Patent ID: 7601127

Claim:
The method of stimulation of a genital tissue or reproductive organ of an infertility or impotence diagnosed patient comprising the steps of: activating an acoustic shock wave generator or source to emit pressure pulses including but not limited to very fast pressure pulses called acoustic shock waves directed toward the genital tissue or reproductive organ to impinge the genital tissue or reproductive organ with pressure pulses or shock waves having a low energy density in the range of 0.000001 mJ/mm 2 to 1.0 mJ/mm 2 ; 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 above 0.1 MPa and the time duration of the pressure pulse cycle is from a microsecond to about a second, rise times to the peak pressure of the positive part of the first pressure cycle being in the range of nano-seconds (ns) up to milli-seconds (ms), the acoustic shock waves being very fast pressure pulses having amplitudes of the positive part of the cycle similarly above 0.1 MPa but with rise times to a peak positive pressure of the positive part of the amplitude being below 100 ns, the duration of the shock wave is below 3 micro-seconds (μs) for the positive part of a cycle and above 3 micro-seconds for the negative part of a cycle; subjecting the genital tissue, reproductive organ or the entire reproductive region of the body to the convergent, divergent, planar or near planar acoustic shock waves or pressure pulses in the absence of a focal point impinging the genital tissue or reproductive organ 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 genital tissue or reproductive organ wherein the genital tissue or reproductive 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 genital tissue or reproductive organ or beyond the genital tissue or reproductive organ thereby passing the emitted waves through the genital tissue or reproductive organ while avoiding having any localized focal point within the genital tissue or reproductive 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 2 to a high end of below 1.0 mJ/mm 2 ; and stimulating said tissue, organ or body wherein the tissue, organ or body is positioned within a path of the emitted shock waves removed from any focal point of the emitted acoustic shock wave.