EP1933943A1

EP1933943A1 - Carrier element as a module for a treatment device

Info

Publication number: EP1933943A1
Application number: EP06761654A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Hans-Werner Bender
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2005-06-09
Filing date: 2006-06-09
Publication date: 2008-06-25
Also published as: WO2006131113A1; DE102006027789A1

Abstract

The invention relates to a carrier element to which various modules of a treatment device can be applied, enabling different treatments, even previously incompatible treatments, to be combined. The treatment, e.g. of chronic wounds, is often complex and requires a plurality of individual treatments that are beneficial for the overall treatment but incompatible with each other in practice. Said carrier element is an interface that is applied to the surface of the object during treatment. Modules can then be applied thereto, removed therefrom and/or replaced by other modules without having to remove the carrier element from the surface of the object, in such a way that the treatment device can be modified during the treatment in such a way as to enable different treatments to be carried out. Said device can be used for the treatment of biological systems.

Description

Carrier element as a module for a treatment device

description

The invention relates to a device with a carrier element as an independent part independent of the device, wherein the carrier element forms the basis for a device for the treatment of biological systems and / or artificial objects. By the

Carrier elements, different, different individual treatments [for example in the wound treatment] together to form a combination treatment and / or performed in simultaneous and / or in several temporally following treatment steps (treatment sequence) on the support element as an interface, wherein the support element and individual treatments are performed which are normally incompatible with each other (incompatible) and can not be performed together in a treatment sequence.

The carrier element is a module / component and the basis for a device. Wherein a device of at least one support element and at least one further module, preferably modular, is / can be composed. Wherein at least one carrier element is preferably an interface to which at least one further module / component is / can be attached (can also attach, attach, insert, insert, insert, etc. mean) [Examples of another module / other components: sound applicator, drug reservoir, medium for wound treatment, insert / insert, etc., also other supply / function / treatment facilities, including, for example, lines, contacts, control devices, locking devices, sensors, etc. are modules / components. Further examples of the module / component will follow later]. A device with at least one sound applicator is a device for sound treatment.

Comments on the description

"Module" and "component" are used in the description equivalent / in the same sense, which is a component, a module, which will be explained later.

The description of a treatment device with a sound applicator is exemplary and only one example of a treatment device having at least one support element and is not intended to be limiting with respect to a device / treatment device having a support element. It can with the support member and other treatment devices, eg. B. without Schallapplikator, be possible.

The sound output of the sound applicator should be possible at any frequency. Preferably, the sound output at at least one frequency in the ultrasonic range, for example, at least one frequency between 20 kHz and 20 MHz, better with low-frequency ultrasound in the frequency range 20 kHz - 800 kHz, more preferably between 20 kHz and 100 kHz.

The Schallapplikator (01) of the description includes the actual sound applicator (1) with sound-emitting surface (1a) and the edge region (45), wherein the edge region (45) may be a housing of the sound applicator with special design features / is. Special design features are, for example, mechanical design elements (eg plug connection, screw thread, notches, pins, etc.) and / or other design elements / design features with physical and / or chemical action (eg adhesive / adhesive layer, adhesion, magnetic force etc.) which allow, for example, to attach the sound applicator to a support element can. The edge region can consist of one or more parts and / or design features are subsequently, z. B. to the housing attached. The distinction between sound applicator (01) and sound applicator (1) is usually neglected in the description and / or illustrations.

Throughout the description, the device (2) is the device (applies to a device for sound treatment) in which at least one sound applicator is attached to at least one support element (5) and / or is temporarily attached. For example, in Fig. 1c, the support member (5) is attached / fixed to the object surface (eg, the skin), and thus the apparatus (2) is also attached / attached to the object surface. Further design options may be that the carrier element (5) and / or the device (2) is attached to a further carrier element [in the description called carrier element (6)], the further carrier element (6) being attached to the object surface / is attached / and thus by the combination of the support element (6), for example, with the device (2) another

Device (3) is created. In the device (2), the carrier element (5) may be an interface. In the device (3), the carrier element (5) and / or the carrier element (6) may be an interface. Interface are for example characterized by the possibility of attaching and / or replacing and / or removing other components / modules, being attached as another option also to a sound applicator (01) and / or to another module other components / modules / exchanged / removed will be, thus interfaces can be. Carrier element (5) and / or carrier element (6) can both be interface, whereby the carrier element (5) is by definition usually the carrier element to which the acoustic applicator is primarily attached. In order to attach a carrier element to another carrier element at least one of the carrier elements must have design features to a

To be able to attach carrier element to another carrier element (also applies to other modules). These design features may, for example, be similar to those that are also possible with the designed edge region of a sound applicator. A component / module, such as a sonic applicator, a reservoir, etc., may be attached to the outside / top and / or inside / bottom of a support member, as the case may be. Outside refers to the side of the support member that is usually turned away from the object surface (20), for example, the side that remains visible from the support member when the support member and / or the device is attached to the object surface. Inside refers to the side of the support element that is usually facing the surface of the object.

A sound applicator is colloquially a transducer. The description is predominantly made when attaching a sound applicator and / or a device (2) and / or a reservoir to a carrier element, predominantly the carrier element which is attached / attached to the object surface (20) with an adhesive / adhesive layer (21) , The representation with the carrier element as an interface is not a restriction, but other combinations of carrier element, sound applicator, further module, etc. may be possible. The description thereof, the design features thereto, etc. can also apply to other initially arbitrary combinations (combination of components / modules, arrangement of modules, which module is / is attached to which module, etc.) applicable and if applicable. Design features described in an illustration may be transferred to other images and / or solutions when possible / when necessary, even if not shown separately. Design features (eg, integrated device) of a module (eg, integrated in the carrier element) may also be design features of another module (eg, reservoir, etc.)

The treatment device may be applied subaqual (subaqual will be defined later) and / or non-subaqual. In the description, the coupling of the sound-emitting surface to the object surface (eg the skin) takes place predominantly on the basis of a cavitation medium. This is not a limitation with respect to a docking medium.

The sound-emitting surface of the sound applicator can directly contact / touch the object surface, but predominantly there is a distance, also called layer thickness, between the sound-emitting surface of the sound applicator and the object surface (eg the skin). In order to be able to transmit the sound emitted by the sound-emitting surface of the sound applicator to the object / the object surface, this distance is filled up with at least one sound-conducting substance / medium (eg coupling medium, cavitation medium, etc.), the sound-conducting medium being the sound-emitting surface contacted the sound applicator as well as the object surface. The layer thickness can be any, preferably less than 5 cm, more preferably less than 2 cm to less than 0.001 mm. The layer thickness can be adjusted, for example, by the carrier element. In the illustrations, the volume of the sound-conducting medium is predominantly limited by the outwardly closed reaction space / space (19), which is formed by the object surface, the sound-emitting surface and the carrier element and / or the device (closed system, eg Fig. 1c). In this room should be a reaction, z. Such a closed space is not absolutely necessary if, for example, the treatment subaqual in a Kavitationsmedium and / or with a coupling medium having a sufficiently high viscosity (eg Ultrasound gel). In an open system (example Fig. 3a in WO 2004/016311 [PCT / DE 03/02456]), to be found mainly in a subaqual treatment, the layer between the object surface and the sound applicator is not completed to the outside, so that a mass transfer, z. B. the Kavitationsmedium, between this layer and the environment can be done. The illustrations with the examples skin, foot, leg are exemplary and do not limit the treatment of a biological system and / or an artificial object. A treatment may include treatment of humans and / or animals for therapy and / or diagnostic purposes and / or or a treatment that does not serve a therapeutic and / or diagnostic purpose (ie, for example, cleaning, hygiene, cosmetics, surface treatment, etc.) may be possible. A patient is a person to be treated, and a treatment may be a therapeutic / diagnostic and / or a non-therapeutic / non-diagnostic treatment. The support member may be designed for permanent use and / or a support member is designed / intended for temporary use / limited use (eg as consumables, disposable items, etc.).

A support member and / or device is attached to the surface (eg, the skin) in the description, e.g. B. without attaching it and / or the device to the skin (skin as an example of a biological system and / or for an object and / or object surface) to attach and / or a support member and / or a device is on the object / s An attachment may be effected eg by a mechanical attachment [examples in Fig. 1a, 1b] and / or the attachment may be effected, for example, by an adhesive / adhesive (21) [example in FIG 1d]) whereby a carrier element is attached / attached directly to the surface / object (eg the skin). The support member positioned and / or attached / attached to the object surface is preferably an interface, but more than one interface may be possible.

In several figures, the support element (example Fig. 1d) is characterized by a recess / opening, wherein the recess forms an open space. In the recess, a sound applicator (and / or a device and / or another module, etc.) can be inserted / inserted and attached to the support element. In Fig. 1d, the support member is fixed to the object surface before the sound applicator is attached. After attaching the sound applicator (example Fig. 1e) creates a reaction space / space (19).

Fig. 1 - Fig. 1b. Examples of use and attachment of a device to the object surface (eg leg, arm), for example in the form of a patch (Figure 1).

Fig. 1c. A device (2) of carrier element (5) with mechanically attached sound applicator (01). Carrier element with further design features for the supply and / or removal of at least one substance in / from the / space (19). Wherein the supply / removal can be effected by at least one component / module (for example a reservoir) which can be attached to the outer surface of the carrier element at connection points. Between reservoir (26) and / or (26.1) and space (19) run lines (42), (42.1), which are suitable for mass transfer. A mass transport from the reservoir to the space (19) can be effected, for example, by pressure (+ p) applied to the reservoir and vice versa from the space (19) to the reservoir (26.1) by suction (-p) applied to the reservoir , The lines for mass transport can be opened / closed by a blocking device (41), (41.1).

Fig. 1d - Fig. 1f. Design, design features of the support element and / or the sound applicator to the sound applicator in a device in vertical and / or horizontal and / or axial and / or to make it movable in the radial direction. Design features by the distance of the sound-emitting surface to the object surface and / or the volume of the space (19) to change / adjust. Design features to be able to align the sound-emitting surface on a specific point of the object surface. In the examples, the movement of the sound applicator by means of mechanical elements, z. B. a mechanical restoring device (48), volume elastic element, etc ..

Fig. 1g. The arrangement of a plurality of carrier elements (5) in a planar composite form (patchwork-like, array form), which are interconnected by bridge members (60) and / or special design features (5.3), (5.4), (5.6). The composite form can not be mechanically flexible and / or partially or completely mechanically flexible and can for example be adapted to the contour of an object.

Fig. 1h, Fig. 1i. The sound transmission from a transducer to the object may also be possible if the sound-emitting surface does not touch the object surface and / or the sound is not transmitted by a coupling medium from the sound applicator to the object surface (coupling with the aid of at least one sound-conducting medium). In the schematic representation of FIG. 1h, FIG. 1i, the sound applicator is located externally of the carrier element. The sound transmission takes place by suitable lines (86) to sound conducting elements (1.1) [Fig. 1 h] and / or by contact of the sound applicator with sound-conducting elements [Fig. 1i].

Fig. 2 - Fig. 2b carrier element shown only in bleed / cutout. Producing at least one supply line when attaching a module / a component to a support element and / or to another component / other module. This is illustrated in FIG. 2 using the example of the production (closing) of a supply line between a supply device [supply device for power supply, sound generation, control / electronic control of the sound applicator] and a sound applicator.

Fig. 2. Modular combination of a device (2) of a support element (5) with integrated supply device (25a) and two Schallapplikatoren (01), which are to be attached to the underside of the support member, and a further component, in the example, a supply device (25 ) to be attached to the outside of the support member. The attachment of Schallapplikator and other components on the support element is carried out in the example by mechanical design elements in the form of socket, plug connections, which are effective at the same time as electrical contacts in the example. Cables lead from the supply device (25a) to socket-shaped contacts in the carrier element. Of the plug-like contacts (7) and (8) on the sound applicator lead lines (electrical lines) to the electrodes of the sound applicator. If the sound applicator is attached to the carrier element, the sound applicator is connected to the supply device (25a) by contacting contact (7) with the contact (7.1) and contact (8) with the contact (8.1). If the supply device (25) is attached to the carrier element, it is connected to the supply device (25a) in the carrier element by contact (9) contacting the contact (9.1) and contact (10) contacting (10.1). In the figure, a sound applicator is already attached to the support element (5), the second sound applicator is still to attach. Even if the connection between the sound applicator and the supply device (25a) is made the sound applicator is not yet ready for use. After the scarf applicator is attached to the support member, the device can be attached to the object surface. In a further step, the module (25) is attached to the carrier element from the outside. The connection between the supply device (25) and the supply device (25a) and on to the sound applicator exists. Only then is the sound applicator ready for use.

Fig. 2a. In the example of FIG. 2 a, two functional layers, here electrically conductive layers as a contact layer, are integrated in the carrier element (5). At least one supply device (25) and / or (25a) is connected to these contact layers, here a supply device (+/-) for the power supply, sound generation, control / electronic control of the sound generator. An insulating layer (92) separates both contact layers (9) and (10). Adhesive / Kiebeschicht and / or

Insulating layer (91) for fastening the sound applicator. A Schallapplikator (01) with mandrel-like (here electrical) contacts (7) and (8). From the contacts lines (17a) extend to the electrodes of the sound applicator. Edge area (45), adhesive / adhesive layer (93) for attaching the sound applicator on the support element. Fig.2. The sound applicator is attached to the carrier element with the aid of the adhesive / adhesive layer. The thorn-like contacts of the sound applicator contact the respectively associated contact layers in the carrier element. The connection between the supply device (25 / 25a) and the sound applicator is established.

Fig. 3 - Fig. 3g. Attachment of a module, using the example of a reservoir (26), to a carrier element or to a device. In this case, a mechanism to be triggered, in the example, the operation of a locking device (41) to open a closed by the locking device line (42.1), so that in the chamber (27) located substance can enter the room (19). The attachment of the reservoir to the carrier element takes place mechanically in the examples (screw thread). In the examples of FIGS. 3 to 3e, the blocking device is integrated in the reservoir. The attachment of a reservoir takes place in the illustrations of the outside of the support member, in principle, a mounting of a reservoir (as well as another module) is also possible from the bottom / inside of the support member. Fig. 3, Fig. 3a. When attaching the reservoir (26) in the direction of arrow on the device (2), the locking device (41) is automatically, mechanically operated by being pushed / pushed up into the chamber (27). Here, the previously closed line (42.1) for the mass transport from the chamber (27) to the space (19) is opened.

Fig. 3b, Fig. 3c. The locking device (41) closes the line (42.1) with a latch (41.3). The locking device is connected by lines to a control device (40) for controlling the locking device. The control device is integrated in the reservoir. A line (17.1) from the control device to the blocking device is interrupted between the contacts (8) and (9). A connection can be established if the line from the control device to the blocking device between the contacts (8) and (9) bridged while the control device is activated. This should be done by a contact (7) in the carrier element when the reservoir is attached to the carrier element. The controller controls the lock means for opening / closing the line. Fig. 3d. The blocking device (41) in the reservoir (27) is manually actuated by pressure (+ p) on the button (41.4). Fig. 3e. The locking device (41), z. B. a check valve in the reservoir (27) is manually by pressure (+ p) on the movable part (26.5) of the reservoir actuated by in the chamber (27) a pressure is applied.

