Vibrator with a plurality of contact nodes for treatment of myocardial ischemia
First Claim
1. A non-invasive method of using a percussion device for treating a cardiac related ailment causing a state of low arterial blood flow within the thoracic cavity, comprising the steps ofa) providing a percussion device with a contact interface enabling engagement of at least a pair of contact nodes spaced to provide simultaneous seating to opposing sides of a bony structure upon the thoracic cavity of a human adult,b) simultaneously engaging said at least a pair of contact nodes to opposing sides of a bony structure upon the thoracic cavity of a patient suffering from a cardiac related ailment causing a state of low arterial blood flow within the thoracic cavity, andc) applying mechanical percussion via said at least a pair of contact nodes simultaneously engaged to said opposing sides of a bony structure upon the thoracic cavity of said patient at a frequency between 1-1000 Hz, and a stroke length in the range of 0.1 mm-10 mm at any time during step 1 (b),whereby said applying mechanical percussion via said at least a pair of contact nodes simultaneously engaged to said opposing sides of a bony structure upon the thoracic cavity enables optimized localized acoustic transmission to the heart and coronary arteries thereupon in view to remediation of said cardiac related ailment causing said state of low arterial blood flow within said thoracic cavity of said patient.
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Abstract
A vibrator for use in enhancement of pre-hospital coronary thrombolysis comprising a vibration source operable to generate vibration at a frequency in the range of 1-1000 Hz with at least a pair of oscillatory contacts spaced to enable simultaneous seating to the anatomic left and right of the sternum (such as to match the geometry of the right and left coronary arteries) of a patient in need of coronary thrombolysis. The preferred vibrator is operable to emit vibration in the low frequency sonic range (at least 20 Hz) with an amplitude of about 1 mm-15 mm (and more preferably greater than 2 mm), such as to provide an effective transthoracic tool for acute coronary thrombolysis applications. In a variation, greater than a pair of contacts are utilized to provide oscillatory contact at differing intercostal space levels (in order to maximize vibratory penetration to the heart which is variably situated depending on the patient'"'"'s anatomy).
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33 Claims
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1. A non-invasive method of using a percussion device for treating a cardiac related ailment causing a state of low arterial blood flow within the thoracic cavity, comprising the steps of
a) providing a percussion device with a contact interface enabling engagement of at least a pair of contact nodes spaced to provide simultaneous seating to opposing sides of a bony structure upon the thoracic cavity of a human adult, b) simultaneously engaging said at least a pair of contact nodes to opposing sides of a bony structure upon the thoracic cavity of a patient suffering from a cardiac related ailment causing a state of low arterial blood flow within the thoracic cavity, and c) applying mechanical percussion via said at least a pair of contact nodes simultaneously engaged to said opposing sides of a bony structure upon the thoracic cavity of said patient at a frequency between 1-1000 Hz, and a stroke length in the range of 0.1 mm-10 mm at any time during step 1 (b), whereby said applying mechanical percussion via said at least a pair of contact nodes simultaneously engaged to said opposing sides of a bony structure upon the thoracic cavity enables optimized localized acoustic transmission to the heart and coronary arteries thereupon in view to remediation of said cardiac related ailment causing said state of low arterial blood flow within said thoracic cavity of said patient.
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23. A non-invasive emergency method for restoring coronary blood flow in a patient experiencing an acute coronary obstruction, comprising the steps of,
a) providing a vibrator with a contact interface disposing at least a pair of oscillatory contacts spaced to enable simultaneous seating to the anatomic left and right of the sternum of a patient suffering from an acute coronary obstruction, and b) administering percussion at a frequency between 1-1000 Hz, and a stroke length in the range of 0.1 mm-10 mm to the chest wall, anatomic left and right of the sternum of said patient via said contacts, whereby said percussion applied in concert to the anatomic left and right of the sternum enables optimized transmission to the heart and coronary arteries thereupon in view to remediation of said acute coronary obstruction.
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32. A non-invasive method of using a percussion device for delivering localized percussion to an external body surface generally overlying the heart of a patient in treatment of a heart attack, comprising the steps of,
a) providing a percussion device with a contact interface enabling engagement of at least a pair of contact nodes spaced to provide simultaneous seating to opposing sides of a bony structure upon the thoracic cavity of a human adult, b) simultaneously engaging said at least a pair of contact nodes to opposing sides of a bony structure upon the thoracic cavity of a patient suffering from a heart attack c) applying mechanical percussion via said at least a pair of contact nodes simultaneously engaged to said opposing sides of a bony structure upon said thoracic cavity at a frequency between 1-1000 impacts per second, and a stroke length in the range of 0.1 mm-10 mm, and d) periodically halting said percussion during the systolic period of the cardiac cycle of said patient, whereby said halting said percussion during the systolic period of the cardiac cycle assists in prevention of hemodynamic decay of said patient suffering from said heart attack, and said applying mechanical percussion via said at least a pair of contact nodes simultaneously engaged to said opposing sides of a bony structure overlying the thoracic cavity enable optimized transmission of the forces of said percussion to the heart and coronary arteries thereupon in view to treatment said heart attack.
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