EP0224102A2 - Apparatus for acoustic wave therapy - Google Patents

Abstract

The therapy equipment for the human body serves to enhance the feeling of good health by exposure of a part of all of the body, to accoustic irradiation with frequencies in the sub-audio, audio and ultrasonic regions. The therapy equipment consists of at least one oscillator plate which is arranged in bodily contact with the body of the person who sits, lies or stands on it, in which the oscillator plate is made to oscillate by sound waves, whereby corresponding oscillation generators are secured in bodily contact to the oscillator plate. The frequency of the sound waves is adjusted to the reabsorption frequency of individually selected organs and parts of the body, to treat selective individual organs or parts of the human body.

Description

The present invention relates to a therapy device for the human body, with which it is possible to treat the most diverse organs of the body in a targeted manner with the aid of vibrations, these vibrations in the form of body lines, i. H. essentially without airborne sound propagation to be introduced into the human body, the goal is to increase well-being.

It was previously known to design such therapy devices as hand-held devices, a sound head sitting on a handle and the sound head being supplied with signal current by a signal generator, the sound head being placed directly on certain parts of the body by hand and the body parts then using this device were targeted. The sound head was preferably supplied with infrasound, so that sound was transmitted from the sound head to the body through body contact between the sound head and the body to be treated.

The disadvantage of this known therapy device is that only a single frequency is used, and this frequency was not based on the body organ to be treated, so that treatment was carried out in the infrasound range with only one frequency, which could not always guarantee the success of the therapy .

Another disadvantage of this known device is that just a single organ usually an external body part, such as. B. the shoulder blade, the thigh or the knee joint could be treated, but that internal organs of the body were not accessible for treatment.

The present invention has for its object to develop a therapy device of the type mentioned so that a comprehensive treatment of the body, including internal organs, is possible.

To achieve the object, the invention is characterized in that the therapy device consists of a vibration plate on which the human body is arranged, the human body either sitting, lying or standing and that the vibration plate is excited to vibrate with the aid of sound waves, wherein the sound waves are introduced onto the vibration plate via a number of loudspeakers, the loudspeakers being fastened in body contact with the underside of the vibration plate and encapsulated against the propagation of sound into the surroundings.

With the proposed therapy device, a completely new form of therapy is proposed, because in a preferred embodiment of the present invention it is provided that the human body sits on the vibration plate, i. H. So that the vibration plate in connection with an underlying substructure is designed as a bench or stool, on which the body rests with its seat.

A particularly favorable introduction of sound into the human body results when there is direct body contact between the bones of the human body in the seating area and the vibration plate.

For this purpose, it is provided in a preferred embodiment of the present invention that the vibration plate 2 is connected to a raised seat board and buttocks are incorporated in the seat board, so that the buttocks of the person to be treated sits directly on this seat board and the pelvic bones of the person in bulges engage the seat board and thus come into direct physical contact with the seat board. These bulges are anatomically shaped so that body contact of the pelvic bones to the seat board and thus to the vibration plate is always guaranteed.

Such a seat board is arranged according to the sitting posture of the person to be treated on the vibration plate.

If the person to be treated sits in a lotus position on the vibration plate, then the seat board will be arranged more in the rear area of the vibration plate, while in a normal upright sitting position of a person to be treated with hanging legs, the seat board is attached more in the middle or in the front area of the vibration plate is. There are then several seat boards for this case, e.g. B. in the lotus position, and a front seat board for a normally upright person.

Many years of experiments by the inventor have shown that a certain tone frequency can be assigned to each particular body organ of the human body, each organ thus being sensitive to this particular tone frequency and thus being responsive. The specific assignment of the body organ to the respective assigned tone can only be felt if the person is actually ill with this organ. As a rule, this diseased organ shows a feeling of warmth when using this therapy device and a strong vibration of this diseased organ.

In particular, it has been shown that a tone of the harmonic scale can be assigned to each particular organ.

The following list is an example:
Tone G: whole intestine; Tone D: stomach; Sound Dis: left leg; Clay F sharp; Leg right; Tone A: bronchi; Tone E: bubble; etc.

The specified tones of the harmonic scale can be taken from different octaves, e.g. B. was found that for the treatment of the whole intestine, a frequency mix of the following tones is particularly beneficial in terms of therapeutic success; namely the tone G with the frequency 49, Hertz, mixed with the tone G with the frequency 196 Hertz together with an overtone h with the frequency 123.5 Hertz.