Fig.3f. Mass transport, mass transfer, substance storage takes place with the aid of at least one functional substance (61) which by physical and / or chemical action (eg capillary forces, ion exchange, adsorption, absorption, etc.) is capable of at least one other substance transport and / or take up and / or store and / or dispense, etc. As a result, at least one substance can be exchanged in the reaction space and / or at least one substance can be supplied to the reaction space and / or removed therefrom. When attaching a reservoir on the support element, a locking device, which in

Carrier element integrated / attached is operated. In the example by mechanical action of the reservoir on the locking device (41).

Fig. 4 - Fig. 4d. A module mounted from the bottom on the support element. The module is a contact element (35) with a volume element (22) to be expanded. The volume element can be expanded and serves to produce a reaction space.

Fig. 4. A contact element (35) of a U-shaped body (35.2), preferably a solid, with a volume element (22) which can expand, and a conduit (35.1). The

Contact element can be inserted into the recess (5b) of the support element. Fig. 4a. The contact element (35) has been inserted into the device, on the line (35.1) in the example from the outside, a pressure vessel (99) was mounted to expand the volume element.

Fig. 4b. Carrier element (5) from the bottom with inserted contact element (35) and

Volume element (22). Visible the sound emitting surface (1a) of the sound applicator. Fig. 4c. Adaptation of a device to a foot by means of a mechanically flexible, elastic

Contact element (35).

Fig. 4d. Similar to Fig. 4c with additional chambers for at least one substance in the

Treatment should be transferred to the reaction chamber.

Fig. 5 - Fig. 5c. Control the functions of several different modules. In the example pneumatically, wherein the modules are introduced in the carrier element and pneumatically pulled out / pushed out under pressure from the carrier element and retracted back into the carrier element when pressure is reduced. The modules can be controlled simultaneously and / or separately. The extendable modules in the example a reservoir (26), a contact element (35).

Fig. 6 - Fig. 6d. Example of a carrier element that is applied similar to a plaster and with integrated / permanently attached foil-like supply device for the sound applicator. Fig. 6. Supervision. A support element (5) with a film-like supply device (25 / 25a) and recess (5a). From the supply device lines lead (17) to electrical contacts (10) and (11) which are located laterally of the recess (5a). Sound applicator (1) with electrodes (18) and electrical contacts (8) and (9) from which leads (17a) lead to the electrodes. Blind contacts (8a), (9a). The electrical contacts are a mechanical one in the example at the same time Design feature for mounting the sound applicator on the support element. Fig. 6a. The sound applicator is attached to the carrier element and makes contact with the sound-emitting surface (1a), the object surface (20). Contact (8) contacts contact (10) and contact (9) contacts contact (11). The connection from the supply device to the sound applicator is established.

Fig. 6b. At sight. Two strip-shaped carrier elements with, in the example, in each case one supply device (25 / 25a). Two Schallapplikatoren, interconnected, for attachment to the support elements, each Schallapplikator is powered by its own supply device. Fig. 6c. Device (2) with sound applicator. Contacts, in the example electrical contacts (8) and (9) are mounted laterally on the carrier element (5). Leads (17a) lead from the contacts to the sound applicator. Carrier element (6) with supply device (25 / 25a). Recess (6a) with on the edge beaded design (6.5). In the example, contacts (10) and (11), which circulate the side wall of the recess in full. Lines (17) from the contacts to the supply device.

Fig. 6d. The device is introduced into the recess of the carrier element (6). Contact (8) contacted contact (11) and contact (9) contacted (contact (10).

Fig. 7 - Fig. 7d. Carrier element as a supply device. The locking device and / or another functional device integrated as part of the carrier element in the carrier element / attached. Reservoir integrated as part of the support element in the support element.

FIG. 7. Carrier element (5) as a reservoir with at least one chamber (27), which in the example contains a cavitation medium. A connection / line (42) between the chamber and the recess (6a) and / or the space (19) in Fig. 7b is initially closed by a locking device (41). A device (2) is inserted into the recess (6a) of the support element (6) and attached. The locking device is manually operated in the example, z. B. by turning the locking device clockwise / counterclockwise.

Fig. 7a. At sight. Support member (6) having a plurality of chambers (27), wherein the connections between the chambers and the space (19) through the locking device (41) is closed, with the exception where between the chamber and the space (19) has a connection (42 a) for the mass transfer.

Fig. 7b. The connection between the chamber and the space (19) is open by turning the locking device until the opening (41.5) of the locking device (41) coincides with the opening (42). The cavitation medium can pass from the chamber into the reaction space. Fig. 7c, Fig. 7d. A locking device integrated in the carrier element is actuated / opened by attaching a sound applicator and / or the device (2) to a carrier element. Carrier element (6) attached to the object surface (20). Carrier element with integrated chamber, which in the example contains a Kavitationsmedium, and integrated locking device (41). The locking device is held in the example by a restoring device, here spring (49), in a position to close the connection (42) between the chamber and recess (6a) or space (19). When attaching the device (2) to the sound applicator (6), the locking device is pressed down and the connection (42) is opened. Fig. 8 - Fig. 8f. Insertion and / or additional insertion (in addition to the sound applicator) of a

Module in the recess of the support member, such as a liner / an insert (28). The

Insert may be, for example, a drug carrier, a wound treatment material, etc.

Figure 8. Another design element is that before the sound applicator and / or the device (2) is attached to the carrier element (6), an insert (28) into the recess (6a) of the

Carrier element is introduced. This deposit can be characterized by different characteristics,

Properties, functions may be characterized, for example as a drug carrier, sorption medium, etc.

Fig. 8a in plan view with carrier element (6) attached to the object surface (20) and through recess (6a) in the support element (object surface visible, not covered by the support element) and insert, which is inserted into the recess.

Fig. 8b. The device (3) complete with carrier element (6) sound applicator, carrier element (5),

Deposit (28).

Fig. 8c. The insert (28) has a hollow cylindrical shape with a recess (28a). Fig. 8d. The device (2) as a deposit is designed as a hollow cylinder, with Schallapplikator on the

Inside. Coating (30), e.g. B. Active ingredient. The insert is held by a lid (43).

Fig. 8e. A multi-component, multi-layered insert (28) containing at least one substance inside

(28.1), this substance can / can be dispensed and / or at least one other substance can take up, the substance may for example be a sorption medium.

Fig. 8f. Further design possibility of the deposit, wherein instead of the sound applicator the deposit

(28) by special design features (28.2), which act as a lid, the recess of the

Carrier element closes.

Fig. 9 - Fig. 9b. Example of a combination of several modules and several design features to a device (3). Two carrier elements as interface. The sound applicator in the device (3) is activated by the attachment of the reservoir (26) on the support element by an interrupted connection from the sound applicator to the supply device (25 / 25a) is bridged by a contact in the reservoir. Fig. 9. The components carrier element (6), carrier element (5), Schallapplikator (01), reservoir (26). The carrier elements, sound applicator and reservoir with additional design features and / or integrated / attached other components such as supply device, control device, locking device, lines, contacts. The carrier element (6) is attached to the object surface (2). The sound applicator (1) is attached in a next step on the carrier element (5) to the device (29).

Fig. 9a. The device (2) is attached to the carrier element (6), then the reservoir (26) to the carrier element (5) [in the example mechanical design features for attachment]. 9b. The device (3) is complete. Individual modules can be removed again and / or exchanged for other modules.

Problem description on the example of wound treatment and ultrasound

Ultrasound, better low-frequency ultrasound (preferably 20 kHz - 100 kHz) is as a single treatment, even more than a combination treatment along with other individual treatments of interest, for example in wound treatment. The wound treatment consists of a series of measures / individual treatments, whereby the problem arises that ultrasound can not be combined with all other necessary and / or desirable individual treatments, for example because of incompatibility (example: the combination of a permanent

Wound coverage, which should remain for several days, is not possible with the application of a daily cavitation treatment, since the wound cover should be removed for cavitation treatment, which contradicts its actual purpose as a permanent cover. Cavitation treatment is therefore initially incompatible with modern wound dressing. The same statement applies to other mutually incompatible treatments, eg. Daily use of an active ingredient and permanent wound coverage, etc.). Another problem may be that a combination treatment together with ultrasound is too cumbersome to perform, not fit into a routine regimen, so omitting the ultrasound treatment. Further problems may arise from inadequate optimization of treatment due to limited adaptation / adaptability of conventional ultrasound devices, such as insufficient adaptation of the treatment to the condition of a wound, insufficient adaptation of a device to the contour of an object surface, etc. Another problem is that So far, such treatments are only accessible to a specialist audience, but not lay people.

Problem solving by a carrier element

The solution / invention consists in a device having a multifunctional support element as an independent part independent of the device, the support element forming the basis for a device for treating biological systems and / or artificial objects, wherein the support element has different, different individual treatments [For example, in the wound treatment] together to form a combination treatment and / or in simultaneous and / or in several temporally following treatment steps (treatment sequence) on the support element as an interface to be performed, with the support element and individual treatments can be carried out, which normally are incompatible with each other and are not to be performed together in a treatment sequence, wherein the carrier element is characterized in that at least one carrier element is attached to the object surface, the Trä gerelement an interface between the object surface and at least one further module which is to be attached to the support member, wherein with the aid of the support member, a device can be changed during treatment by at least one module mounted on the support member during treatment, removed therefrom and / or can be exchanged for at least one other module while the carrier element remains on the object surface. A preferred possibility is that at least one carrier element is attached to the object surface (eg the skin), e.g. B. is attached thereto. It may be a single support member attached to the object surface and / or a device is attached to the object surface by means of the support member (by the support member). The Carrier member attached to the object surface is an interface between the object surface and at least one other module / component that may be attached to the support member. So that an attached module can be removed again from the carrier element, the attachment is preferably reversible. Furthermore, it may be possible to attach / add at least one further module to the carrier element and / or to the module for a module attached to the carrier element. Furthermore, it may be possible to replace at least one module / component attached to the carrier element (and / or to a module) with at least one other, further module. Attachment, removal, replacement of a module on the carrier element and / or on a device can be effected before and / or during and / or after a treatment, the carrier element preferably remaining attached to the object surface, ie not being removed from the object surface during this procedure.

By means of a carrier element, by attaching, removing, exchanging components, different treatments can be carried out in a simple manner, without interruption and almost seamlessly simultaneously and / or in succession (in succession). This solution is particularly suitable / preferred when the support is applied to / on the skin (object surface ) and for a treatment (or several different treatments) the necessary components / modules are attached, removed and / or exchanged on the carrier element (eg if the acoustic applicator is to be removed during a treatment and exchanged for an insert, for example) ). This allows, for example, different treatments to be combined, even if they were previously incompatible with each other. Example of a wound treatment: after a cavitation treatment, the cavitation medium is removed from the carrier element, e.g. B. by means of a sorption medium, and the sound applicator removed from the support element. Subsequently, an insert is introduced into the carrier element and the carrier element is closed. The insert contains a treatment medium as used in modern wound dressings. On the following day, the insert is removed from the carrier element, the sound applicator attached and a cavitation medium supplied to the carrier element, for example by means of a reservoir. The treatment starts from the beginning. This combines two incompatible treatments (cavitation treatment, modern wound dressing).

The carrier element can not only be an interface for further modules / components, but the carrier element can be effective as a further option even as a supply, functional and / or treatment device, if at least one such function and / or device firmly attached to / in the support element and / or integrated (example, if a power supply and / or a control for the sound applicator is an integral part of the support element).

Optimization of a treatment by adaptation of the device. For example, by adapting the shape of the device to the contour / shape of an object (example in PCT / DE 03/02456, Fig. 2b, Fig. 6a, where a device with a mechanically flexible support member and a mechanically flexible Schallapplikator the contour of a heel is adjusted. In contrast to this is in Fig. 3a, Fig. 2a of PCT / DE 03/02456 by a rigid, mechanically non-flexible sound applicator adaptation to a contour not or only slightly possible) by the device (also applies to the support element and / or the sound-emitting surface and / or acoustic applicator and / or another component) of the mold is shaped / preformed and / or the device (also applies to the carrier element and / or the sound-emitting surface and / or sound applicator and / or another component) of the contour / shape of the Object can be customized by the device (also applies to the support element and / or the sound-emitting surface and / or sound applicator and / or another component) partially or completely mechanically flexible and / or contains mechanically flexible parts / attached are thereby plastic, elastically shapeable contour / shape is adapted to fit.

Furthermore, an adaptation can mean that the distance between the sound-emitting surface and the object surface can be adjusted and / or specifically changed (example FIG. 1d, FIG. 1e). Further, an adaptation may mean that a device may be modularly composed of components according to the current needs of a treatment individually, with the same and / or with changing, different components, and / or modified, modified, supplemented, extended by For example, modules / components may be removed and / or replaced before and / or during and / or after a treatment so that the functions, care / function and / or treatment facilities that are currently needed for the treatment are always available For example, provision of a cavitation medium, an active agent, etc. and their delivery and / or removal into / from a reaction space (19).

Further, an adaptation may mean that functions (of a support element, a device, another module) and / or treatment conditions (for example sound intensity, sound characteristics, intensity, frequency, time, etc.) etc. are to be set according to the need for the treatment, for example by a controller and / or a sound applicator and / or another component can be switched off / on, for example by a controller. A sound applicator (corresponding to another module) can be attached as an option to the same and / or different / different types of support elements. For example, these support elements differ in their function, properties, features, etc., for example in the control of the sound applicator (for example, if a corresponding control is integrated in the support element and a supply line to the sound applicator is closed when attaching the sound applicator [Example FIG. 2], Control, for example, in terms of time, frequency, intensity, sound characteristics, treatment intervals, intermittent sound output [sound output, pause, sound output, pause, etc.], etc.) and as different devices are obtained and / or plus different

Modules / components other combinations may be possible, so that, for example, a suitable device is available for each purpose, so depending on the choice of the support element, different treatments with a (same) sound applicator possible. Advantage of a modular composition of a device is the versatility that can be achieved by / to be able to meet different requirements for the treatment and / or requirements of patients. Further, an adaptation may mean that by a modular composition of the device From various modules / components and / or by changing / changing the composition of the device, a device better on the situation, eg. B. the healing process of a wound to vote.

Furthermore, an adaptation can mean that a plurality of treatments, including initially mutually incompatible treatments, are to be performed by the carrier element.

Further possibilities of adaptation through adaptive systems, intelligent structural systems. Adaptation using intelligent substances / smart plastics / smart materials, eg. B. with shape memory, z. Adaptation to a particular shape of an object and / or recovery to an original shape (eg at the end of treatment) after the support element has been deformed for treatment, for control, etc .. adaptation by means of smart fluids, z. B. the shape adaptation.

An adaptation may also be the effectiveness, for. B. the Kavitationsmedium the strength / violence, uniformity, etc. of the cavitation in order to better influence / control a cavitation with respect to the object to be treated can. What can also be solved by a suitable Kavitationsmedium / will.

