US 6,485,434 B1Granted

Apparatus for acoustic percussion of a body

OwnerDoron Kahana, Alon Kahana +1inventors

InventorsDoron Kahana, Alon Kahana, Emanuel Kahana

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Abstract

An apparatus for acoustic percussion of the human and animal body, the apparatus including an oscillator circuit for creating electrical signals for exciting a loudspeaker and producing sound waves; a waveform shaping circuit for shaping the electrical signals created by the oscillator into a waveform; an amplifier circuit for amplifying the signals shaped by the waveform shaper to the level required by the loudspeaker; a loudspeaker for producing sound waves when excited by the electrical signals created by the oscillator and shaped by the waveform shaper; a potentiometer to control the waveform rate created by the waveform shaper; a potentiometer to control the tone produced by the oscillator; and a potentiometer to control the volume of the sound produced by the loudspeaker. A preferred embodiment includes a battery for powering the apparatus, an activating mechanism, and a case or container for packaging the components of the apparatus.

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Dependent claims

An apparatus for detecting and evaluating internal organs and structures, air-fluid levels, air-fluid-solid transitions, and bone density, said apparatus comprising:

means for providing acoustic percussion to a human or animal body, said means for providing acoustic percussion comprising:
oscillator means for creating electrical signals capable of exciting a loudspeaker and producing sound waves;
waveform shaper means for shaping said electrical signals created by said oscillator means into a waveform;
amplifier means for amplifying the signals shaped by the waveform shaper means to the level required by the loudspeaker;
means for producing sound waves when excited by said electrical signals created by said oscillator means and shaped by the said waveform shaper means;
means for controlling waveform rate created by said waveform shaper means;
means for controlling a tone produced by said oscillator means;
means for controlling a volume of the sound produced by said loudspeaker;
means for powering said apparatus;
and
means for activating said apparatus.

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