The addition of overtones has proven to be particularly effective if these overtones are in a harmonious relationship with the basic tones.

All other body organs, including internal body organs, can thus be treated in an analogous manner.

If a tone of the harmonic scale is assigned to several organs and both organs are diseased, it has been shown that the more severely diseased organ responds to this tone and absorbs it.

A preferred sound generation is therefore carried out according to the invention with a device in which a number of signal generators are contained, each signal generator being able to produce a specific tone finely tuned.

In the present exemplary embodiment, three signal generators would be set, namely one signal generator to the frequency 49 Hertz, the second to the frequency 196 Hertz and the third to the frequency 123.5 Hertz.

All output signals of these signal generators are mixed together at the output of the overall device and are given as a frequency mixture to the loudspeakers which are arranged below the vibration plate in body contact with the vibration plate.

In this way, the vibration plate is excited with this frequency mixture and this frequency mixture is introduced into the human body via the vibration plate.

The present invention is not only intended for the design of the therapy device as a vibration plate with a substructure made of loudspeakers, the loudspeakers being accommodated in feet, but in a further development it is possible for the loudspeakers to be arranged in a box-shaped housing.

A further embodiment of the present invention provides that both the seat surface is excited with such a vibration mixture, and also the back surface, so that such a therapy device would be provided with a back surface, which is also designed as a box in which one or more Speakers are arranged.

It is important in this embodiment that the back plate can be excited with a different frequency mix than the seat plate, which results in a variety of therapeutic options.

The invention will now be described in more detail using several exemplary embodiments.

• Figur 1: Draufsicht auf ein Therapiegerät in einer ersten Ausführungs­form;
• Figur 2: Vorderansicht des Therapiegeräts nach Fig. 1 in schematischer Darstellung;
• Figur 3: Schnitt durch einen Standfuß des Geräts nach Fig. 1 in Rich­tung der Linie III-III;
• Figur 4: schematisiert gezeichnete Draufsicht auf eine zweite Aus­führungsform eines Therapiegeräts;
• Figur 5: schematisiert gezeichnete Vorderansicht des Therapiegeräts nach Figur 4;
• Figure 6: schematisiert gezeichnete Seitenansicht eines Therapiegeräts nach einer dritten Ausführungsform;
• Figuren 7 - 9: schematisiert ein Therapiegerät in einer vierten Aus­führung im Schnitt, Draufsicht und Seitenansicht.

Show it:

• Figure 1: top view of a therapy device in a first embodiment;
• Figure 2: Front view of the therapy device of Figure 1 in a schematic representation.
• Figure 3: Section through a base of the device of Figure 1 in the direction of line III-III.
• Figure 4: schematically drawn top view of a second embodiment of a therapy device;
• FIG. 5: schematically drawn front view of the therapy device according to FIG. 4;
• Figure 6: schematically drawn side view of a therapy device according to a third embodiment;
• Figures 7 - 9: schematically shows a therapy device in a fourth embodiment in section, top view and side view.

In the exemplary embodiment according to FIGS. 1 to 3, the therapy device 1 consists of a kidney-shaped vibration plate 2 which has a front bulge 3. This bulge is therefore appropriate to enable comfortable sitting in the lotus position (during a yoga meditation).

Furthermore, this bulge 3 should allow a comfortable, upright sitting in an upright sitting position for smaller people with a shortened thigh.

The vibration plate 2 preferably consists of a solid wooden plate with standing annual rings, because this ensures a particularly favorable propagation of vibrations.

On the vibration plate in the rear area, a seat board 4 is provided, which has anatomically molded buttocks 5, so that the buttocks of the person to be treated sitting on the seat board 4 with the buttocks faces exactly in the buttocks 5 and thereby the pelvic bones come into physical contact with get the seat board 4.

The seat board 4 can have different heights from about 4 to 12 cm.

Four feet are preferably attached to the underside of the vibration plate 2, it not necessarily being necessary to provide four feet; more or less than four feet could also be provided.

The feet also serve as vibrating tubes 6 for loudspeakers 10, each loudspeaker 10 at the upper part of a vibrating tube 6 being connected directly to the vibrating plate 2 in physical contact, in particular by gluing or screwing, the sound outlet opening 11 connecting each loudspeaker directly to the underside of the vibrating plate 2 works.