Other options for adaptation exist in the further provision of z. As physical and / or chemical and / or physiological treatment methods, eg. G., The simultaneous and / or alternate / alternate provision of various treatment devices, agents (e.g., cavitation medium and drug), etc. at one interface. Different treatment steps (for example in the wound, for example, wound cleaning, disinfection of the wound, active substance treatment, etc.) can be carried out simultaneously and / or alternately / subsequently at an interface.

An adaptation may also be possible with regard to properties, features, material (eg weight, size, versatility, spatial / spatial / temporal mobility / independence etc.) of the carrier element and / or the device.

Carrier / support member

A uni-, more multifunctional carrier element / carrier is an element of an initially arbitrary substance / material, preferably a mechanical element which partially or completely consists of at least one solid. Solid body and / or carrier element with initially arbitrary properties and / or features and / or functions. A carrier element may consist of a substance and / or of a plurality of substances / materials (one-component and / or multi-component), a carrier element may be homogeneous (single-layered) and / or composed of multiple layers (multi-layered). The carrier element can not be mechanically flexible, it is preferably mechanically flexible, elastic and / or contains mechanically flexible, elastic parts.

The function (s) of a support member may be constant and / or at least one function may be changed before, during, after a treatment. A carrier element may be supplemented before, during, after a treatment by at least one function, supplemented and / or reduced / reduced by at least one function, for example by replacement, addition, removal of at least one further module, for example by activation / deactivation of at least one Module / component (eg by attaching and / or removing a module / component, by switching on / off, by opening / closing a line, etc.) etc .. The attachment / connection of a further module / further component to a carrier element can be effected by at least one line / feed line from the module to the carrier element when the module / component is spatially separated from the carrier element (external, spatial distance). This external line can be permanent, firmly connected to the carrier element and / or can be separated again. Module and / or support element are characterized by design features, such as a connection coupling, fitting to attach the external line can. For example, the line from an external supply device (power source, sound generator, control / electronic control, etc.) to a sound applicator and / or the conduit from an external reservoir to the reaction space to direct an agent into the reaction space.

Other solutions are preferred in order to be able to attach at least one module / component to the carrier element. For this purpose, the support element and / or the module are characterized by design features, such as design features for mechanical attachment of another module to a support element, for example, integrated lines in the support element and / or in another module, for example, design features to processes, mechanisms, operations to activate, such as design features to control processes, mechanisms, operations, such as design features to create, close, open, etc. a utility line. The combination of different solutions / options may be possible. A connection / attachment of a module to a support member may be permanent, fixed and / or reversible, i. e. temporarily, temporarily and again to separate / separate.

A preferred solution / possibility may be if components / modules are / can be attached directly to the carrier element, for example to the surface (example FIGS. 3, 3a) of the carrier element, for example a sound applicator and / or a reservoir at one

Carrying member. A further preferred possibility may be that at least one component (eg an agent depot, a reservoir [such as in Fig. 7], an electronic controller, the power supply for the sound applicator, an electrically conductive layer as in Fig. 2a Fig. 2b, etc.) is an integral part of the support member, that is, fixed in the support member, permanently integrated and / or attached (eg, installed, fixedly attached, printed, etc.) without the component from the support member remove (disconnect, remove, take out). A further preferred possibility may be that at least one component is an original constituent of the carrier element (eg integrated therein) but can be removed from the carrier element. A further preferred possibility may be that at least one component, which is not an original constituent of the carrier element, can be introduced into the carrier element (reversible and / or non-reversible) if the carrier element has a configuration corresponding thereto, e.g. B. in a carrier element located in the chamber, befindlicher cavity, recess, etc., in the example, an insert (28) such. B. in Fig. 8 - Fig. 8b can be introduced. Between the connector / coupling (gateway, starting point, entry point) of a module on the support element and the place (destination, destination, arrival) at which the module and / or its contents should be effective [example space (19)], should at least one suitable conduit and / or Supply line (suitable for example for mass transport, signal line, impulse line, power line, acoustic line, optical line, heat conduction, a line for transporting other physical and / or chemical energy / effect / parameters / sizes, etc.) and / or manufactured which can be guided inside and / or outside the carrier element. Lines can be permanently in function and / or opened / connected and / or closed / interrupted. Lines for mass transfer can be, for example, channels, tubes, capillaries, openings, holes, etc., also substances / materials, eg. B. with capillary action, may be suitable for mass transport (eg., For a liquid). A signal line may, for example, take place without material / wireless (eg radio) and / or through material conductors (eg conductive layer, wire, metal layer, etc.). Lines, especially for a mass transport, which open into and / or lead away from the space (19) preferably do so near the object surface.

The carrier element is and / or may be characterized by the following features, characteristics, features, functions, design features, design elements: The carrier element is / may be an interface to attach / attach and / or remove at least one further component / module and / or can be exchanged for another component, preferably reversibly and further, that this process can take place before and / or during and / or after the treatment. This can preferably be done modularly in a changing combination, wherein, for example, different, different modules / components and / or a sound applicator (the same) and / or another component can be attached to different / different carrier elements on a (similar) carrier element, so that different devices arise. The attachment and / or positioning of the carrier element on the object surface can be achieved by at least one mechanical design element / design feature (eg, Fig. 1a, 1b) and / or by an adhesive / adhesive (eg Fig. 1a). and / or by at least one additional holding device / mechanical holding device, better an additional mechanical holding device and / or by other mechanical and / or physical and / or chemical action / manner. The attachment of a further component / further module on the carrier element takes place / can take place from the outside and / or inside / underside of the carrier element, in addition the

Carrier element and / or the further component at least one design feature, for example, a recess in the support member for insertion / receiving / attachment of the module / component (eg., A sound applicator, a liner, a reservoir, etc.). At least one of the interfaces is / are preferably attached to and / or positioned on the object surface, in which case further components can be attached and / or removed at an interface and / or at least one module / component can be exchanged for at least one other, further module / further component ,

The carrier element and / or the further component / the further module has design features in order to be able to attach / attach the interface to the object surface. The carrier element and / or the further component / the further module may have at least one design feature to the other component to mechanical and / or on / with other / other physical / physical and / or chemical / chemical Attach / and / or remove forces / type / action / forces on the carrier element (and / or device) and / or exchange them for another component / module and / or assemble and / or modify a device in a modular manner , An exchange of components may preferably during a treatment, for. Without interrupting treatment, for example, so that a treatment device can be supplemented, expanded, changed, changed, switched, and / or the function of a carrier element (eg, by Replacement of components, etc.) during the treatment can be changed, etc .. The carrier element and / or sound applicator and / or further component / further module for attachment / connection of sound applicator and / or further module on the support element may have at least one design feature, for example the attachment by mechanical and / or other physical and / or chemical action takes place / done, for example, plug connection, screw thread, etc. [Example Fig. 1d] that in addition to (instead of and / or additionally) a mechanical design, other configurations for a compounds with physical and / or chemical action / nature may be possible (eg magnetic Kr juices, adhesives / adhesives, etc., other examples elsewhere).

The support member preferably remains on the object surface during attachment, replacement, etc. of another module. A carrier element can remain on the object surface for any time, for example for minutes, hours, days.

A device can be changed, for. B. in that attached to a device components / modules and / or removed and / or exchanged and / or activated and / or disabled, which can be done before and / or during and / or after treatment, and preferably the Device / the carrier element on the object surface (eg, on the patient) remains, an exchange of components, etc. takes place on the patient via the support element.

A device comprising at least one carrier element and at least one further component / module can be assembled in a modular manner, preferably in a reversible manner. The carrier element can be an interface on which different / different treatments can be carried out simultaneously and / or in chronological order without removing the carrier element from the object surface. Whereby the carrier element can also be used to combine treatments that are initially incompatible with one another. The carrier element and / or the further component / the further module can have at least one design feature around at least one further component, for example a functional device (such as line, valve, locking device, sensor, control device, switch, contacts, line bridging, etc.), on Carrier element (and / or on the device) activate (turn on, open, etc.) and / or disable (off, close, etc.) to be able. By attaching and / or removing modules to the support element functions, mechanisms, processes, processes, such. As control functions are triggered (started and / or interrupted). By installing and / or removing the SchaJIapplikators and / or another, other component (eg, a reservoir, etc.) at least a function, a mechanism (mechanism synonymous with process, process) are triggered and / or interrupted, the support element and / or the sound applicator and / or the further component must have at least one design feature that when attaching and / or removing a function / a mechanism can be triggered and / or interrupted. This can be done mechanically, electrically / electronically and / or in other physical and / or chemical manner (type, effect), for. B. by a mechanical design element (example in Figure 3, 3a), by a design element in the form of a contact (example in Fig. 3b, 3c), by a sensor, etc .. The support member characterized in that when attaching a module on Carrier element triggered a mechanism and / or activation of a module and / or its function and / or a device is carried out by means which are integrated in the support element and / or in the module and / or attached thereto.

The support member may be characterized by at least one design feature for controlling processes / operations / mechanisms, for example, to control the sonic applicator and / or another module, cavitation, drug delivery, drug delivery, etc.

The carrier element may have at least one design feature as a device for controlling a supply device, a module, for example a reservoir for controlling the delivery and / or receiving of at least one substance. A controller may control one or more functions / processes / mechanisms and / or modules, a controller may be networked.

A carrier element may be a control center for controlling, for example, functions, modules, treatments, etc., and / or a storage device for storing and / or processing information / data, for example patient data. The support element and / or at least one further module to at least one design feature, such as control device, locking device, memory chip, etc. has.

The carrier element can be designed with at least one design feature and / or function of a modern wound covering and / or a plaster, bandage, plaster-like product [example FIG. 1], for example by attaching to the object surface and / or by exchanging components / modules and / or or by introducing at least one insert [example FIGS. 8-8d, 9-9b].

The carrier element may have at least one design feature for receiving and / or dispensing at least one substance, for example with the function of a reservoir, for example with at least one chamber (27) [example FIGS. 7 - 7d], wherein the chamber is not the reaction space is. At least one line between the chamber and the reaction space exists.

The support member may include at least one design feature for opening / closing a connection / conduit between a reservoir and / or a chamber of the reservoir and the space (19), for example when the support member is a reservoir [Example Figs. 7-7d], for example by manual actuation of the locking device [example FIGS. 7-7b], for example mechanically when attaching and / or removing the sound applicator [example FIGS. 7c, 7d] and / or in the form of a control / electronic control, e.g. B. the locking device have. The carrier element can be a supply and / or functional and / or treatment device, for this purpose the carrier element has at least one design feature, for example such that at least one component can be part of the carrier element, for example, integrated on / in the carrier element and / or in the Carrier element can be introduced (integrated / introduced, for example, reservoir, supply device / control device for the sound applicator [Example Fig. 2 - Fig. 2b], printed circuit, sheet-like power supply, functional layer, conductor layer, lines, etc.), wherein the component firm, irreversible, integrated / introduced and / or removed again, to be able to solve again. When attaching a component to the support element at least one supply line can be closed, the removal of a component can be interrupted at least one supply line [closed, for example, in the sense that, for example, a plug of a floor lamp is plugged into the socket, thereby a supply line is closed, regardless whether the lamp is switched on or off], for example, an electrical line when attaching a sound applicator [example Fig. 2 - Fig. 2b] on the support element, for example, a material line he attachment of a reservoir [Example Fig. 3, Fig. 3a] at the

Carrier element, etc., wherein such a line is activated simultaneously when attached and / or additionally activated.

For producing / interrupting a line / supply line when attaching / removing the component / module on the carrier element, the carrier element and / or the further component / module has at least one design feature for this, for example in the form of electrical contacts, sensors, switches, functional layers, etc. For the production / interruption of a line / supply line when attaching the component / module to the carrier element, the carrier element and / or the further component / the further module has at least one design feature for bridging a broken line and / or interrupting the line during removal, For example, contacts, functional layers, etc. .. Lines / supply lines can be activated and / or disabled [turned on, off, opened, closed], this, the support member and / or another component on at least one design feature, such as sensor, Steu ereinrichtung, regulator, valve, locking device, contact, switch, etc ..

The carrier element can be embodied by at least one design feature, by at least one device, for receiving and / or storing and / or outputting and / or transmitting and / or forwarding and / or processing information / electronic information, data / digital data, pulses, signals and / or other mechanical / physical and / or chemical energy flows, etc., for example to control the device and / or at least one of the components / modules and / or at least one function of at least one component and / or at least one process / mechanism. The support member may be characterized by at least one design feature for receiving and / or storage and / or delivery and / or transmission and / or forwarding and / or processing of information, eg. B. of patient information / patient data, for example, to control the device and / or at least one of the components / modules and / or at least one function of at least one component and / or at least one Procedure / process / mechanism.

When attaching and / or removing a further component on the carrier element, a process / process / mechanism can be set in motion / triggered and / or interrupted, for example, the opening / closing of a barrier device for a mass transfer from a reservoir to a reaction space, this includes the support element and / or the component has at least one design feature, for example a locking device which is opened when attaching a component (eg reservoir) to the carrier element (eg mechanically, manually, automatically, controlled, electronically, controlled, regulated) etc.). A process / process / mechanism can be triggered / stopped manually and / or in other mechanical and / or electronic and / or other physical and / or chemical / action, the carrier element and / or the further component has for this at least one design feature, for example, by a manually operated locking device [example Fig. 3d, Fig. 3e], a mechanically operated / operated locking device [example Fig. 3, Fig. 3a], an electronically operated locking device, a controlled / electronically controlled locking device [Example Fig. 3b, Fig. 3c] etc ..

A process / process / mechanism may be controlled / electronically controlled, the support member and / or the further component may have design features therefor. An action / process / mechanism may be accomplished, for example, by establishing a contact (bridging a line break) [e.g. B. Fig. 2, Fig. 2a, Fig. 2b, Fig. 3b, Fig. 3c] are triggered.

The carrier element can be characterized by a suitable, at least one design feature, for example by an elastic volume element (volume elastic element), by mechanically flexible material, by zugelastisches material, by plastic, elastic formability, by the shaping, etc. The support member may at least one Design feature at least one line function and / or processing, such as a line for mass transfer, electrical line, signal / impulse line, data line, optical line, acoustic line, power line and / or line / forwarding other physical and / or chemical parameters / sizes / effects. The carrier element and / or the sound applicator can be moved horizontally, vertically, axially, radially to adapt the distance of the carrier element and / or the device and / or the sound applicator and / or the sound-emitting surface of the sound applicator to the object surface, for example around the sound applicator in the device to have at least one design feature to move the sound applicator mechanically and / or in other physical and / or further manner / effect [example Fig. 1d - Fig. 1f]. The carrier element and / or the sound applicator can have at least one design feature in order to be able to change the volume in the reaction space, for example by a vertical movement of the sound applicator in the direction of the object surface. The carrier element and / or the sound applicator can have at least one design feature to remove by pressure in the reaction space at least one substance from the reaction space to bring by suction / negative pressure in the reaction space at least one substance in the reaction chamber can, for example by pumping motion of the sound applicator, while a Mechanism, for example, for opening and / or closing a locking device, can be triggered.

