Patent ID: 8337432

Claim:
An apparatus configured to treat patients suffering from vascular disease by a combination of infra-, audible- and ultrasound waves, the apparatus comprising: a treating head emitting infra-, audible and ultrasound waves as sound waves with frequencies lying within an operation range extending from a lower limit of 1 Hz to an upper limit of 100 kHz, said treating head also serving for introducing said sound waves through a coupling medium into a body portion to be treated; electronics connected to said treating head energizing said treating head to emit said sound waves; and a control panel connected to said electronics to choose an electronic waveform of energizing, wherein the apparatus emits the sound waves in a treatment unit of a predetermined total length in time with the frequencies of the sound waves within said treatment unit sweeping over the operation range from said lower limit to said upper limit in given steps, said steps changing in length over time during said treatment unit and wherein each sound wave of a certain frequency is emitted for a given period of time, a plurality of periods of time adding up to a total length in time of said treatment unit, wherein said treating head is formed as an electromagnetic or a piezoelectric tool, and wherein said treating head comprises a metallic base plate having a first face and a second face opposite to said first face, as well as a contour, said first face forming a treating surface embedded into a holder, said second surface carrying several means for generating sound waves arranged apart from each other in a given geometry, said means for generating sound waves having projections on said second face of the base plate, said projections falling within the contour of the base plate.