In this way it is to be avoided that sound propagation takes place via air; here sound propagation is preferably achieved through body contact with the vibration plate.

The vibrating tubes 6 are hollow and filled with air, it then being possible to produce certain resonance phenomena in the vibrating tubes 6, which have a reinforcing effect on the vibrating plate 2.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention according to FIG. 3, each vibration tube 6 consists of a hollow cylinder 7 made of wood, the hollow cylinder being covered and closed at the bottom with a solid base plate 8.

At the top, the hollow cylinder 7 is fixedly connected to the underside of the vibration plate 2 and in the hollow cylinder 7 a loudspeaker 10 is arranged in the upper area, which is located with its sound outlet opening 11 directly below the vibration plate 2.

This results in the described physical contact between the loudspeaker 10 and the vibration plate 2, the air space 9 arranged in the hollow cylinder also acting on the vibration plate 2 in the sense of resonance amplification.

In a known manner, each loudspeaker 10 consists of a membrane 12 which is connected in its central part to an oscillation core 13, the oscillation core being surrounded by a winding 14.

The loudspeakers 10 are connected in parallel according to FIG. 1 and are each connected to the output of a signal generator 18 via a feed line 19, this signal generator in the manner described above consisting of a large number of individually adjustable signal generators, each of which can be set to one certain frequency can be set, which can be read on the frequency display 15, wherein for each speaker the frequency setting 17 can be made separately with the volume setting 16.

In this way, a certain frequency mixture is delivered to the loudspeaker 10 via the feed line, the signal generators preferably having a high output power in the range of 100 watts, so that the body to be treated can be significantly influenced in terms of vibrations. The output power of the signal generators is then set depending on the sensitivity of the person to be treated.

4 shows a further embodiment of a therapy device 20, which here consists of a closed box 21 in which a plurality of loudspeakers 30, 31 are arranged.

In the preferred embodiment described here, a low-frequency loudspeaker 30 is arranged in the center of the vibration plate 22 of the box 21 on its underside, and four high-frequency loudspeakers 31 are arranged near the four corners of the vibration plate 22.

The box 21 is completely closed in itself and on its underside there are damping elements 24, on which in turn a substructure 25 attaches, which preferably consists of legs 26 with struts 27 lying between them. This substructure 25 is set to the normal seat height, so that a comfortable sitting on the therapy device 20 is possible. The damping element 24 is intended to keep the vibrations generated in the box 21 away from the substructure 25.

The top of the vibration plate 2 is in turn provided with buttocks 23, so that good body contact of the body to be treated with the vibration plate 22 is possible in the manner described above. The buttocks 23 also serve to ensure comfortable sitting, so that sitting for long periods of time is not perceived as strenuous.

FIG. 6 shows a further therapy device 40 which consists of a combination of the therapy device 20 shown in FIGS. 5 and 4 together with a further box 41, with the upper box 41 arranged obliquely to the lower therapy device 20 treating the back of the person is possible.

The same parts of the therapy device 40 are designated by the same reference numerals of the therapy device 20 according to FIGS. 4 and 5.

The arrangement of a box 41 with the same vibration plate 42 and loudspeakers 50 arranged therein has the advantage that both the subject's back and the subject's seat can be treated separately but in the same therapy process.

For example, it is possible to control the loudspeakers 50 in box 41 with a different frequency mix, provided that the frequency mix in box 41 is in harmony with the frequency mix in box 21 in order not to introduce disharmonies to the human body as a whole.

In particular, it is preferred to use the loudspeakers 30, 31 in the lower box 21 to select the deep octaves of the listening area, while in the upper box 41 the treatment of the subject's back uses the higher octaves. It is also provided that corresponding back recesses 43 are also provided in the upper inclined vibration plate 42, which are anatomically arranged so that a comfortable leaning is possible.

The frequency range of the frequencies used here gives preferably from a low T with a frequency of 8.1 Hz (infrasound) to a high H with a frequency of 62.208 (ultrasound).

Another important field of application of the present invention is that all of the therapy devices 1, 20, 40 shown here can also be operated under water. The transmission of sound waves under water - because of the better conduction mechanism - has an even greater impact on the human body.