The carrier element may have at least one design feature for the planar assembly of a plurality of carrier elements, for example in a planar composite form (array form), for example connection by bridge members and / or by mechanical design of the

Carrier element [Example Fig. 1g], wherein the composite form may be mechanically flexible and / or mechanically non-flexible.

If at least two support elements in array form (example FIG. 1g) and / or in non-array form (example FIG. 9b) are connected to each other, then at least one further module can be attached / attached to each support element and / or to at least two support elements At least in each case a different further module to be attached / attached. The support element may have at least one design feature for producing a closed reaction space between sound applicator / sound-emitting surface and object surface outwardly (closed system), for example to attach / attach the support element to the object surface and / or by at least one volume-elastic element / elastic volume element and / or at least one contact element, etc.

For the production of a closed reaction space (closed system), the support element may have at least one design feature in the subaqual treatment, for example at least one contact element [example FIGS. 4 to 4c].

The contact element in the carrier element can be integrated and / or inserted / inserted into a recess in the carrier element [example FIGS. 4, 4a] and / or on the carrier element, preferably on the underside. The contact element may comprise at least one volume-elastic element, the elastic volume element may preferably be by supplying at least one substance and / or pressure, for example pneumatically and / or hydrostatically and / or in another suitable manner (eg temperature, chemical reaction with gas formation, foaming , Swelling agents, etc.), whereby the expansion may preferably be reversible. Carrier element with design features for activating and / or deactivating at least one component / module and / or function.

The carrier element may have at least one design feature for activating / deactivating a supply line when attaching / removing a further component, for example for activating a supply line for the acoustic applicator when attaching a current source to the carrier element [example FIG. 2]. The support member may include at least one design feature for attaching at least one further component and activating at least one conduit / supply line during attachment and / or deactivation upon removal of the component, for example mechanical attachment of a reservoir and opening of a conduit / connection for mass transfer from the reservoir to the room ( 19), for example by opening / closing a locking device [example Fig. 3 - Fig. 3e] have.

The support element may have at least one design feature of a self-sufficient / nearly self-sufficient support element, by all / almost all elements / devices that the Carrier element and / or the Behaπdlungsvorrichtung needs for its function, such as control, locking device, power supply, etc. are integrated / mounted in the support element and activated when attached by a module, can be disabled on removal. Activation can be done, for example, by contacts, sensors, bridging, etc. The carrier element may have at least one design feature of at least one functional layer, for example an electrically conductive layer [example FIGS. 2a, 2b] and / or a coating of the surface of the carrier element, preferably on the inside, for example a sliding layer, cavitation coating, coating with nanoparticles The carrier element may comprise at least one modular multi-step / feature design feature of a multiple component / module device, wherein supply lines are not closed and / or activated until the device is fully assembled, for example the connection between a supply device to the sound applicator and / or a control to a locking device [example Fig. 2, Fig. 9 - Fig. 9b]. The support element may have at least one design feature for the supply and / or removal and / or replacement of at least one substance and / or at least one physical and / or chemical effect / size in the reaction space.

The carrier element can be configured with at least one functional device for controlling, regulating, guiding, sensor, etc. The carrier element may have at least one design feature for activating / deactivating, opening / closing, controlling and / or regulating at least one component / module and / or its function.

Carrier element with design features at least one locking device for opening and / or closing a line / connection. Another design feature may be a reset device.

Another design feature may be that a reservoir and / or a chamber at least one substance, for. B can contain and / or can be incorporated in an active substance, a medicament, a cavitation medium, a sorption medium, a functional substance etc. Another design feature may be that a reservoir and / or a chamber may contain at least one substance that can absorb and / or release at least one other substance. Another design feature may be that a reservoir and / or a chamber may deliver and / or receive at least one substance.

Another design feature may be at the reservoir / chamber at least one opening for filling / emptying, introduction of a substance and / or a reservoir and / or another module.

Another design feature may be the shaped edge region in the sound applicator.

Another design feature may be for the support member film-like components, mainly power supply, foil-like circuit, etc., functional devices.

Another design feature may be that a sound applicator such as an insert / l nsert (Example Fig. 8d] can be introduced into a carrier element.

Another design feature may be that design features / mechanical design features that are used for attaching the sound applicator to the support element with Contacts / electrical contacts occupied (serve as electrical contacts) can be. Another design feature may be a controller / electronic controller. The attachment and / or removal of modules to the support element can trigger and / or interrupt functions, mechanisms, processes, processes, for example, for the operation and / or control of the sound applicator and / or another module and / or for the implementation and / or controlling the treatment etc. may be important. Functions, mechanisms, processes, processes, control functions, etc., for example, mechanically / and manually set in motion / stopped and / or electronically, for. B. by sensors. For example, sensors may also be triggered manually (eg, pressure), e.g. B. when a finger pressure on a sensor (for example, attached to the surface of the support member) a mechanism, for. B. sets a control in motion. An example in FIG. 2, where a connection / line between the supply device and the sound applicator is made by attaching a sound applicator to a support element, which is equipped with a supply device for the sound applicator. As a result, the sound applicator is put into operation and can be controlled by the supply device. A further example in FIGS. 7c, 7d, where a reservoir / chamber is integrated in a carrier element, the reservoir contains in the example at least one active substance (in this case a cavitation medium). A conduit / channel between the reservoir and the space (19) in which the treatment / cavitation is to take place is closed by at least one barrier device (eg valve). By attaching a sound applicator to the carrier element, the valve is simultaneously opened and the cavitation medium can enter the space (19) where the cavitation can take place.

Preferred solutions are to reversibly open openings / lines by manual action and / or by mechanical design features (eg mechanical locking device which is automatically opened by attaching the reservoir and automatically closed when the reservoir is removed) and / or by means of locking devices, for example to be controlled.

Establishing a connection between a reservoir / contents of a reservoir / chamber [gateway] and the destination, usually that is the room (19) [destination] and opening and / or closing / closing of this connection. The opening / closing can be done manually (eg, Fig. 3d - Fig. 3f). The opening / closing can be done when attaching / removing the reservoir on the support element and / or on another component, for. By triggering a mechanical mechanism (eg, Fig. 3, Fig. 3a). The opening / closing can be done electrically / electronically when attaching / removing the reservoir (eg, Fig. 3b, Fig. 3c). The opening / closing can be done in other physical and / or chemical ways when mounting / removing the reservoir. The opening / closing can be controlled electronically (eg program-controlled, time-controlled, sensor-controlled, etc.), the

Attaching / removing the trigger is. The opening / closing can be done in one of the above ways regardless of attachment / removal.

Components / modules that may be attached to a support member (and / or to another component) may be self-contained, eg, for a reservoir, such that all the elements / devices the reservoir needs for its function, such as control, locking means , Power supply, etc., are integrated in the reservoir and activated when attached to a support member, deactivated upon removal. Activation can, for example According to Fig. 3b, Fig. 3c take place by a contact surface, wherein the contact surface serves as a bridge for at least two further contacts. In Fig. 3b, Fig. 3c, for example, the contact surface / the contact (7), the bridge for the contacts (8) and (9).

Activation of a control device by bridging a line break, in the example between contact (8) and (9). As a further design, the necessary power supply for the operation of the locking device and / or control device may be integrated and / or additionally mounted / be. It may also be that the control device (40) is replaced by a power supply and a control device is integrated in the locking device, etc. The sound applicator can be external (outside) of the support element, wherein the sound transmission from the Schailapplikator to the support element and from there to the object by at least one suitable sound-conducting substance takes place (example Fig. 1h, Fig. 1i).

Activation, for example, from a controller may also be possible by information transmitted from a source / transmitter to a receiver (eg, wirelessly through radio waves, RFID, etc., and / or wired as in the description). The carrier element is characterized in that at least one device is integrated in the carrier element and / or attached thereto and / or to be attached thereto. The carrier element is characterized in that the carrier element by at least one device for receiving and / or storage and / or delivery and / or transmission and / or forwarding and / or processing of information / electronic information, data / digital data, pulses, signals and / or other mechanical / physical and / or chemical parameters, etc., this device is integrated in the carrier element and / or attached thereto and / or to be attached thereto. Carrier element aist is characterized in that the carrier element is characterized by at least one device for conducting and / or bridging a line, preferably mass transport, electrical line, heat conduction, signal line / impulse line, acoustic line optical and integrates this device in the support element and / or attached thereto is and / or to be attached to it. The carrier element is characterized in that the carrier element is characterized by at least one device, preferably a functional device, preferably energy source, electronic circuits, electronic control, sensor, locking device, control device, and this device is integrated in the carrier element and / or attached thereto and / or or to be attached to it. The carrier element is characterized in that at least one device, preferably a supply and / or treatment device, is integrated in the carrier element and / or is attached thereto and / or is to be attached thereto.

The carrier element is characterized in that when a module is attached to the carrier element, a mechanism is triggered and / or an activation of a module and / or its function and / or a device takes place by means integrated in the carrier element and / or in the module and / or attached thereto are. The activation of a module, a function and / or a device is preferably carried out for example by a sensor, by bridging a broken line, bridging preferably by contacts, by mechanical actuation of a device, preferably a locking device. The triggering of a mechanism, the activation of a device, the production of a supply line, the activation of a control device is preferably carried out by contacts bridging a line break, the operation of a locking device by means integrated in the support element and / or in the module and / or attached thereto. The locking device is to be operated manually, and / or is a mechanically operated and / or controlled locking device.

When attaching a module to the carrier element at least one line is closed and / or bridged, for this purpose, the carrier element and / or the module is characterized by at least one design feature, preferably line, contact, functional layer. The contact is at the same time a mechanical design element for mechanical attachment of the module to the carrier element. The carrier element is characterized in that the carrier element has at least one recess into which the module is to be mounted and / or introduced, the recess for this purpose having at least one design feature, preferably a mechanical design element. The carrier element is characterized in that modules, devices, treatments are to be controlled and the carrier element and / or the module has a control therefor. Control by patient data / patient information is done on a chip. The carrier element is characterized in that the carrier element is a reservoir, in which the carrier element contains at least one integrated chamber, wherein the chamber is not the reaction space. The chamber is connected by at least one line to the reaction space. The chamber contains at least one substance. The chamber can deliver and / or absorb at least one substance. This substance is, for example, a cavitation medium, an active ingredient, a drug, a sorption medium. The line between the chamber and the reaction chamber to open by a locking device and / or close is. A locking device is a manually operated locking device.

A locking device is a locking device, which is mechanically actuated by attaching a module. A locking device is a locking device that is operated by a controller. In the recess of the support member an insert is introduced by the sound applicator and / or another module removed and thereby the device is opened and after introduction of the insert, the device is closed again. The insert contains and / or can deliver any active substance. The insert contains a sorption medium that can absorb at least one substance from the reaction space.

This substance of claim 27 is a liquid. The insert is a medium for modern wound treatment. The module is preferably a supply and / or functional and / or treatment device.

Further design options as in the entire description.

Device / treatment apparatus

The composition of a device may be variable, changeable, variable, in that different, different modules are / can be attached to a carrier element and / or exchanged and / or removed and / or added new and / or that for a device different support elements be used. This also applies to a device for sound treatment, which can be variable, variable, changeable with the same sound applicator.

A device is preferably variable and / or reversibly composed. But also a permanent, not to be solved, originally existing connection between the support element and Schallapplikator and / or another component (and / or between several components) may be possible and / or that only after attachment of the components, a compound is solid, durable (not reversible) and can not be separated. A device may be pre-assembled (that is, used / used as manufactured / produced as the device). It is better and more preferred, however, if a device for the purpose of a treatment is modularly, individually according to the requirements, from partially separated, independent components / modules partially or completely assembled from the components / modules and / or will / can be ,

By means of a modular design / composition of a device, long-life components (eg acoustic applicator) can be separated from components with a limited, short service life (eg carrier element as consumables) .This is particularly advantageous, for example, if the component is temporarily valid Data / information is / are stored, for example patient data, with which a treatment is to be controlled.

A device / treatment device is characterized by at least one of the design features illustrated in the description and / or in the figures. A device, like the carrier element and / or another component, can have more than one design feature, with design features that are described in one device (also applies to carrier element, component) and / or in / to an image, also on another Device (also applies to carrier element, component) and / or other image can be applied / transferred (if this is possible / feasible, necessary, necessary, wanted). Various design features can be combined with one device (also applies to carrier element, component, module). A device for sound treatment consists of at least one carrier element and at least one sound applicator. A device is also completely without sound applicator and / or temporarily / temporarily without sound applicator representable / possible, for example, by the sound applicator is removed and / or replaced by another component / is substituted and / or not provided at all z. B. when the device is to serve for a treatment other than the sound treatment. That is, a device may consist of at least one support element, which according to the description, for. B. is designed by other components, but is applied without the sound applicator.

A device of the description consists of at least one carrier element to which at least one further module / further component is attached. As a further design possibility, a plurality of carrier elements, for example in a non-planar arrangement [as in FIGS. 9-9b, where a sound applicator (01) is attached to a carrier element (5) to the device (2) and this device (2) is attached to a further carrier element (δ) to a device (3), wherein in the example the further carrier element (6) is previously attached to the object surface (20)] and / or in a planar arrangement, for. B. patchwork-like in a plane (array form), be arranged together and / or connected (eg., As in Fig.ig), wherein a connection between at least two support elements mechanically non-flexible, rigid, non-flexible, non-movable, unchangeable and / or mechanically flexible, flexible, malleable, movable, changeable, etc. may be, so that z. B. carrier elements, especially in planar connection / arrangement, against each other (eg., Like chain links) moved and / or shaped and thus, for example, a contour can be adjusted. If at least two carrier elements are connected to one another, then all carrier elements can be identical and / or at least two carrier elements are different (eg carrier elements with different functions and / or with different features and / or with different properties etc. are connected to one another). Further, for example, various carriers of a device with different supply and / or functional and / or treatment facilities can be designed / configured.

By assembling a plurality of individual support elements, for example in Fig. 1g, the size (area) of the device can be adapted to the size / area of the object. Is the bridge member and / or the connection between the support member and bridge member movable, flexible, malleable, so the device (2) of the contour of an object can be better adapted, for. B. be placed around a leg. The carrier elements may also be mechanically flexible and / or the bridge members may be mechanically flexible and / or mechanically non-flexible, rigid and / or the carrier elements may not be mechanically flexible. Bridge members may be separate mechanical, initially arbitrarily shaped elements of any material (eg, solid, plastic, metal, etc.) to which at least one support member may be attached and / or bridge members are part (eg, a mechanical design feature). of carrier elements, wherein at least one carrier can be attached to at least one other carrier by the bridge member.

In Fig. 1g, the connection between the bridge member and the carrier element, similar to a hinge, is rotatably movable. Another possibility may be that carrier elements can be rotated against each other about their longitudinal axis / rotated. The illustration in FIG. 1g is exemplary for a combination / combination of a plurality of carrier elements, which in the example is produced in a mechanical manner. Other possibilities for connection in physical and / or chemical nature may be possible.

