Patent ID: 7988648
Filing Date: 2011-08-02
Classification: A61H,A61N

Abstract:
1. The method of stimulating a tissue of a subsurface organ comprises the steps of: treating the tissue of the subsurface organ; activating an acoustic shock wave generator or source to emit pressure pulses or acoustic shock waves directed toward the tissue of the subsurface organ to impinge the tissue of the subsurface organ with pressure pulses or shock waves having a low energy density in the range of 0.00001 mJ/mm subjecting the tissue of the subsurface organ to convergent, divergent, planar or near planar acoustic shock waves or pressure pulses in the absence of a focal point impinging the substance stimulating a cellular response in the absence of creating cavitation bubbles evidenced by not experiencing the sensation of cellular hemorrhaging caused by the emitted waves or pulses in the tissue of the subsurface organ wherein the tissue of the subsurface organ is positioned within a path of the emitted shock waves or pressure pulses 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 of the subsurface organ or beyond the tissue of the subsurface organ thereby passing the emitted waves through the tissue of the subsurface organ while avoiding having any localized focal point within the tissue of the subsurface organ 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/mm