Resonant Frequency Device for Muscle Proprioception Reset
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional muscle stimulation and rehabilitation methods, such as neuromuscular electrical stimulation, often fail to effectively address muscle imbalances and chronic issues due to inhibition by muscle spindle, Golgi tendon, and Golgi ligament organ receptors, leading to persistent muscle weakness and dysfunction.
Innovation Solution
A device and method that expose tissues and associated proprioceptors to therapeutic resonant frequency patterns (RFPs), which can be imprinted on materials like glasses or ceramics, to interact with the body and restore normal muscle function without physical contact, using bioactive substances like vitamins, minerals, and pharmaceutical compounds to reset muscle proprioception and alleviate inhibition.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional neuromuscular electrical stimulation is used for muscle rehabilitation, then muscle tissue can be stimulated and exercise can be provided, but muscle spindle, Golgi tendon, and Golgi ligament organ receptors become inhibited, leading to persistent muscle weakness and dysfunction
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical/electrical stimulation methods with acoustic wave therapy. Acoustic waves propagate through tissues and stimulate mechanoreceptors and proprioceptors without causing the inhibitory effects associated with electrical stimulation, thereby restoring muscle function while avoiding proprioceptor inhibition.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the stimulation parameter from electrical pulses to acoustic wave frequencies. By using specific frequency ranges of acoustic waves, the therapy selectively stimulates proprioceptors and muscle spindles to restore function without triggering the inhibitory feedback loops that occur with electrical stimulation.
2Strength
If prolonged muscle inactivity is allowed, then muscle atrophy occurs and permanent damage results, but continuous traditional stimulation fails to prevent atrophy due to proprioceptor inhibition
Solution Approach 1:
The patent substitutes acoustic wave therapy for electrical stimulation to maintain muscle strength. The acoustic waves provide mechanical stimulation that activates proprioceptors and promotes muscle tone without causing the inhibitory effects that render electrical stimulation ineffective for preventing atrophy.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs periodic acoustic wave pulses to stimulate muscle tissue. These periodic mechanical waves provide regular stimulation that maintains muscle strength and prevents atrophy by continuously activating proprioceptors, creating a reliable preventive effect against muscle degradation.
3Ease of operation
If therapeutic resonant frequency patterns are applied to reset muscle proprioception, then muscle function improves and chronic pain is reduced, but the mechanism of action differs from traditional electrical stimulation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses mechanical vibration in the form of acoustic waves at resonant frequencies. These vibrations propagate through tissues and selectively stimulate proprioceptors and mechanoreceptors, resetting muscle function and reducing pain through mechanical resonance rather than electrical excitation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies periodic acoustic waves at specific resonant frequencies to achieve therapeutic effects. The periodic nature of the waves allows for selective stimulation of tissue structures at their natural resonant frequencies, providing effective proprioception reset with a well-defined physical mechanism.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The method rapidly resets muscle proprioception, improving muscle function, reducing chronic pain and dysfunction, and offering a non-invasive treatment with minimal side effects, potentially reducing rehabilitation time and costs.
Implementation Method 1
therapeutic resonant frequency patterns (RFPs)... tissues and associated proprioceptors and neuromuscular feedback loops are exposed to therapeutic resonant frequency patterns
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AI summary
A system, device and method are provided for exposing a patient to therapeutic resonant frequency patterns (RFP) for therapy and treatment of a patient, for example, biological tissue such as muscle, tendon, ligament, and nerve tissue. The resonance frequencies originate from many bioactive substances, pharmaceuticals or other compounds, and key frequencies of the RFP of a compound can be replicated and then delivered to a patient using an electromagnetic catalyst to provide therapeutic benefits. RFPs can be imprinted in a separate device using a plasma imprinting device and method. This separate device can be actively excited by a delivery mechanism that uses electromagnetic or mechanical waves to interact with the device. The actively excited device transmits the RFPs or therapeutic resonant frequency patterns to the patient for similar enhancements and therapeutic benefits.