If a plurality of sound applicators and / or at least one sound applicator attached to a plurality of support elements so all sound applicators can be controlled simultaneously and / or similar and / or at least two Schallapplikatoren are not simultaneously and / or not similarly controlled.

If more than one sound applicator is attached to a device, they may be the same (identical, identical) or at least two different, different (eg different in terms of sound characteristics, signal / waveform, technique, piezoelectric element, etc.). If more than one sound applicator is attached to a support and / or to a device, then each of the sound applicators can be controlled simultaneously and / or in the same way and / or at least two sound applicators can not be actuated at the same time (eg offset in time) , intermittently, alternately) and / or not similar (different) are controlled. Similar control means, for example, the same frequency, intensity, acoustic characteristics, signal / waveform, etc .. A non-similar control means z. B. different frequency, different intensity, different sound characteristics, etc .. By virtue of the fact that a device can consist of more than one carrier element (especially if these are arranged in a planar manner) and / or in that more than one sound applicator can be attached to a device, the device can (in particular if the sound applicators have a planar surface) Level) are adapted to the size / area of the area to be treated (eg to the size of a wound to be treated). A composite of more than one support member to which more than one sound applicator and / or at least one further component / module is attached is a variable array system in which individual components can be added, changed, removed.

Other components / further modules for a treatment device

A carrier element and / or a sound applicator is for example a component / a module. Further components / modules are for example supply device, functional device, treatment device (device equals device equals element) and / or another device, device, another element. Supply / function / treatment devices ensure the function / functionality of a device and / or a carrier element and / or a module and / or expand and / or supplement and / or modify and / or reduce the function / functionality of a device and / or a carrier element and / or another component, they can further contribute to influencing a treatment, to be able to carry out a treatment, etc. Supplying devices are, for example, devices / devices / elements for the delivery and / or absorption and / or conversion of energy, substance Examples of a supply device are, for example, current source / energy source, sound generator, reservoir, exchanger / exchanger device, substance / active substance carrier, substance / drug depot, substance / active substance delivery device etc., also active substance treatment, medicament treatment usw..z. As drug delivery, absorption of liquids, waste products, pollutants, etc., also

Drug patches, wound plasters and other healing aids in health care and others

Areas.

For a sound applicator, there is a complete supply of power,

Sound generator, control / electronic control and the associated lines (supply / discharge) to / from the sound applicator. A supply device for the sound applicator operates and controls (eg with respect to time, frequency, intensity, sound characteristic, etc.) the sound applicator. Functional devices are devices / devices / elements with, for example, functions for monitoring / monitoring, sensor, measuring, analysis, regulation, control (eg for controlling physical and / or chemical and / or physiological / biological processes, processes, mechanisms) , Activation / deactivation, opening / closing, distribution, bridging, contacting, etc., but also adhesive function (eg on the skin), adaptation function, etc. Examples of a functional device are, for example, control / electronic control, chip, memory / electronic memory, data processing, valve, barrier device, contact, functional layer, conductor / conductor, coating, pump, motor, sensor, adapter, polytronic, other components, power / energy supply, electronic circuits, etc ..

Treatment facilities are facilities / devices / elements for active and / or passive treatment, e.g. B. from a biological system. Treatments may be therapeutic, diagnostic, nourishing, cosmetic, cleansing, surface-active and other non-therapeutic / non-diagnostic type. Examples of a treatment device are, for example, a sound applicator, devices for treatment (delivery and / or sometimes admission) with mechanical and / or other physical and / or chemical / biochemical and / or bioactive / physiological action / irritation (eg light IR, UV, laser, visible light, etc.], pressure, negative pressure, cavitation [sonophoresis, phonophoresis, electrical charge, etc.], cell migration, resonance therapy, cell resonance, temperature [eg, heat, cold], magnetic effect [e.g. Magnetic therapy [eg, electrotherapy, electrostimulation, electroporation, iontophoresis, etc.], hydrotherapy, physical therapy, adsorption / absorption processes [eg, modern wound dressings, patches, etc.] patches , Associations, etc. can also be counted to treatment facilities, especially if they in addition to a pure protective function by additional design more A tasks and / or functions have, as the z. In modern wound dressings, etc.).

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The depicted shapes of the support member are not a limitation of the possible shapes of a support member, but support members may be of any different size (height, size, etc.), any shape / shape, etc. (e.g., cylindrical, discus, hemispherical, cup-shaped, sleeve-like , plan, vaulted, round, rectangular, etc.) etc. may be possible. In a figure not all possible design options / design features are presented, but usually design options are new. The figures are exemplary solutions, and design features illustrated / described for one illustration may also apply and be applicable to other representations / descriptions of illustrations and / or solutions. Design features illustrated / described in the description and / or the illustrations may be combined as desired, if feasible, reasonable, necessary. Design features may be combined with each other, if possible, meaningful, that is, design features of the description and / or illustrations may be applied to examples as needed, even if not shown in the example. The illustrations are illustrative and do not reflect the true size of a component and / or the true proportions of components to one another. In the representations, non-essential design features are usually not shown for the solution (these include, for example, the power supply, the generation of sound, the control of the sound applicator, which may also be lines, seals, protective films, ventilation, etc. The installation of a sound applicator on a carrier element and / or a device and / or a further component / further module on a carrier element and / or on a device is shown only on some possible examples for mechanical attachment, as a rule not Device and / or a further component / further module) can be attached to the carrier element from the outside (example Fig. 1c - Fig. 1e) and / or from the inside (example Fig. 1g, Fig. 2) Possibilities for attachment (outside, inside) in the other illustrations excludes the other possibility of attachment in de R rule not out. To a support element, for. B. carrier element (6), in some figures, a device (2) consisting of sound applicator and carrier element (5) attached. It may be possible that instead of the device (2), only one sound applicator designed for this purpose can be attached (and / or vice versa). The representation with a device (2) takes place, for example, if a further solution is to be displayed and / or if it is possible to attach at least one further component to the device (2) as an additional option, even if this is not shown For example, to a device (2) which is attached to a carrier element (6) to the device (3), with a suitable design of device (2) and / or from the module another component / further module, for. As a reservoir to attach. The representation of a device and / or a carrier and / or other components / modules is partly as a section of the part of a device / a carrier, to which the description of the figure refers, and then does not represent the complete carrier / the complete device Subsequent to the description of the illustrations, additional design features, design options and additions to the illustrations are presented under "Additional and / or additional design options".

Fig. 1 - Fig. 1i are examples of basic application, arrangement, design and / or solution options. FIGS. 1 to 1b are possible examples for attachment of a carrier element and / or a device to the object surface.

FIG. 1. An example of use in a top view, in which a carrier element (5) is attached to the object surface (here on the leg) like a plaster. The carrier element is characterized by a continuous recess (5a), such that the object surface is not covered by the carrier element in the region of the recess. A sound applicator (01) [shown without further design features] is attached in the direction of the arrow (the sound-emitting surface of the sound applicator is aligned with the object surface) to the support element attached to the object surface to the device (2). The recess (5a) is closed. Fig. 1a. Device and / or carrier element with design features for the mechanical attachment of device and / or carrier element to an object. Device comprising acoustic applicator (1) and carrier element (5). Carrier element designed as a hollow cylinder. Device can be opened and / or closed, here by means of hinge (98). In the example, the device for attachment to a leg is opened. Volume elastic element (22) on the inside of the device. Other possible design features are not shown. Fig. 1b. Device and / or carrier element with design features for the mechanical attachment of device and / or carrier element to an object. Sound applicator (1), support element (5), restoring element (47), volume elastic element (22), mechanical element (78) [belt, clasp, etc.] for attachment to an object, locking element (97) for opening / closing the device Attach / remove to / from the object. Room (19). Other design options are not shown.

Fig. 1c. At least one substance should be supplied to the reaction space / space (19) and / or at least one substance should be removed therefrom and / or at least one substance should be exchanged. basic Possibilities for this are summarized in FIG. 1c. This substance can be, for example, a cavitation medium, an active substance, a medicament, a treatment medium, etc. A sound applicator (1) is mechanically attached from the outside to a support element (5) to a device (2). The carrier element is attached to the object surface with the aid of an adhesive / adhesive (21) with its side touching the object surface (20).

Connecting piece / coupling (33) on the outer surface of the carrier element for attachment of at least one further component / further module, here the reservoir (26) and (26.1). At least one conduit / channel (42), suitable for mass transport, leads from at least one connector / coupling (33) on the outer surface of the carrier element (5) [Gateway] and ends in the space (19) [Destination]. At least one line (42.1) begins in the space (19) and leads to a coupling (33.1) on the outer surface of the carrier element. For example, at least one supply line from an external supply device (eg a reservoir) for supplying at least one substance to the space (19) can be connected to the coupling (33). At least one line can be connected to the coupling (33.1) by a device which is suitable for removing at least one substance from the space (19). In Fig. 1c, a supply device (26) and (26.1) are attached directly to the surface of the carrier element on the coupling (33) (the carrier element and / or the supply device are characterized by design features, eg mechanical design features, at least be able to attach a supply device to the support element, these are not shown in detail). Is located in the chamber (27) of the reservoir (26), for example, a substance, eg. As a liquid, it can pass through the line (42) into the space (19). The mass transport from the chamber (27) into the space (19) can be effected, for example, by pressure (+ p) exerted on the substance in the chamber. In Fig. 1c, the pressure is exerted by a piston (101) which is pressed into the reservoir. Inversely, for example, a substance from the space (19) via the line (42.1) are removed, z. B. by negative pressure / suction (-p), in the reservoir (26.1), better in the chamber (27.1) is generated [z. B. by pulling out the piston (101)]. The connection (42) from the reservoir (26) to the space (19) can in the example by a locking device (41), z. As a valve, opened and / or closed, the connection (42.1) from the space (19) to the reservoir (26.1) can in the example by a locking device (41.1), z. As a valve, opened and / or closed.

When pressure is exerted in / on the reservoir (26), the material from the chamber (27) is forced through the conduit (42) into the space (19) provided the barrier means is open. Sound applicator (01) with sound-emitting element / actual sound applicator (1) and sound-emitting surface (1a) and designed edge region (45), wherein the edge region has notch-like depressions (45.9). A spherical locking element (49) of the support element engages in the recess (45.9) and thereby holds the sound applicator (example of a mechanical attachment). The locking element is resiliently mounted in the example, for. B. by a compression spring (49.1), which pushes the locking element (49) in the recess (45.9), the sound applicator engages. Another example of other possibilities is that the resilient mounting can be done by magnets (49.2) which are aligned in the same pole (eg north pole to north pole, etc.) and repel each other. Seal (77), which seals the carrier element to the outside. In Fig. 1c are for the supply / supply of a substance and the removal of a substance two different lines and two different reservoirs used. Supply and removal can also be done with the same line and / or the same reservoir, so that only one line and / or only a reservoir for the supply, removal, replacement of a substance are needed. Fig. 1d - Fig. 1f. Design features of carrier element and / or Schallapplikator for horizontal, vertical, axial, radial mobility of the sound applicator in the device after attachment to the support element. Design features for aligning the sound-emitting surface to a certain point and / or for setting a distance to the object surface and / or volume change of space (19). Fig. 1d. A support member (5) attached to the object surface (20) with a suitable adhesive / adhesive attached. The recess / opening (5a) of the carrier element serves for fastening the sound applicator. The recess (5a) is continuous from the surface of the carrier element to the object surface, so that the object surface in the region of the recess is not covered by the carrier element. The edge area of the recess is designed as an internal thread (5.9). The sound applicator (01) whose edge region (45) further design features, for example, an external thread (45.)), which is complementary to the internal thread (5.9) and with which the sound applicator attached to the support member by screwing, can be removed by unscrewing again. Further design features of the edge region (45) on the sound applicator serve to make the sound applicator movable, ie that the sound applicator are moved in the horizontal and / or vertical and / or axial and / or radial direction, for example to set the distance of the sound-emitting surface to the object surface to be able to change, for example, the volume of the space (19), for example, to better align the sound-emitting surface of the sound applicator on the object, etc. In the example, the edge region (45) of an additional part (45.1), the can be moved against the edge region (45). The sound applicator (01) is attached to the carrier element with part (45.1) through the external thread. A return element (48), here in the form of a compression spring, holds the sound applicator attached to the carrier element in its position and at a distance from the sound-emitting surface (1a) to the object surface (20). The two parts (45) and (45.1) each form the abutment for the return element (48). Is by exposure, for. B. external force, the sound applicator pressed towards the object surface, the distance from the sound-emitting surface to the object surface decreases (Fig. 1e), z. B. until the sound-emitting surface touches the object surface. If the action (eg external force) is reduced, stopped, the restoring element returns the sound applicator to its original position. By means of a corresponding (eg mechanical) barrier (not shown), the sound applicator can be held in a position, also in a position approximating the object surface. The edge region can be telescoped into one another in FIGS. 1 d, 1 e. In Fig. 1e, a volume elastic element (22) as a further design option, for example, to better seal the space (19) in order to better adapt the device to the contour of the object surface, etc. .. Fig. 1f. The sound applicator (01) with a tip-shaped sound-emitting surface (1a) in contrast to a two-dimensional sound applicator (for example, Fig. 1d, Fig. 1e). The edge area (45) with additional parts, part (45.2) and (45.3). Part (45) is movable against Part (45.3), Part (45.3) is movable against Part (45.2). Part (45.2) is on the support element (eg by a screw thread) appropriate. The sound applicator can be moved horizontally to the object surface (20) [return element (48)], whereby part (45.3) is to be moved against part (45.2). The sound applicator can be moved vertically relative to the object surface (analogously to FIG. 1d, FIG. 1e, not shown) in order, for example, to be able to align the sound-emitting surface (1a) to a specific point (eg point A, point B) , The sound applicator / Schallapplikatorspitze can also perform a circular motion in Fig. 1f. For this purpose, the edge region and / or the carrier element on design features. In Fig. 1f, the edge portion (45) and part (45.3) in the manner of a ball joint (with pivot point) designed with part (45) rotate together with the sound-emitting element (1) and the Schallapplikatorspitze in part (45.3) / move leaves. Possibilities to move the sound applicator, z. B. movable in the edge region and / or in the support element, can be combined.

Fig. 1g. Design features for a flat composite form (array form) of multiple support elements. At least one further carrier element can be attached to a carrier element as a further possibility. In Fig. 1g, 6 individual carrier elements (5) in a planar arrangement (eg patchwork-like, array form) are connected to each other to the device (2), wherein in the device (2) at least one of the carrier elements (and / or at several) at least one sound applicator is attached / is to be attached. The support elements can be movable relative to each other so that, for example, the device can be adapted to an object (contour, curvature, etc.). In each case, a sound applicator is attached to three of the support elements [in the example attached to the inside / underside of the support element, i. e. Inside / underside is the side facing the object surface (20)]. A device (2) of a plurality of support elements (5), which are interconnected by bridge members (60). Bridge member (60) as a separate element, bridge member (5.3) as part of the support element. The support members have complementary design features to the bridge members to which the bridge members can be attached. Design feature (5.6) is complementary to bridge member (60), design feature (5.4) is complementary to bridge member (5.3). In addition to the examples shown in FIG. 1g, there are further possibilities for connecting carrier elements in array form.

