Healing With Sonic Power
Today we are going to talk in medical terms - unusual perhaps for a blog about sonic horns but that's we'd like to think sets our articles apart from the rest .... occasional 'off the wall' interest alongside a good dose of enthusiasm!
OK so we know that the generation of sound waves from a sonic horn can heal previously sick silos and prevent particulate problems in precipitators (forgive the acoustic alliteration but it's too tempting to resist!). However, this is just the tip of the iceberg for what the true of power of sound can achieve.
The world of medicine started embracing the science of sound some years ago, primarily with ultrasound treatment which is now well established and recognised for its health-enhancing benefits. This has been followed by new and increasingly exciting medical applications such as the sonic beam scalpel which we covered in August this year. Developed by engineering researchers at the University of Michigan, it offers the potential of less painful, possibly even painless operations one day. An amazing thought.
University research, it seems, is now a leader provider of innovative ideas when it comes to sonics and medicine. Researchers from the Drexel School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems and College of Medicine have devoted resources to developing a new way of using ultrasound to heal chronic wounds including bed sores. By means of what looks akin to a battery-powered sticking plaster, the researchers believe they may have found a way to help boost the body's natural healing process and thus save on the time it takes for these sores to heal as well as reducing the pain and discomfort endured by the patient.
Initial tests conducted by the research term have apparently shown that a low-frequency, therapeutic ultrasound operating at a level of energy much lower than traditional ultrasound units can increase the healing rate of chronic wounds, some of which would be very slow to heal or possibly not heal at all. For more on this exciting new development in medicine visit the Drexel page on ultrasound wound healing.
Hats off to these pioneering researchers. We share their passion for the potential of sound waves; whilst they seek to heal people, we will continue to seek to heal the 'wounds' of the many industries that suffer from material build-up problems.
Footnote: If you want to know more about how sounds waves can debond material here is an explanation I wrote which cuts through the technical jargon. Enjoy :)
OK so we know that the generation of sound waves from a sonic horn can heal previously sick silos and prevent particulate problems in precipitators (forgive the acoustic alliteration but it's too tempting to resist!). However, this is just the tip of the iceberg for what the true of power of sound can achieve.
The world of medicine started embracing the science of sound some years ago, primarily with ultrasound treatment which is now well established and recognised for its health-enhancing benefits. This has been followed by new and increasingly exciting medical applications such as the sonic beam scalpel which we covered in August this year. Developed by engineering researchers at the University of Michigan, it offers the potential of less painful, possibly even painless operations one day. An amazing thought.
University research, it seems, is now a leader provider of innovative ideas when it comes to sonics and medicine. Researchers from the Drexel School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems and College of Medicine have devoted resources to developing a new way of using ultrasound to heal chronic wounds including bed sores. By means of what looks akin to a battery-powered sticking plaster, the researchers believe they may have found a way to help boost the body's natural healing process and thus save on the time it takes for these sores to heal as well as reducing the pain and discomfort endured by the patient.
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| The 'sticking plaster' ultrasound device in testing |
In
hopes of helping patients suffering from extremely slow-healing
injuries, called chronic wounds, researchers from Drexel’s School of
Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems and College of
Medicine are taking a new approach to using ultrasound as a healing
tool. By dialing down the energy level on therapeutic ultrasound,
similar to that used to treat athletes’ muscle and ligament injuries,
the team is finding a solution that could give the body’s natural
healing process a boost and could save patients a great deal of time,
money and suffering. - See more at:
http://www.drexel.edu/now/news-media/releases/archive/2013/August/Ultrasound-Wound-Healing/#sthash.MmcIemqQ.dpuf
In
hopes of helping patients suffering from extremely slow-healing
injuries, called chronic wounds, researchers from Drexel’s School of
Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems and College of
Medicine are taking a new approach to using ultrasound as a healing
tool. By dialing down the energy level on therapeutic ultrasound,
similar to that used to treat athletes’ muscle and ligament injuries,
the team is finding a solution that could give the body’s natural
healing process a boost and could save patients a great deal of time,
money and suffering. - See more at:
http://www.drexel.edu/now/news-media/releases/archive/2013/August/Ultrasound-Wound-Healing/#sthash.MmcIemqQ.dpuf
In
hopes of helping patients suffering from extremely slow-healing
injuries, called chronic wounds, researchers from Drexel’s School of
Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems and College of
Medicine are taking a new approach to using ultrasound as a healing
tool. By dialing down the energy level on therapeutic ultrasound,
similar to that used to treat athletes’ muscle and ligament injuries,
the team is finding a solution that could give the body’s natural
healing process a boost and could save patients a great deal of time,
money and suffering. - See more at:
http://www.drexel.edu/now/news-media/releases/archive/2013/August/Ultrasound-Wound-Healing/#sthash.MmcIemqQ.dpuf
Initial tests conducted by the research term have apparently shown that a low-frequency, therapeutic ultrasound operating at a level of energy much lower than traditional ultrasound units can increase the healing rate of chronic wounds, some of which would be very slow to heal or possibly not heal at all. For more on this exciting new development in medicine visit the Drexel page on ultrasound wound healing.
Hats off to these pioneering researchers. We share their passion for the potential of sound waves; whilst they seek to heal people, we will continue to seek to heal the 'wounds' of the many industries that suffer from material build-up problems.
Footnote: If you want to know more about how sounds waves can debond material here is an explanation I wrote which cuts through the technical jargon. Enjoy :)
Labels: medicine, scalpel, sonic beam, ultrasound
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