, Navin
• Application Number:
  US09/604,087
• Time in Patent Office: 1,001 Days
• Field of Search: 600/38-41, 600/9-15, 600/300, 600/504, 600/508, 600/481, 600/500, 607/1, 607/2, 607/4, 607/5, 607/7, 607/9, 607/10, 607/11, 607/12, 607/33, 607/37, 607/44, 607/61, 607/100, 607/101, 607/103, 607/115, 607/50, 623/3.1, 623/3.11, 623/3.27
• US Class Current: 600/508
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02405 Determining heart rate variability
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02416 using photoplethysmograph signals, e.g. generated by infrared radiation A61B5/14552 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/416 the spleen
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 23/04 with hydraulic or pneumatic drive hydraulic or Pneumatic massages, A61H9/00; underwater massages, A61H33/00

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for improving the blood circulation of a human body by resonance, comprising the steps of: using an energy generating device to generate energy resonating with the body; and coupling the energy through a coupling device to the circulatory system of the body by functionally connecting the coupling device to the body and then activating the energy generating device.

Claims

1. A method for improving blood circulation of a human body by resonance, comprising the steps of:

(a) using an energy generating device to generate energy with a period synchronizing with the heartbeat of the body; and

(b) coupling the energy through a coupling device to the circulatory system of the body by functionally connecting the coupling device to the body and then activating the energy generating device.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the energy generating device is an artificial heart and step (b) further comprises connecting tubes to an artery of the body.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the energy generating device comprises a motor with a speed synchronized with the heartbeat of the body.

4. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the step (b) further comprises:

(c) providing an impedance matched mattress filled with excited fluid;

(d) exciting the natural frequency of the mattress by the motor; and

(e) treatment by subjecting the body to the mattress.

5. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the heartbeat is measured by an EKG.

6. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the coupling device comprises a cup to be fitted into an extrusive part of the body, and the energy generating device comprises a suction pump to be turned on to suck on the extrusive part.

7. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the coupling device comprises a disk with a number of extrusive parts. The disk is driven by a motor to rotate at a rate identical to the rate of the heartbeat which is selected according to the designated meridian for application.

8. The method as claimed in claim 3, the coupling channel comprises an exercise machine moving with the rate of the heartbeat as meter and may be fine-tuned according to the beat requirement of the limbs.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said energy generating device comprises a music playing machine, and said coupling device comprises a dancing or exercising machine.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said energy generated by said energy generating device is in the form of one selected from the group of sound, light, electricity and pressure, and said coupling device comprises either a sensor organ or an artificial sensor device.

11. A method for improving blood circulation of a human body by resonance, comprising the steps of:

(a) using an energy generating device to generate energy resonating with the body;

(b) coupling the energy through a coupling device to the circulatory system of the body by functionally connecting the coupling device to the body and then activating the energy generating device; and

(c) further comprising the step of feedback-control of the energy generating device by a monitoring device.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the monitoring device comprises a pulse analysis machine to analyze the pulse spectrum of the body.

13. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the monitoring device comprises a heart rate variation machine to analyze the HRV of the body.

14. The method as claimed in claim 11, further comprising the following steps performed by the monitoring device:

(a) measuring pressure waves formed in an artery of the body and producing an electrical pulse representing a blood pressure pulse; and

(b) calculating the amplitude and the phase of harmonic components of the electrical pulse by applying Fourier transformation theory to the harmonics of the electrical pulse.

15. The method as claimed in claim 14, wherein the step of measuring the pressure wave comprises the step of sensing the blood pressure pulse in an artery of the body with a pressure transducer.

16. The method as claimed in claim 14, wherein the step of measuring the pressure waves comprises directing a light beam toward the blood in the artery and then measuring absorption rate of a blood component by a photo detector.

17. The method as claimed in claim 16, wherein the blood component comprises water.

18. The method as claimed in claim 16, wherein the blood component comprises hemoglobin.

19. The method as claimed in claim 14, wherein the step (b) further comprises displaying a standard deviation of the measured harmonic component.

20. The method as claimed in claim 19, wherein the step (b) further comprises using a coefficient of variance, which equals a standard deviation divided by the mean, as an indicator.

21. The method as claimed in claim 14, wherein the fourth harmonic is used to monitor the health condition of the lung and lung meridian of the body.

22. The method as claimed in claim 14, wherein the sixth harmonic is used to monitor the health condition of the gall-bladder meridian of the body.

23. The method as claimed in claim 14, wherein the first harmonic is used to monitor the health condition of the liver meridian which includes the brain stem.

24. An apparatus for improving the blood circulation of a human body by resonance comprising an energy generating device for generating an energy with a period synchronizing with the heartbeat of the body, and coupling device for delivering the energy to the circulatory system of the body.

25. The apparatus as claimed in claim 24, wherein the energy generating device comprises a motor rotating at a rate identical to that of the heart rate, and the coupling device comprises a disk attached to a motor with a number of extrusive parts.

26. The apparatus as claimed in claim 25, wherein the number of extrusive parts is selected according to the meridian to be treated.

27. The apparatus as claimed in claim 24, the energy generating device comprises a heartbeat detector.

28. The apparatus as claimed in claim 24, the energy generating device comprises an electrical signal generator and a coupling device is functionally connected to a part of the body.

29. The apparatus as claimed in claim 28, the electrical signal comprises a weak stimulus which is delivered during the appearance of systolic pressure in the body and will cause a muscular twitch.

30. The apparatus as claimed in claim 28, the electrical signal comprises a strong stimulus which is delivered during the appearance of diastolic pressure in the body and will not cause any muscular twitch.

31. The apparatus as claimed in claim 24, wherein the coupling device is further coupled to an acupuncture point.

32. The apparatus as claimed in claim 24, wherein the energy generating device comprises a suction pump, and the coupling device comprises a cup for fitting onto an extrusive part of the body.

33. The apparatus as claimed in claim 32, wherein the extrusive part of the body comprises the penis of the body.

34. The apparatus as claimed in claim 32, wherein the extrusive part of the body comprises the breast of the body.

35. The apparatus as claimed in claim 24, wherein said energy generating device comprises a measuring instrument with a controllable meter to be synchronized with the heartbeat of the body, and said coupling device comprises a dancing of exercising machine.

36. An apparatus for improving the blood circulation of a human body by resonance comprising an energy generating device for generating an energy resonant with the body, and coupling device for delivering the energy to the circulatory system of the body, wherein the coupling device further comprises a mattress filled with fluid and a frequency tuning device and the energy generating device further comprises a motor driven device for sending energy to the mattress so as to generate resonant waves in the mattress.

37. The apparatus as claimed in claim 36, wherein the frequency tuning device further comprises a pressure controlling device.

38. The apparatus as claimed in claim 36, wherein the frequency tuning device further comprises a shape changing device.