Fig. 1h, Fig. 1i. The sound transmission from a transducer to the object may also be possible if the sound-emitting surface does not touch the object surface and / or the sound is not transmitted by a coupling medium from the sound applicator to the object surface

(Coupling with the aid of at least one sound-conducting medium). In the schematic representation of FIG. 1h, FIG. 1i, the sound applicator is located externally of the carrier element. The sound transmission takes place by suitable lines (86) to sound conducting elements (1.1) [Fig. 1 h] and / or by contact of the sound applicator with sound-conducting elements [Fig. 1i]. The sound-conducting elements can have any shape, for example flat [FIG. 1h], pin-shaped [Fig. 1i] etc. The sound-conducting elements, such as a solid, z. As ceramic, metal, metallhaltig, plastic, etc., are in the figures by an element (23) swinging, which may be, for example, a volume element and / or another oscillatory material. In Fig. 1h are in addition a plurality of support elements (5) by mechanically flexible bridge members (60), which are preferably vibratable, connected to each other, so that each individual support member can swing. Other possible design features / design options are not shown in FIG. 1 - FIG. 1i. Fig. 2 - Fig. 2b The attachment of the sound applicator (01) on the support element (5) takes place in Fig. 2 - Fig. 2b of the bottom / inside of the support member. The support element in FIGS. 2 to 2b, in contrast to, for example, FIG. 1c, is not characterized by a continuous recess for the introduction of the sound applicator. The attachment of the sound applicator on the support element also takes place in a mechanical manner. A special feature is that in the modular production of a device from the components / modules (sound applicator, support member, other components such as supply device, functional device, etc.) at least one supply line is closed, at the latest when the device is complete and all components are mounted , In the example of FIGS. 2 - 2 b, the line is a supply line from a supply device (25/25 a) [supply device for

Power supply, sound generation, control / electronic control of the sound applicator] to the sound applicator. Furthermore, in the example of FIG. 2, an additional supply device (25) is attached to the device (2), preferably mounted reversibly. For modular assembly of the device, for attaching the sound applicator and / or a supply device on the carrier element, for closing a supply line, the carrier element and / or the sound applicator and / or the supply device is characterized by additional design features

FIG. 2. Example of a mechanical attachment of at least one sound applicator (and / or another component / further module) to at least one carrier element and example for the production of at least one supply line when attaching a sound applicator and / or another component / further module to at least one support element, in the example, this is an electrical supply line for the sound applicator for power / power and / or for control / pulse. The sound applicator and / or the carrier element is characterized by design features (for example in the form of a plug connection, clinker plug) for attaching the sound applicator to the carrier element. The support element is through

Design features for the supply and / or operation of the sound applicator characterized. The description is based on the example of a carrier element (5) to which at least one sound applicator (01) and / or at least one supply device (25) mounted, preferably reversibly attached, is. The sound applicator (01) is in the example of Fig. 2 at the back of Ranbereiches (45) characterized by a mechanical plug-like mechanical design feature, in the example in the form of a jack plug (45a) on the two electrical contacts, contact (7) and contact (8) are attached. Of the contacts (7, 8) lead at least one line (17) to the electrodes in the sound applicator (electrodes not shown). The carrier element (5) [in FIG. 2 only a section of the carrier element is shown] in FIG. 2 shows several design features. In the carrier element (5), in the example, two, preferably two different, supply devices (25a) are integrated, which may be, for example, a supply device for sound generation and / or for controlling / electronic control of the sound applicator. In the example of FIG. 2, the carrier element is characterized in that two sound applicators can be attached to the carrier element in a mechanical manner on the underside / inside of the carrier element. In the example of FIG. 2, the mechanical design of the carrier element for attaching the sound applicator is a bush-like depression (5b) on the Bottom, which is complementary to the plug-like design (jack) of the edge region (45) of the sound applicator. In the edge region of the bush-like depression (5b), two electrical contacts, contact (7.1) and contact (8.1) are respectively attached in the example of FIG. 2. At least one respective line (17c) leads from the contacts to the supply devices (25a) in each case from the contacts of a socket (5b) only to a supply device (25a).

The upper side / outer side of the carrier element is characterized in the example of FIG. 2 by two electrical contacts, contact (9.1) and contact (10.1), which in turn are each characterized by a groove-like depression (5c). Of the contacts (9.1) and (10.1), at least one line (17b) extends to the supply devices (25a) from each contact to each supply device.

In the example of FIG. 2, a supply device (25), for example a foil-like current / energy source, is characterized by electrical, pin-like contacts, contact (9) and contact (10). Of the contacts in each case lead at least one line (17d) to the actual power source (25.2). Contacts, lines, power source are embedded in a carrier layer (25.1), the contacts extending beyond the carrier layer.

In the example of FIG. 2, the mechanical design features used for mounting the sound applicator (1) and / or the supply device (25) on the carrier element (5) are simultaneously occupied by electrical contacts. Contacts and mechanical design features may also be separate and / or absent. In the example of Fig. 2, the sound applicator (1) with the jack plug (45a) in the socket (5b) of the support member (5) inserted in the arrow direction. A second sound applicator is already attached to the support element. By the attachment of the sound applicator to the support member contacted in the example of Fig. 2, the contact (7) the contacts (7.1) on the support member and the contact (8) on the sound applicator the contact (8.1) on the support element. A connection from a sound applicator to a supply device (25a) is established, the sound applicator is not yet ready for operation.

Subsequently, the supply device (25) in the arrow direction by means of the pin-like contacts (9) and (10) in the groove-like contacts (9.1) and (10.1) inserted and attached to the surface of the support member (5). Contact (9) contacts contact (9.1) and contact (10) contacts contact (10.1). The attachment of the supply device (25) to the carrier element (5) / device (2) preferably takes place only after the device (2) / carrier element (5) is attached to the object surface and even more preferably, if additionally in the layer between sound-emitting surface and object surface at least one coupling medium is introduced. If the module (25) attached to the support member, so a connection from the sound applicator to the supply devices (25a) and (25) is made, the sound applicator is ready. In the device (2) comprising carrier element (5) and two sound applicators, the circuit is such that each sound applicator can be separately / independently controlled by the other sound applicator by a respective supply device (25a). The supply device (25) can be removed from the device (2) if necessary, for example to switch off the sound applicator and / or to replace the supply device with another supply device, etc. Fig. 2a, 2b. Example with a Schallapplikator (01) on the back [of the sound-emitting surface opposite side of the sound applicator] has a mechanical design in the form of a contact pin / thin contact mandrel (94) made of electrically insulating material. In the mandrel is an electrical contacts (7) which extends beyond this at the end of the dome. At least one further (for example pin-like) contact (8), which is mounted isolated from contact (7). Of the contacts (7), (8) lead at least one line (17a) to the electrodes in the sound applicator. The rear side of the sound applicator [the side with which the sound applicator / edge region contacts the carrier element] is in the example of FIG. 2a, FIG. 2b with an adhesive / adhesive (93), for. As an adhesive medium, adhesive adhesion, etc., coated / coated. With the adhesive layer (93) of the sound applicator on the support element (5) is attached. In Fig. 2a, Fig. 2b, the carrier element (5) is shown only in bleed / cutout. In the example of FIGS. 2 a, 2 b, two electrically conductive contact layers, contact (9) and contact (10) extend in the carrier element, which are arranged one above the other in the example and can be separated from an insulating layer (92). On the surface on which the sound applicator is attached, there is a surface-mounted insulating and / or HafWKIebeschicht (91), for example, to attach the acoustic applicator to the adhesive / adhesive layer (91) / can attach, for example, the contact layer ( 9) to protect / isolate. If the sound applicator (01) is attached to the carrier element in the direction of the arrow, the contact mandrel (94) penetrates the layers (91) and (92) and the contact layer (9) and (10), contact (8) penetrating the contact layer (9) and Contact (7) the contact layer (10) contacted. The contact layers (9, 10) may be connected, for example, to at least one supply device (25, 25a), eg. B. with at least one line (17, +/-). The contact layers are an example of a functional layer.

Further possible design features / design options are not shown in FIGS. 2 to 2b.

Fig. 3 - Fig. 3f partial gate / cutout of a support member in the attachment of another component / module on the surface of a support member. The support member may be the support member attached / fixed to the object surface and / or the support member is attached to the at least one sound applicator and / or it may be another support member Sound applicator be attached]. In FIGS. 3-3f, the further component is a reservoir

(26) in the form of a hollow body with at least one chamber (27) to be filled with at least one substance. An element (51) can be used to ventilate the chamber and / or to fill / empty the chamber. The substance is preferably a liquid (eg cavitation medium) in FIGS. In Fig. 3 - Fig. 3f as an example solution, the further component (reservoir) are attached to the support member in a mechanical manner, in the examples as a screw, with other possibilities for connection may exist z. B. in other mechanical and / or other physical and / or chemical / action. Figures 3 - 3f illustrate examples of a connection between the chamber when a reservoir is attached to a support member

(27) and the space (19), so that at least one substance can pass from the chamber (27) into the space (19) (and / or vice versa).

In the examples, a compression spring (49) and / or magnets (52) is used as examples of pressure and / or elastic and / or volume / form-elastic elements / restoring elements (48). used. These elements should be useful in the examples to be able to open and / or close a locking device. Other solutions are presented. Fig. 3, Fig. 3a. Example of a reservoir (as an example of a module) which is attached to a support member (in the example mechanically by a screw connection) whereby the attachment causes a mechanically effective mechanism which mechanically actuates a locking device and thereby a supply line (in the example a line for a mass transport) opens. A reservoir (26) having a chamber (27) in which at least one substance can be located, and an opening (42.1) which is closed by a mechanical locking device (41). The reservoir is characterized in the example by a socket (26.2) with an external thread (26.1). In the base is located in a cavity, a compression spring (49) [the compression spring is an example of at least one mechanical element / return element with a restoring force, the mechanical element, for example, stretched and / or compressed upon application of force and upon release of the force back to the original state takes]. Abutment (41.2) of the locking device for the spring. The locking device (41) is characterized by a mechanical pin-like contact element (41.1) [pin, bolt], which protrudes from the base at the bottom of the base. The spring (49) pushes the locking device (41) on the inside of the bottom (26.3) of the reservoir and thus closes the opening (42.1) to the outside (possible seals / sealing elements / sealing layers are not shown). The support element (5) is characterized by a socket-like design (5.8) and a recess (5b) with internal thread (5.9) in the base for receiving / attaching the reservoir. From the bottom of the recess (5b), a connection with opening (42) leads to the inside / underside of the support member [when the support member is attached to the object surface (20), then to the space (19)]. A sound applicator (1) is inside the bottom of the support member to the device (2) attached [design features not shown], adhesive / adhesive layer (21).

If the reservoir (26) is mounted on the support element (5), the locking device is pushed up (the spring tensioned) by the pin (41.1) on the bottom of the recess (5b) is seated and pushed up, thereby the opening (42.1), so that there is a connection (42) between the chamber (27) and the space (19). The substance in the chamber (eg a cavitation medium) can enter the space (19).

Fig. 3b, Fig. 3c. Example of a self-sufficient / nearly self-sufficient module. Example of a reservoir which is attached to a support element and thereby a control device is activated, which in turn can actuate a locking device. In the example, the locking bolt can be actuated (opened, closed) mechanically and / or electrically / electromagnetically and / or in other physical and / or chemical way / action. The reservoir corresponds / resembles the reservoir Fig. 3, Fig. 3a with the difference that the mechanically triggered / operated locking device is missing and is replaced by a controlled locking device.

In the examples, the carrier element corresponds to the carrier element in FIG. 3 with additionally at least one electrical contact (7), for example a contact layer, contact coating on the surface of the carrier element.

The compound (42.1) [for a mass transport] to the chamber (27) of the reservoir (26) is closed by a locking device (41) with latch (41.3). In the reservoir is in the example at least one Integrated control unit (40). From this control unit leads at least one line (17) to the locking device. Another line (17.2) leads from the control unit to at least one electrical contact (8) on the lower surface (underside) of the reservoir. The contact can be resiliently mounted. At least one further electrical contact (9) is attached to the bottom of the reservoir (may be spring loaded). From this contact (9) leads at least one line (17.1) to the locking device (41). The locking device (41) is turned off and closes the connection / channel (42.1), so that no mass transport from / into the chamber (27) can take place. The line from the control device (40) to the blocking device (41) is interrupted between the contacts (8) and (9). To establish a connection, the contacts (8) and (9) must be bridged. This is to be done for example by the contact (7) in the carrier element. If the reservoir is attached to the carrier (FIG. 3c), then contact (8) contacts the contact (7) and the contact (9) also contacts the contact (7) [if the contacts (8 and 9) are spring-mounted, they can For a better connection, press the contact (7). A connection between the control device (40) and the locking device (41) is thereby produced and, for example, the locking device is switched on. A connection for mass transport from the chamber (27) to the space (19) becomes possible when the locking device opens the connection (42.1). In the example, the locking device (41) actuates the latch (41.3), thereby opening the connection between the chamber and the space (19). Fig. 3d. A reservoir (26) is attached to a carrier element (5) with a sound applicator. From the space (19) leads a connection / line (42) to the recess (5b) on the surface of the support element.

A reservoir (26) having a locking means (41) which is opened by manual operation, for example by the action of force, for. B. pressure (+ p) on the button (41.4) of the locking device. Is closed in the example, the locking device by a compression spring (49), which pushes the locking device upwards. The opening (42.1) in the bottom (26.3) of the reservoir (26) is closed by the locking device (41). If the button (41.4) pressed, the locking device is pressed down, the spring (49) is tensioned. The opening (42.1) is opened. When the button is released, the spring pushes the locking device upward, the opening (42.1) is closed. In the example, the reservoir is a hoop-shaped cavity (27) with a recess in the middle to be placed on the device can.

Fig. 3e Another example of a manual operation of a locking device. The reservoir (26) consists of at least two parts. A part of the side wall (26.4) and the bottom (26.3) [z. B. hollow cylinder with bottom]. Another part as a lid (26.5) of lying within part 1 the part 1 closes upwards and within this hollow cylinder (Part 1) is movable up and down. By force (eg pressure) on part 2, cover (26.5) this is pressed into the part 1 (hollow cylinder). In the bottom of the hollow cylinder is, for example, an opening (42.1), which is closed by a locking device (eg., Valve, check valve, etc.). If pressure is exerted on part (26.5) and pressed into part 1, pressure is exerted on the substance (eg cavitation medium), the barrier device is opened and the substance is forced out of the reservoir.

If the external force (eg, the pressure +) is reduced, for example, the part (26.5) can be returned by internal force to the starting position, for. B. by Magnets (52) that repel each other (alignment eg North Pole to North Pole). In Fig. 3e magnets are located in the bottom of the reservoir and at the bottom of the part 2, which repel each other when the magnets are approached to each other.

