NON-INVASIVE METHOD OF SPINAL INTERVENTION AND USE OF DEVICES EFFECTIVE FOR SPINAL INTERVENTION

摘要

A non-invasive spinal and upper cervical impulse treatment device comprising a stylus configured to apply a repetitive sinewave impulse on a vertebrae of a patient within specified ranges of feree, acceleration and frequency, the stylus also configured to allow alignment with a treatment vector derived by a processor. The device is integrated within an assembly comprising a body imaging device, a processor, a controller and an actuator. The preferred ranges for the impulse characteristics are: a force within the range of 5.5 to 12.2 Newtons, preferably within the range of 8 to 12 Newtons, a shear acceleration within the range of 0.5 to 5 g, preferably below 2.2 g, and a frequency within the range of 5 to 175 Hertz, preferably between 50 and 110 Hertz. Treatment conditions may be varied depending upon the size of the patient, which includes human and veterinary patients.