| US 7,537,572 B2 | ||
| Treatment or pre-treatment for radiation/chemical exposure | ||
| Reiner Schultheiss, Illighausen (Switzerland); Wolfgang Schaden, Vienna (Austria); and John Warlick, Woodstock, Ga. (US) | ||
| Assigned to General Patent, LLC, Marietta, Ga. (US) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 29, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/238,524. | ||
| Application 11/238524 is a continuation in part of application No. 11/122154, filed on May 04, 2005, granted, now 7,470,240. | ||
| Application 11/122154 is a continuation in part of application No. 11/071156, filed on Mar. 04, 2005. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/690851, filed on Jun. 15, 2005. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/621028, filed on Oct. 22, 2004. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/642149, filed on Jan. 10, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0239072 A1, Oct. 11, 2007 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. A61H 1/02 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 601—2 [601/4; 600/437; 600/427] | 14 Claims |
| 1. The method of treatment for a tissue, organ or entire body of a patient after exposure to chemicals, radiation or both
comprises the steps of:
treating a patient after exposure to chemicals, radiation or both;
activating an acoustic shock wave or pressure pulse generator or source to emit pressure pulses or acoustic shock waves directed
toward the tissue to impinge the tissue with shock waves having a low energy density in the range of 0.000001mJ/mm2 to 1.0mJ/mm2, the pressure pulse being an acoustic pulse which includes several cycles of positive and negative pressure, wherein the
pressure pulse has an amplitude of the positive part of such a cycle should be above 0.1 MPa and the time duration of the
pressure pulse is from below a microsecond to about a second, rise times of the positive part of the first pressure cycle
in the range of nano-seconds (ns) up to some milli-seconds (ms), the acoustic shock waves being very fast pressure pulses
having amplitudes above 0.1 MPa and rise times of the amplitude being below 100's of ns, the duration of the shock wave is
typically below 1-3 micro-seconds (μs) for the positive part of a cycle and typically above some micro-seconds for the negative
part of a cycle; and
subjecting the tissue, organ or entire body to convergent, divergent, planar or near planar acoustic shock waves or pressure
pulses treatment energy density and treatment dosage stimulating said tissue, organ or body wherein the tissue, organ or body
is positioned within a path of the emitted shock waves and away from any localized geometric focal volume or point of the
emitted shock waves wherein the emitted shock waves or pressure pulses either have no geometric focal volume or point or have
a focal volume or point ahead of the tissue or beyond the tissue thereby passing the emitted waves or pulses through the tissue
while avoiding having any localized focal point within the tissue and wherein the emitted pressure pulses or shock waves are
convergent, divergent, planar or near planar and the pressure pulse shock wave generator or source is based on electro-hydraulic,
electromagnetic, piezoceramic or ballistic wave generation having an energy density value ranging as low as 0.00001 mJ/mm2 to a high end of below 1.0 mJ/mm2.
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