Fig. 3f. Reservoir (26) with chamber (27). Reservoir with distributor element (44) [for example a multiway tap] for filling and / or emptying the chamber (27) with / of at least one substance. Attachment to the carrier element (5) takes place as described as a screw connection. Base (26.2) of the reservoir with external thread. Further details for attachment, locking device, etc. are not shown. The chamber (27) may contain and / or contain at least one substance. Additionally, a functional fabric (61) capable of receiving and / or dispensing and / or transporting / routing and / or storing another fabric is a particular design feature and part of the reservoir. In the example of FIG. 3f, this functional material (61) covers the inner bottom (26.3) of the reservoir and projects further into the space (19). Fabric (61) with special properties / characteristics. For example, the substance (61) can be material-conducting z. B. to be able to transport at least one substance from the chamber in the space (19) and / or from the space (19) in the chamber (27). The chamber (27) contains at least one substance that can be transported through the fabric (61) in the space (19) and / or the chamber (27) contains at least one substance that can accommodate at least one substance from space (19) , wherein a mass transfer, z. B. of at least two different substances, in both directions may be possible (substance exchange, mixture, solution, etc.). Furthermore, there is a possibility that substance (61) contains at least one substance and can deliver it (example ion exchange, desorption etc.) and / or that substance (61) is a substance which can take up at least one substance (example sorption medium, swelling substance, Fabric with absorbent / absorbent properties, etc.), for example to be able to remove a liquid from the space (19). In Fig. 3f, fabric (61) contacts the fabric in the space (19), for example by the fabric (61) protruding into the space (19). Sound applicator (1) with edge area (45). A second, knob cell-shaped reservoir (26) with body (26.1), chamber (27), opening (42) is introduced into the recess (5b) in the carrier element, while the integrated locking element (41) is actuated and opened. Resetting device for closing the locking device when removing the reservoir as a compression spring (48). The illustration is schematic without details. Further possible design features / design options are not shown in FIGS. 3 - 3f.

Fig. 4 - Fig. 4d. The module is a contact element (35) with volume-elastic element (22). In the example, the module is mounted on the underside of the carrier element in a chamber / recess (5b) designed for this purpose. Fig. 4. carrier element (5) and sound applicator (1) to the device (2) assembled. The support member having a recess (5b) with opening down (towards the object surface) for introducing a module / a component from the bottom / inside. An opening (42) from the recess to the surface of the support member with fitting (33) closed with a seal (77). In the example, the annular contact element (35) is U-shaped in cross-section with a volume-elastic element (22) folded inside the contact element, fixedly attached to the wall by the contact element (22.1). Conduit / fitting (35.1) from the contact element. Fig. 4a. The contact element has been introduced into the recess (5b). The line (35.1) extends beyond the surface on the outside of the support element. A device / element (99), e.g. B. a pressure vessel, is attached to the line (35.1) and the volume-elastic element (22) is expanded. The volume-elastic element contacts the object surface (20) and together with the device forms the space (19). The volume elastic element may additionally be coated with an adhesive / adhesive, especially at the location that contacts the surface of the object. Fig. 4b. At sight. Rectangular carrier element (5) with incorporated contact element (35) and volume-elastic element (22). Visible from the sound applicator is the sound emitting surface (1a). Other possible design features are not shown. The shape / planform of the support member may be arbitrary, for. Round, square, rectangular, polygonal, oval, etc. Fig. 4c. Device (2) for adaptation to a foot. Carrier element (5), sound applicator (1) with sound-emitting surface (1a). The contact element (35) is mechanically attached in the example by pin-like configuration (35 a) on the support element. An attachment, for example, as in the example on the surface, can also be done by a suitable adhesive / adhesive and / or in other mechanical and / or physical and / or chemical manner. The contact element consists in the example of at least two different materials / materials. In the example, fabric (22.1) is a mechanically flexible, elastic material that can be shaped and / or expanded and forms / forms a cavity / interior space. Fabric (22.2) in the interior of fabric (22.1) is also a mechanically flexible, elastic fabric that can be shaped and / or expanded (eg, foam, liquid, gas, gel, foam, etc. and / or fabric). for example, a gas, a liquid, a foam, etc. substance (22.1) and (22.2) are volume-elastic elements / elastic volume elements. Between the sole of the foot (object surface), Fig. 4d shows a device for adaptation to a foot (analogous to Fig. 4c), wherein in the carrier element (5) additionally a chamber (27 ) with at least one substance (in this case cavitation medium), in addition a chamber (27.1) with at least one substance (in this case active substance) When the barrier device (41) is released, the cavitation medium penetrates (for example by applying pressure to the chamber r and the Kavitationsmedium is applied, not shown) through the opening (42) in the reaction chamber formed by the foot and the device with the contact element (35). In the example, the substance in the chamber (27.1) is to be absorbed by the cavitation medium located in the reaction space by contact (eg, dissolved). Further possible design features are not shown in FIGS. 4 to 4d.

Fig. 5 - Fig. 5c. Control of functions of several modules / components on / in a carrier element.

Fig. 5. Carrier element (5) in the cut / cut. Device (2) with sound applicator (1) on the support element (5) attached (design features are not shown). In the carrier element, a supply device (25 / 25a) with contact (8). Sound applicator with contact (7). Contact (7) contacts contact (8), the connection between sound applicator and supply device is established. In the recess (5b), a contact element (35) is mounted / integrated in the form of a folded volume elastic element (22). This is attached to the wall of the recess (eg. ) Adhered.

In the carrier element a recess (5c) for introducing a reservoir (26) in the arrow direction, contacts (10) and (11) for bridging at least one line (not shown) to the locking device (41). Bridging takes place when the reservoir is inserted into the recess (5c) and the contact (9) on the reservoir contacts the contacts (10) and (11) in the recess. A reservoir is attached. From the recess (5b) leads a line (42.1), from the recess (5c) leads a line (42.2) each to a locking device (41). Coupling piece (33) on the outside of the carrier element with opening (42) for attachment of a module. The locking device should be controlled so that all lines (42.1) and (42.2) are open and / or closed and / or at least one is open and / or when the line (42.1) is open, then the line (42.2) closed (and / or vice versa), so that each of the lines to the recesses can be opened / closed individually and / or at least two lines can be opened / closed simultaneously. If, for example, a pressure vessel is connected to the outside of the coupling, then for example the volume-elastic element can be expanded (similar to FIG. 4a) and / or the reservoir is pushed out of the carrier element and releases the substance in the reservoir (FIG. 5a). The contacts also serve for mechanical attachment of the reservoir in the support element. Fig. 5a. The reservoir (26) with a U-shaped body (26.1) and a coupling piece (33.1) with opening (42.1) and contact (9). Inside, in the cavity of the body a mechanical element (26.3) as a bottom plate. Attached thereto (eg mechanically) is a hollow body (26.2) with a chamber (27) as a reservoir. Chamber (27) may contain at least one substance. The side walls of the body on the inside with a functional layer (62), z. As a lubricant, seal z. A return element (47) in a bellows shape which is open on one side is attached to the body (26.1) and to the element (26.3 (by expansion (eg compressed air) the bellows ( 47) unfolds / expands and pushes the element (26.3) together with the reservoir (26.2) out of the body [in Fig. 5 the reservoir (26.2) is located in the body.] Through an opening (42.2), the contents in When the pressure is reduced, the bellows (restoring element) pulls the reservoir (26.2) back into the body The restoring element (47) can be, for example, a volume-elastic element Upon actuation of the contact element, a reservoir is opened at the same time.When the volume-elastic element is expanded by a contact element, a reservoir is opened at the same time. Contact element (35) with a U-shaped body (35.2) with connection piece (33) and opening (42). At the bottom, the body is closed by a volumelastic element (22). If, for example, at least one substance (for example gas) is supplied into the space (35a) via the connecting piece, then the volume-elastic element expands. The contact element (35) additionally consists of a reservoir (26.1) with chamber (27), which may be filled, for example, with at least one substance. The reservoir is open to the reaction space in the example, but initially closed by an insulating layer (92). If the volume-elastic element expands, the insulating layer is removed at the same time and the reservoir is opened. Fig. 5c. A contact element (35) with body (35.2) and with reservoir (26) which is housed in the state of rest in the body of the contact element. Connecting piece (33) with opening (42). Upon pressure, the volume-elastic element (22) is expanded, the reservoir pushed out and opened, the Opening (42.1) is exposed. Further details not shown.

Further possible design features / design options are not shown in FIGS. 5 to 5c.

Fig. 6 - 6d. Example of a carrier element in plaster form.

Fig. 6. Supervision. In the example, a rectangular support element (5) with a recess (5a). On / in the support element, a film-like supply device (25 / 25a) is integrated / attached. Contacts (in the example electrical contacts), contact (10) and (11) are in the edge region of the recess. From there lines lead (17) to the supply device (25 / 25a). The contacts serve in the example at the same time for mechanical attachment of the sound applicator. Blind contacts [not used] (10a), (11a) are for mechanical attachment of the sound applicator. Sound applicator (1) with contacts (here electrical contacts), contact (8) and (9) and blind contacts (8a), (9a). From the contacts (8), (9) lead lines (17a) to the electrodes (18) of the sound applicator. The contacts also serve for mechanical attachment of the sound applicator on the support element.

Fig. 6a. Sound applicator (1) attached to the support element (5). Acoustic applicator contacts the object surface (20) with the sound-emitting surface (1a). Contact (8) contacted on the sound applicator Contact (10) on the support element and contact (9) on the sound applicator makes contact with contact (11) on the support element. A connection from the supply device (25 / 25a) to the sound applicator is established. Lines (17), (17a). Adhesive / adhesive layer (21) for fastening the carrier element to the object surface.

Fig. 6b. In the example, two strip-shaped carrier elements (5), each with a supply device (25 / 25a). Lateral contacts (12), (13) and (14), (15) on the support element (in the example electrical contacts which are simultaneously for mechanical attachment of the sound applicator useful). Lines (17) lead from the contacts to the utilities.

Two sound applicators, which are connected like an array. From the contacts (8), (9), (10), (11), leads (17a) lead to the electrodes (18) of the sound applicators. The contacts also serve for mechanical attachment. If the sound applicators attached to the support elements, the sound applicators are each supplied by its own supply device.

Fig. 6c. Carrier element (6) with HafWKIebeschicht (21) attached to the object surface (20). Supply device (25 / 25a) on the carrier element with lines (17) from the supply device to the contacts (10) and (11). Bead-like reinforced design (6.5) of the support element in the edge region of the recess (6a). The contacts (10), (11) extend in full circle in the edge region of the recess (small figure). Device (2) with

Carrier element (5) and sound applicator (1), sound-emitting surface (1a). Contacts (8) and (9) on the outside of the support element (5). Lead from the contacts lines (17a) to the electrodes (18) in the sound applicator. Contacts (here electrical contacts) simultaneously serve for mechanical fastening. Fig. 6d. Device (2) attached to the carrier element (6) to the device (3). Contact (8) contacts contact (11) and contact (9) contacts contact (10). A connection between sound applicator and supply device is made. Room (19). Other design options are not (eg, attachment of a reservoir, design features for mounting a reservoir, control, etc.).

Further possible design features / design options are not shown in FIGS. 6 to 6d.

Fig. 7 - Fig. 7d. A carrier element as an interface, attached by means of an adhesive / adhesive layer on the object surface, with an opening / recess for receiving / attaching a sound applicator and / or a device (2). The attachment of a sound applicator and / or device to the interface may trigger a mechanism / process. In FIGS. 7-7b, this mechanism / process / process is triggered manually, in FIG. 7c, FIG. 7d becomes this

Mechanism / process / process mechanically triggered by the attachment of the sound applicator and / or the device at the interface. In Figs. 7 - 7d, the process which is triggered is the opening of a locking device (41), which initially closes a connection (42) between a chamber (27) in the support element and the space (19), so that by opening the substance (eg, cavitation medium) can be delivered from the chamber (27) to the space (19). In FIGS. 7-7b, the locking device is opened manually; in FIG. 7c, FIG. 7d, the locking device is opened by a mechanical mechanism when attaching the sound applicator and / or the device (2) to the carrier element. In the representation of FIGS. 7 to 7 d, at least one device, for example at least one supply device, thereof for example at least one reservoir / chamber, is integrated in the carrier element. In the example of FIGS. 7-7d, it is the carrier element which is fastened on the object surface and acts as an interface. In FIGS. 7 - 7d, a device (2) consists of a carrier element (5) to which a sound applicator (1) is attached. Design features of the device (2), for example, the type of attachment to the carrier element (6) is not shown in the figures, it can be mechanically and / or in another physical and / or chemical

Mode / mechanism / effect, this will be outlined elsewhere in the description. The support element (5) to which the sound applicator is attached may be characterized by further design features corresponding to the entire description, which are not shown in the Figures 7 - 7d. On the object surface (eg the skin) is a further carrier element (6) with an adhesive

/ Adhesive layer (21) attached / attached. This carrier element (6) is intended to represent an interface and should contain at least one reservoir with the chamber (27) integrated therein. At this support element (6), the device (2) can be attached to a new device (3). The attachment of the device (2) on the carrier element (6) can be carried out in the same and / or similar manner, as described for the attachment of the sound applicator (01) on the support element / was. Instead of the device (2), only the sound applicator on the carrier element (6) could be mounted in a known manner as described elsewhere. Also possible design features such. At least one sonic applicator / controller is integrated with and / or attached to the support member, leads from the utility / controller to the sonic applicator, contacts for connection from the sonic applicator to the supply / control device and other possible design features shown in other figures, For example, FIGS. 1-6 have been shown. are not shown in the figures Fig. 7 - Fig. 7d.

The chamber (27) in the carrier element can contain at least one substance and / or at least one substance can be introduced into the reservoir, further, at least one substance can deliver and / or at least one substance can be taken up / bound, absorb / bind. In the example of FIGS. 7 to 7 d, a cavitation medium (H ₂ O + CO ₂ ) is contained in the reservoir and is to be delivered to the space (19). Another of the many possibilities may be that at least one chamber from the reservoir can contain at least one substance that can take up / bind at least one other substance, the receiving substance z. As a sorbent, swelling agent may be, for example, the cavitation medium from the space (19) can accommodate. Fig. 7. The device (2) is shown schematically, without further design features, for example design features for attaching the sound applicator (1) on the carrier element (5) and / or the device (2) on the carrier element (6).

The support element (6), which is attached to the object surface (20) with an adhesive / adhesive layer (21), is the interface for attaching the device (2) in the direction of the arrow to / in the recess (6a). Other design features for attachment are not shown.