FIGS. 7-9 show a further exemplary embodiment of a therapy device, which is a modified embodiment of the therapy device shown in FIGS. 4 and 5. A vibration plate 22 projecting beyond the edge of the box 21 is fastened on the closed wooden box 21, a circumferential seal 34 being arranged between the upper, peripheral edge of the box 21 and the vibration plate 22. the vibration plate 22 is, as in the other embodiments, a solid wooden plate with upright annual rings, which ensures excellent sound transmission. On one long side of the vibration plate 22, two recessed troughs 32, 33 assigned to one another at breast spacing are let into the vibration plate 22.

These troughs 22, 23 serve to receive the female breast, the upper body of the person to be treated being bent over the troughs 32, 33 so that the breasts come to lie in the troughs 32, 33.

To treat hands and breasts, the device can be placed on a table or on a second chair. To treat the feet (ankles to toes), the device is placed on the floor.

The sound is introduced onto the human body on the one hand via the support points of the body lying outside the troughs 32, 33 on the vibration plate 22 and on the other hand via the troughs 32, 33 on the upper body of the female person to be treated. This special form of therapy can have beneficial and relaxing effects, particularly in the area of the female breast.

In an embodiment not shown in detail, it can also be provided to provide several troughs 32, 33 in pairs on the vibration plate, each pair of troughs having a different depth, so that an optimal contact surface on breasts of different sizes is ensured.

The box consists of glued boards (blockboards), which are provided with a soft covering 35. In this way, a resonance chamber 36 is formed in the interior of the box, in which the loudspeaker 30 is arranged, the feed line 19 being guided to the outside.

Drawing legend

• 1 therapy device
• 2 vibration plate
• 3. Derecognition
• 4 seat board
• 5 buttocks
• 6 vibration tube
• 7 hollow cylinders
• 8 base plate
• 9 airspace
• 10 speakers
• 11 Sound outlet opening
• 12 membrane
• 13 vibration core
• 14 winding
• 15 frequency display
• 16 volume
• 17 Frequency setting
• 18 signal generator
• 19 supply line
• 20 therapy device
• 21 box
• 22 vibration plate
• 23 buttocks
• 24 damping element
• 25 substructure
• 26 pillar
• 27 strut
• 30 speakers
• 31 speakers
• 32 trough
• 33 trough
• 34 seal
• 35 soft panels
• 36 resonance room
• 40 therapy device
• 41 box
• 42 vibration plate
• 43 back recess
• 50 speakers

Claims (7)

Therapy device for the human body to increase well-being by sonicating individual parts of the body or the entire body with frequencies in the infra, hearing and ultrasound range, the therapy device with at least one in contact with the human body arranged in body contact with sound waves to vibrate vibration plates, characterized that the frequency of the sound waves suited to the Resorptionsfrequenz of individual selected organs and body parts, and that the oscillation plate (2) consists of a flat wooden body, are arranged under the as support legs a plurality of spaced apart hollow cylinder (7), each hollow cylinder (7 ) receives at least one loudspeaker (10) which is fixed in body contact with the vibration plate (2) inside the hollow cylinder (7). 2. Therapy device according to claim 1, characterized in that on the top of the vibration plate (2,22), a seat board (4) is attached, in which recessed buttocks (5) are incorporated. 3. Therapy device according to claim 1, characterized in that several signal generators (18) are combined in parallel in a housing and each signal generator can be tuned to a specific frequency, and that the frequency mixture of the signal generators (18) via a feed line (19) all connected in parallel Speakers (10) is supplied. 4. Therapy device according to claim 1 and 3, characterized in that below the vibration plate (22) an all-round closed box (21 is attached, in which the speakers (10) are arranged. 5. Therapy device according to claim 1 and 4, characterized in that the vibration plate for sitting, standing or lying (2, 22) is assigned a further upright and possibly inclined vibration plate (42) for leaning the back, on which further speakers ( 50) are arranged. 6. Therapy device according to one of claims 1-5, characterized in that the therapy device (1, 20, 40) is operated under water. 7. Therapy device according to one of claims 1-6, characterized in that in the vibration plate (22) at least two recessed troughs (32,33) are arranged, the distance of which corresponds to the breast distance of the human body and which are suitable for receiving the female breasts , (Figs. 7-9).

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