Vibration method for clearing acute arterial thrombotic occlusions in the emergency treatment of heart attack and stroke
US8870796B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 5, 2010 |
| Grant date | Oct 28, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 16, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B8/4455
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
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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