Patent ID: 8734368

Claim:
A non-invasive method for inducing growth of coronary arterial blood vessels, comprising the steps of: providing means for delivering percussion upon an external body surface of an individual with a waveform and serial impact frequency in the range of 1 Hz to 200 Hz, and a displacement amplitude in the range of 1 mm-15 mm, and applying a series of consecutive, localized percussions at a waveform and serial impact frequency in the range of 1-200 cycles per second and a displacement amplitude in the range of 1 mm-15 mm, to an external body surface deemed to overlie a diseased coronary arterial vasculature supplying a heart in need of growth of coronary arterial blood vessels, whereby forces of said series of consecutive, localized percussions penetrate from said external body surface to said diseased coronary arterial vasculature, such as to induce growth of coronary arterial blood vessels within said diseased coronary arterial vasculature, wherein said means for delivering percussion comprises at least one contact node adapted to enable operative seating against at least one of a chest wall and an upper back external body surface of a patient receiving said series of consecutive percussions from said means for delivering percussion, wherein said contact node delivers said series of consecutive percussions.