Vibration method for clearing acute arterial thrombotic occlusions in the emergency treatment of heart attack and stroke
First Claim
1. A method of using a percussion device operable to deliver non-invasively imparted mechanical percussion localized to a targeted body part for enhancing clearance of an acute thrombotic cerebral arterial occlusion blocking blood flow to the brain of a patient, comprising the steps of:
- a) obtaining a diagnosis of acute ischemic stroke in said patient, and then,b) applying non-invasive localized low frequency mechanical percussion at a frequency between 1 Hz-1000 Hz and a stroke or displacement amplitude in the range of 0.1-10 mm from said percussion device targeted remote from said acute thrombotic cerebral arterial obstruction upon a neck region of said patient,whereby said non-invasive localized low frequency mechanical percussion upon said neck region accelerates the clearance of said acute thrombotic cerebral arterial occlusion in restoration of said blood flow to said brain of said patient.
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Abstract
An emergency method of using localized mechanical percussion for enhancing clearance of potentially life threatening acute thrombotic arterial obstructions blocking blood flow to vital internal organs such as the heart or brain of a patient, employing the application of non-invasive localized low frequency mechanical percussion at a frequency between 1 Hz-1000 Hz and a stroke or displacement amplitude in the range of 0.1-10 mm upon a targeted external body surface deemed generally proximate such acute thrombotic arterial obstruction, whereby the percussion accelerates the emergency clearance of the acute thrombotic arterial obstruction in restoration of blood flow to the vital internal organ. Preferred methods for percussion delivery to the chest wall/upper back or head/neck of a patient are described for use in treatment of heart attack or acute ischemic stroke respectively.
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35 Claims
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1. A method of using a percussion device operable to deliver non-invasively imparted mechanical percussion localized to a targeted body part for enhancing clearance of an acute thrombotic cerebral arterial occlusion blocking blood flow to the brain of a patient, comprising the steps of:
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a) obtaining a diagnosis of acute ischemic stroke in said patient, and then, b) applying non-invasive localized low frequency mechanical percussion at a frequency between 1 Hz-1000 Hz and a stroke or displacement amplitude in the range of 0.1-10 mm from said percussion device targeted remote from said acute thrombotic cerebral arterial obstruction upon a neck region of said patient, whereby said non-invasive localized low frequency mechanical percussion upon said neck region accelerates the clearance of said acute thrombotic cerebral arterial occlusion in restoration of said blood flow to said brain of said patient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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- 18. A method of using a non-invasive low frequency vibrator to assist in clearance of a blood clot within an acutely thrombosed cerebral artery in supply of the brain of a patient, comprising the steps of obtaining a diagnosis of acute ischemic stroke in said patient, and then applying non-invasive, transcutaneous localized mechanical vibration having a frequency between 1 Hz to 1000 Hz and a displacement amplitude in the range of 0.1 mm-10 mm via said vibrator placed upon a targeted external body surface of the neck remote from the location of said acutely thrombosed cerebral artery, whereby said vibration assists clearance of said blood clot within said acutely thrombosed cerebral artery.
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26. A method for enhancing clearance of a blood clot within an acutely thrombosed cerebral artery in treatment of an acute stroke, comprising the steps of obtaining a diagnosis of an acute ischemic stroke in a patient, and then non-invasively applying sonic vibration at a frequency of less than 1000 Hz and a displacement amplitude of said vibration of at least 0.1 mm to said patient,
whereby said vibration is locally administered to the neck of said patient, and whereby said vibration applied to said neck assists clearance of said blood clot within said acutely thrombosed cerebral artery in remediation of said acute stroke.
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30. A method for assisting clearance of a blood clot within an acutely thrombosed cerebral artery obstructing blood flow to the brain, comprising the steps of:
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a) placing a mechanical vibrator in contact with an external body surface of the neck of a patient having received a diagnosis of acute ischemic stroke and thereby experiencing a blood clot within an acutely thrombosed cerebral artery blocking blood flow to said brain, and b) applying non-invasive sonic vibration at a frequency of less than 1000 Hz and a displacement amplitude of said vibration in the range of 0.1 mm to 10 mm to said patient during said placement, whereby the delivered vibration reaches said acutely thrombosed cerebral artery to assist clearance of said blood clot. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A method of using a percussion device operable to deliver non-invasively imparted mechanical percussion localized to a targeted body part for enhancing clearance of an acute thrombotic cerebral arterial occlusion blocking blood flow to the brain of a patient, comprising the steps of
a) obtaining a diagnosis of acute ischemic stroke in said patient, and then, b) applying non-invasive localized low frequency mechanical percussion at a frequency between 1 Hz-1000 Hz and a stroke or displacement amplitude of at least 0.1 mm from said percussion device targeted remote from said acute thrombotic cerebral arterial obstruction upon a carotid artery of said patient, whereby said non-invasive localized low frequency mechanical percussion upon said carotid artery accelerates the clearance of said acute thrombotic cerebral arterial occlusion in restoration of said blood flow to said brain of said patient.
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