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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 1990
Filed:
Sep. 07, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
German Borodulin, San Francisco, CA (US);
Maxim Persidsky, San Francisco, CA (US);
Alexander Shkolnik, San Mateo, CA (US);
Assignee:
Urological Instruments Research, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128 32 ; 128 43 ; 128421 ; 128788 ; 606198 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for treating internal muscle and connective tissue disorders is disclosed. The method includes the steps of inserting a vibration source into a body cavity and applying vibratory massage in the form of expansions and contractions of the body cavity at a predetermined frequency. The apparatus includes a probe shaped for insertion into a body cavity, an actuator for causing the probe to expand and contract, and a mechanism for adjusting the frequency with which the probe expands and contracts.