VASCULAR TISSUE ENHANCEMENT AND SELECTIVE DESTRUCTION OF CANCEROUS CELLULAR TISSUE

摘要

An apparatus for delivering decompressive energy to soft tissues to stimulate cellular expansion through deep penetration of said applied decompressive energy to said soft tissues to stimulate a predetermined reaction to application of said decompressive energy comprising a vessel having an open end and adapted to encompass the soft tissue to be stimulated. A source of decompressive energy in communication with said vessel and a flexible mass affixed to said open end of said vessel to absorb the pressure exerted by delivery of said decompressive energy to said soft tissue, thereby acting as a seal and force diffuser between said vessel and the soft tissue adjacent the periphery of said vessel. A method for the treatment of peripheral vascular disease (PVD) and other medical disorders and ailments that would benefit from increased and enhanced tissue response due to increases in blood flow on macro-vascular, micro-vascular and a collateral level including increased cellular stimulation and response. The method works by surrounding said tissues with a vessel or dome configured to fit over the tissue for treatment with decompressive energy (vacuum forces). The decompressive energy is applied in a controlled manner at a pre-selected level of decompressive force thereby increasing blood flow through the treated tissue. Loading forces generated by applied decompressive energy and the resulting forces generated between the interior of the vessel and the treated tissue which the vessel encompasses are diffused. A method and apparatus for applying decompressive energy to tissue for the selective destruction of cancerous cells is disclose and claimed. The tissue to be treated is enclosed within a vessel subjected to decompressive energy supplied by said decompressive energy source to said vessel. The decompressive energy is applied in a controlled manner to said tissue in at a pre-selected level of decompressive energy. Loading forces generated by applied decompressive energy and the forces generated between the interior of said vessel and said tissue which said vessel encompasses are to be diffused. As disclosed and claimed, a mass of elastic material comprising an inner radius and outer radius with the inner radius forming a seal with said tissue while allowing said tissue to move in relation to said inner radius and a fluid pocket circumf erentially positioned within said elastic mass in combination with a collar positioned at the perimeter of the vessel opening is claimed.