Vibration device
AssigneeChordate Medical AB
InventorJan-Erik Juto
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Abstract
A device is provided for vibrational stimulation of body tissue in body cavities which are difficult to access, particularly in the nasal cavity. The device includes an expandable stimulation member, which can be introduced via a body opening into a body cavity. In an expanded state of the device, the stimulation means abuts against the body tissue within the body cavity. To accomplish vibrational stimulation, the stimulation member is brought to vibrate at a frequency of 48-70 Hz within the body cavity. A method is also provided for vibrational stimulation of body tissue in a body cavity, particularly in the nasal cavity of a patient.
Claims36
A vibration device for stimulation of body tissue in a nasal cavity of a patient, comprising:
- an expandable stimulation member;
- an expansion member configured to expand the stimulation member from a first, unexpanded state to a second, expanded state, wherein the expansion member comprises at least one channel for supplying fluid to the stimulation member to achieve said expansion, and the stimulation member is arranged at least partly around the expansion member such that one end of the expansion member is located freely inside the stimulation member;
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- an externally arranged vibration source connected to the expansion member and configured to bring the stimulation member to vibrate at a frequency of 48-70 Hz,
- wherein the stimulation member is configured, in the first, unexpanded state to be capable of being introduced via a nasal opening into the nasal cavity, and in the second, expanded state to be expanded to a volume such that the stimulation member is capable of abutting against the tissue within the nasal cavity.
A method for stimulation of body tissue in a nasal cavity of a patient, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing a vibration device comprising an expandable stimulation member and an expansion member configured to expand the stimulation member, wherein the stimulation member is configured to be introduced via a nasal opening into the nasal cavity;
- arranging the stimulation member at least partly around the expansion member such that one end of the expansion member is located freely inside the stimulation member;
- introducing the stimulation member via the nasal opening into the nasal cavity, while the stimulation member is in a first, unexpanded state;
- expanding the stimulation member to a second, expanded state of the vibration device such that the stimulation member is adapted to abut against the tissue within the nasal cavity;
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- bringing the stimulation member to vibrate in said second state at a frequency of 48-70 Hz.
A vibration device for stimulation of body tissue in a nasal cavity of a patient for the treatment of rhinitis, comprising:
- an expandable stimulation member;
- an expansion member connected to the expandable stimulation member and configured to expand the stimulation member from a first, unexpanded state to a second, expanded state, wherein the expansion member comprises a channel for supplying fluid to the stimulation member to achieve said expansion, and the stimulation member is arranged at least partly around the expansion member such that one end of the expansion member is located freely inside the stimulation member;
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- an externally arranged vibration source connected to the channel of the expansion member and configured to bring the stimulation member to vibrate at a frequency of 48-70 Hz,
- wherein the stimulation member is configured, in the first, unexpanded state to be capable of being introduced via a nasal opening into the nasal cavity, and in the second, expanded state to be expanded to a volume such that the stimulation member is capable of abutting against the tissue within the nasal cavity, and wherein the channel of the expansion member is closed along an entire length thereof from the vibration source to the expandable stimulation member during operation of the vibration device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.