Patent ID: 7708706

Claim:
An impact table, comprising: a table extending horizontally and configured for entirely supporting a patient lying on the table; a plurality of rotatably mounted lift-disk means, each lift-disk means comprising a shaped outer perimeter, each shaped outer perimeter comprising at least one inclined portion and at least one radially extending surface, each lift-disk means in contact with a lift receiver, each lift receiver connected to the table; wherein a power system is configured for simultaneously rotating the plurality of lift-disk means at a controllable rotation rate to provide a unitary motion of the table; wherein during rotation at the rotation rate of the plurality of lift-disk means, the shaped outer perimeters of the lift-disk means lift and support the table when an inclined portion of each lift disk-means is in contact with each lift receiver, and wherein during rotation at the rotation rate of the plurality of lift-disk means, the shaped outer perimeters of the lift-disk means remove support from the table such that the table drops from a raised position to a low position when each lift receiver falls beside each radially extending surface, thereby allowing the entire table to drop in free-fall and induce a single, unified wave across the entire body of the patient lying on the table, such that the single, unified wave propagates away from the table and through the patient that is lying horizontally on the table; and shock absorbing means disposed between the table and the plurality of lift-disk means for absorbing a shock induced when the table reaches the low position, such that the shock is absorbed after the induction of said single, unified wave; wherein the single, unified, wave operates to relax soft tissue strain patterns in the patient.