Neurological disease prevention apparatus through sound wave vibration
View Patent ↗By the combined use of ultrasonic vibration generated by a pair of ultrasonic vibrators that are alternately driven asynchronously with the heartbeat, and stereo music vibration waves generated by a pair of music vibrators, the brain is gently and effectively provided with massage without subjecting the head to excessive massage. Blood flow can be stimulated deep within the brain. As the rise and fall of the vibration energy generated by the ultrasonic vibrators are mitigated by the modulators, impact applied by the vibration to the head of the wearer is reduced.
1. A neurological disease prevention apparatus comprising a pair of first vibrators for generating sound wave vibration, and a pair of second vibrators for generating sound wave vibration from music so that vibration generated by the first vibrators and the second vibrators is applied via the scalp through the skull to blood vessels in the brain of a person wearing the neurological disease prevention apparatus, thereby promoting cerebral blood flow to invigorate cerebral functions, wherein:
the neurological disease prevention apparatus further includes a modulating means for mitigating a rise and fall of pulse vibration energy generated by the first vibrators;
each one of the pair of first vibrators is respectively fitted to one of the right side and the left side of the head of the person wearing the neurological disease prevention apparatus, and is alternately driven with the other first vibrator and asynchronously with the heartbeat of the person wearing the neurological disease prevention apparatus, wherein each first vibrator generates successive output pulses of the pulse vibration energy at nearly identical intervals so that an output period for an output pulse from one first vibrator does not overlap with an output period for an output pulse from the other first vibrator; and
each of the pair of second vibrators is respectively fitted to one of the right side and the left side of the head, the pair of second vibrators providing stereo vibration waves.
2. A neurological disease prevention apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:
the first vibrators are adapted to generate ultrasonic vibration in the range of 20 kHz to 200 kHz.
3. A neurological disease prevention apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:
the first vibrators are respectively fitted to the right side and the left side of the frontal part of the head of the person wearing the neurological disease prevention apparatus; and
the second vibrators are respectively fitted to the right and left temporal areas.
4. A neurological disease prevention apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each second vibrator comprises:
a vibrator main body for generating sound wave vibration from music that contains an ample quantity of high frequency components; and
a vibrating cone attached to the vibrator main body and capable of following the shape of and snugly fitting to the head.
5. A neurological disease prevention apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the neurological disease prevention apparatus further includes:
a music control means for storing therein a plurality of music pieces that can be output from the second vibrators; and
a control means for causing the first vibrators and the second vibrators to generate vibration regularly at a prescribed time of day.
6. A neurological disease prevention apparatus as claimed in claim 5 , wherein:
the music pieces stored in the music control means include at least a group of Mozart's works consisting of Serenade No. 3 in G Major, K 525 (Eine Kliene Nachtmusik), the first movement of Divertimento No. 1 in D Major, K 136, and No. 3 in B flat Major from 12 German Dances, K 586.
7. A neurological disease prevention apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the neurological disease prevention apparatus further includes:
a wearable unit to be fitted on the head; and
snap buttons for attaching the first vibrators and the second vibrators to the inner side of the wearable unit.
8. A neurological disease prevention apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the modulating means is adapted to form the output pulses of pulse vibration energy by modulating the ultrasonic vibration generated by each of the first vibrators with a signal wave, the signal wave being formed in a smooth bell-shaped curve with no change points and having a lower frequency than the ultrasonic vibration.
9. A neurological disease prevention apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the duration of each pulse is less than the duration of each interval.
10. A neurological disease prevention apparatus as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the duration of each pulse is 0.1 seconds, and the duration of each interval is 1.5 seconds.