The carrier element (6) has the function of a reservoir with at least one chamber (27), which can be filled with at least one substance, in the example a cavitation medium, and can deliver this substance to the space (19) when the blocking device (41) is open. There is a connection (42) between the chamber (27) and the recess (6a), which, however, is closed by a locking device (41) so that the cavitation medium can not escape from the chamber (27). The blocking device (41) in the example of FIGS. 7 - 7b can be operated manually, for B. by pulling out the locking device, by turning the locking device, etc. Fig. 7a. The carrier element (6) mounted in cross-section from above (top view) on the object surface / fastened. The device (2) and / or the sound applicator are not shown. In the example of FIG. 7a, the carrier element (6) contains a plurality of chambers (27) which are delimited from one another by partitions of the carrier element. Of the chambers, in each case at least one line / connection (42) leads to the recess (6a) into which the sound applicator and / or the device (2) is later to be inserted and then gives the space (19). The connections (42) are initially closed by a blocking device (41), which runs in a ring-like manner in the carrier element (6). , In Fig. 7a, the locking device (41) is a mechanical locking device made of initially any material / material (eg solid, plastic, etc.) and may consist of the same and / or different material as the carrier element. In FIGS. 7-7b, the mechanical locking device is a circular hollow cylinder / ring. The manually operated locking device (41) is movably mounted in the inner wall of the support member in a circular, channel-like recess (design feature of the support member), in the example Fig. 7a, the locking device axially / radially about the axis clockwise / counterclockwise arbitrary (from 0 ° up to 360 °) rotatable. At the level / at the same level as the connections (42) from the chambers (27) to the space (6a) and (19), there are openings (41.5) in the blocking device (41). The position of the locking device (41) is initially positioned so that its openings (41.5) are sealed / blocked by the wall of the support member. The locking device (41) closes the connection (42) from the chambers to the space (19). By turning the locking device (41), the opening (41.5) of the locking device with an opening (42) of at least one chamber brought into line become. The chamber is opened, a connection (42a) from the chamber to the room (19) is made. The substance (eg cavitation medium) can pass from the chamber (27) into the space (19). The blocking device in FIGS. 7-7b can be characterized by at least one opening (41.5). The carrier element is characterized by at least one chamber.

Fig. 7b. Corresponds to Fig. 7, wherein the device (2) on the support member (6) is mounted / mounted and thereby the space (19) is closed to the outside. The connection between the chamber (27) and the space (19) is established, the cavitation medium can pass from the chamber into the space (19). In Fig. 7b, an opening (51.1) for ventilation of space (19) is shown in the carrier element (5) / the device (2). In Fig. 7b, a ventilation / and / or an opening [closed with a seal (51)] for filling / emptying a reservoir / a chamber of a reservoir is shown. Such openings for filling / emptying, venting are not shown in other figures. Fig. 7c, Fig. 7d. In the example of Fig. 7c, Fig. 7d is by attaching the sound applicator and / or the device (2) to the support element, a locking device (41) automatically, mechanically actuated while a first by the locking device (41) closed supply line (42) the chamber (27) to the space (19) released / opened. Locking device, chamber, connecting line are integrated in the support element. Fig. 7c. A carrier element (6) with integrated reservoir having at least one chamber (27), containing a cavitation medium. A connection / conduit (42) between the chamber and the recess (6a) Room (19)] is initially closed by a locking device (41). In the example, the locking means is a mechanical element similar to that in Figs. 7-7b with at least one through hole / aperture / bore (41.5). The locking device is pushed by a restoring device, shown as a compression spring (49), upwards, so that the opening (41.5) of the wall of the support member and the connection (42) is closed by the locking device. If the sound applicator / the device (2) in the arrow direction on the support element (6) applied / attached / attached, the locking device and the return device is pressed down, the opening (41.5) coincides with the opening / connection (42), so that there is a connection between the chamber (27) and the space (19) and the cavitation medium can enter the space (19) (Figure 7d). When removing the sound applicator / the device, the locking device is pushed upwards by the restoring device and the connection (42) closed again. Connecting piece (33), z. B. for attaching a further module and / or for ventilation / and / or filling / emptying of the chamber (27), etc., ventilation (51). Further possible design features / design options are not shown in FIGS. 7 to 7d.

Fig. 8 - Fig. 8f. Representation of a support member as an interface, which is attached to the object surface and in the opening / recess at least one additional mechanical element, an insert (28) introduced, preferably reversibly introduced, can be. Other possible design features, which are described in other illustrations and / or elsewhere, are not or only partially shown, for. B. Design features for controlling and / or triggering mechanisms, processes, operations, production of a supply line ETC..

Fig. 8. A pad-like disc-shaped insert (28) is inserted into the opening / recess (6a) of the support member (6) fixed to the object surface (20) with an adhesive / adhesive layer (21). The carrier element (6) shows further design features such as at least one chamber (27) for dispensing and / or receiving at least one substance. A connection (42) from the chamber to space (19) or to the recess (6a). A locking device (41) closes the connection (42). Further, possible configurations of the carrier element (6) are not shown in FIG. 8. Further, possible configurations of the device (2), the carrier element (5), the insert (28) and / or the sound applicator are not shown in FIG. Fig. 8a. Fig. 8a is a view of Fig. 8 in plan view. The circular in the ground plan carrier element (6) is attached to the object surface (20), with the circular recess / opening (6a) in the carrier element (6) in plan view. The device (2) with the carrier element (5) and the sound applicator (1) has been removed / removed from the carrier element. At the bottom of the recess (6a), the object surface is visible because the recess in the support element is continuous. Other design features are not shown. The insert (28) is introduced in the direction of the arrow in the opening / recess (6a).

Fig. 8b. Device (3). The insert (28) was introduced into the carrier element (6), then the device (2) with carrier element (5) and acoustic applicator (6a) inserted / inserted into / on the recess (6a) and attached / attached to the carrier element (6) , In the example of FIG. 8b, the insert (28) contacts the surface (20) [z. Skin, wound, etc.] on the other side, the insert (28) contacts the sound emitting surface (1a) of the sound applicator. The insert (28) is located in the space (19) and fills it in the example of Fig. 8b fully. In the example of FIG. 8b, the insert is pressed / pressed by the sound applicator onto the object surface. The locking device (41) can be opened and / or closed in order to establish and / or interrupt a connection from the chamber (27) to the space (19), for example to surround the space (19) with at least one substance, e.g. B. an active ingredient to feed. Further design features, mechanisms, processes are not shown. FIGS. 8c, 8d are further example variants of FIGS. 8-8b. Fig. 8c. An insert (28) is inserted into the opening / recess (6a) of the support member (6) fixed to the object surface (20). The insert (28) is hollow cylindrical

(hoop-shaped / ring-shaped / annular) with an opening (28a) running through the core in the example. In the device (3) of Fig. 8c, the insert (28) in the interior of the support member (6) is introduced with a space (19) in the middle, the space (19) is at the top of the sound-emitting surface of the sound applicator, on the bounded on the opposite side of the object surface (20) and laterally of the insert (28). The interior (19) can be filled with a coupling medium, for example.

Fig. 8d. A hollow-porous carrier element (5), on whose surface, in the example on its inner surface, a sound applicator (1) and / or an additional insert (30) to the device (2) is mounted. The devices (2) is inserted / mounted in the device (3) in the recess of carrier element (6), such that the sound-emitting surface forms an angle of> 0 ° (in the example 90 °) to the object surface. The device (3) is closed, z. B. by a lid (43). In the interior is a space (19), the top of the lid, opposite of the Object surface and laterally of the device (2) is limited. In the example, the device (2), which is introduced into the carrier element (6) is held by the cover (43) and [z. B. by a compression spring (49), pressure plate (43.1)] pressed down

Fig. 8e. Example of an insert (28) in the form of a pad, which is introduced into the carrier element, for example into the opening / recess of the carrier element, in the example consisting of a carrier (28.2) and carrier (28.3) and at least one substance (28.1) containing, the substance is enclosed by the carrier. The carrier (28.3) may, for example, rest on the object surface (eg skin, wound), contact it and may be permeable, for example, to at least one substance, eg. B. for the substance (28.1), for example, as an active ingredient, is discharged and / or may be permeable to at least one substance, for example, for a liquid that is absorbed by substance (28.1). The carrier (28.3) may preferably consist of a mechanically flexible, material-permeable material / material, for. B. a textile fabric, a perforated foil, etc. The carrier (28.2) may consist of a mechanically flexible and / or mechanically non-flexible material. The substance (28.1) may have further, at least one property, e.g. If the insert is a pad-like insert according to FIG. 8a, then the layer (28.2) is preferably oriented towards the sound applicator and / or contacts the sound-emitting surface of the sound applicator. The substance (28.1) can have several properties at the same time. The substance (28.1) can simultaneously be used for substance delivery and substance uptake, whereby the substance (28.1) can consist of one and / or of at least two different substances.

The substance (28.1) may be attached to the carrier (28.2) / coated, in the absence of carrier (28.3). The device of sound applicator (1) and carrier element (5) can be replaced by another mechanical element, for. B. a lid (43) which closes the opening in the carrier element (6) to be replaced (similar to Fig. 8d).

Fig. 8f. A further design option may be that the sound applicator and / or the device with the sound applicator can be removed from the carrier element (6) and replaced by an insert (28), wherein the carrier (28.2) of the insert (28) can have design features, to insert the insert in the opening / recess of the support element (6) and / or attach to the support element, preferably reversibly attach, to. The design features of the insert for insertion into the recess of the carrier element and / or for attachment to the carrier element may for example be similar and / or in a similar manner as has been shown for the sound applicator and / or the device (2) with sound applicator. The attachment / introduction of the insert on / in the support member may be by mechanical

Design features are made and / or in other physical and / or chemical manner. Openings / perforations (28.4) on / in the carrier (28b), which contacts the object surface (20). Filler (28.1) of the insert, e.g. As an active ingredient, a sorption, etc .. The carrier (6) is attached with an adhesive / adhesive layer (21) on the object surface. Carrier element (6) and insert (28) yield the device (3). Additional design features for the support element, the insert, the device, etc. are possible, but not shown in the example. Other possible design features / design options are not shown in FIGS. 8-8f shown.

Fig. 9 - Fig. 9b. Modular composition of a device [in the example device (3)] of several components / modules, wherein the device is ready for operation only when attached to the object surface and final attachment of the last module. The modules are mechanically assembled in the example, with the mechanical design features in the example partially representing contacts (eg, electrical contacts) at the same time. The lines and / or contacts are in the example electrical lines and / or contacts. The modules are carrier element (5), carrier element (6), sound applicator (01), reservoir (26). Fig. 9. The carrier element (6) is attached to the object surface with an adhesive / adhesive (21). In the carrier element (6), a supply device (25 / 25a) for the acoustic applicator with lines (17) to contacts (7) and (8) located at the edge of the recess (6a) from the support element, bead-like reinforced design (6.5) of the support element ( 6). In the carrier element (6), a control device (40) with line (17a) integrated into a contact (10) at the edge region of the recess (6a). From a further contact (9) in the edge region of the recess, a line (17f) leads to a locking device (41) integrated in the carrier element (6). Another line (17b) leads from the control device to the blocking device. A chamber (27) which is integrated in the carrier element (6) and which can contain and / or hold at least one substance is connected to the recess (6a) by a line / connection (42) and discharges there. The line / connection is closed by the locking device (41).

A support element (5) with mechanical design feature (5c) [here groove-like] for attachment of the sound applicator. A contact (11) is connected to a contact (83) through a line (17f). A contact (12) is connected by a line (17c) to a contact (16). Another contact (82) is connected by a line (17c) with a groove-like contact (15). In the example, the contact (15) by a groove-like design at the same time a mechanical design feature for

Attaching the sound applicator. A contact (13) is connected by a line (17d) to a contact (14). A depression (5d) on the outer surface of the carrier element (5), from which a conduit / connection (42.1), in the example suitable for mass transport, leads to the underside of the carrier element (5). Other mechanical design features (5e) for attachment of the reservoir. Recess (5a) for attaching / inserting the sound applicator.

Sound applicator (01) with mechanical design feature (45.6) of the edge area (45), actual Schailapplikator (1) and sound-emitting surface. Pin-shaped contact (80) at the edge region from which leads a line (17e) to the sound applicator (1). Contact (81) in the Ranbereich with line (17e) to the sound applicator (1). Reservoir (26) with chamber (27.1) which in the example should contain at least one substance, for example a cavitation medium. Mechanical design feature (26.1) for attachment to the carrier element (5). An opening (42.2) from the chamber to the outside is closed by a, in the example mechanically effective, locking device (41.1). Reset device, here as a spring (48), closes the locking device [operation of the locking device as described in Fig. 3, Fig. 3a]. The representation of the barrier means at the reservoir is an example of possible solutions. At the reservoir another contact (85). Fig. 9a. As described in FIG. 9 with the exception that the sound applicator (01) on Carrier element (5) to the device (2) is mounted. The contacts (15) and (80) and (16) and (81) come into contact with each other, there is still no connection to a supply device for the sound applicator.

Fig. 9b. The device (2) and the reservoir on the carrier element (6) attached to the device (3). The contacts (8) and (11) and (7) and (12) and (15) and (80) and (16) and (81) and (10) and (13) and (9) and (14) and (83) and (85) as well as (82) and (85) contact each other. The blocking device (41.1) was actuated by attaching the reservoir to the carrier element and thereby exposing the opening (42.2) so that via the depression (5d) a connection (42.1) to the space (19) exists and the cavitation medium enters the space (19 ) can get. The contacts (9) and (10) are bridged by the contacts (13) and (14), so that a connection of the control device (40) to the locking device (41) and these are actuated and the connection (42) between the chamber (27) and the space (19) can be opened / closed. The contacts (83) and (82) are bridged by contact (85) so that there is a connection from the supply device (25 / 25a) to the sound applicator. A connection is through the contacts (8) and (11), (7) and (12), (15) and (80), (16) and (81) and bridging the contacts (82) and (83) by contact (85) between the supply device (25 / 25a) and the sound applicator made. Ventilations (eg, reservoir, reaction space, chamber, etc.) and other possible design features are not shown in FIGS. 9-9b. Modules may also be removed and / or replaced and / or new modules applied, for example, the sound applicator may be replaced with an insert / insert and / or an insert added, etc.

Further and / or additional design options

With control and / or control device are all possibilities of control, z. B. mechanical, pneumatic, electronic, etc. to understand. Control devices can be interconnected with each other and / or at least one control device controls a plurality of functions and / or a plurality of functional devices and / or a plurality of modules. A controller may be external (external to the device) and / or integrated with and / or mounted on the support member and / or in a module. Activation / deactivation of a control can be carried out externally (externally of the device and / or externally of the carrier element), the control signals being conduction-bound / matter-bound, e.g. B. via lines, and / or wireless, for example, by a radio signal, can be transmitted. A further possibility is the activation / deactivation during attachment / removal of a module on the carrier element and / or the device, for example by bridging a broken line leading from a controller to a device to be controlled by the attachment, e.g. B. by a contact. Another possibility is the manual activation / deactivation, z. B. by switching on / off by hand. Another possibility is the activation / deactivation by at least one sensor, for example by a sensor registers the attachment / removal (example RFID transmitter / receiver, RFID chip, chip, piezo element, etc.). Another possibility is the activation / deactivation by a program, by time control and / or other parameters / measured variables. An energy / power supply may be included and / or connected to the controller / inhibitor. It may be possible for a control unit to control the power supply, e.g. B. the power supply of multiple components / modules, for example, the fact that different contacts (which are connected to different components) are supplied with power and / or separated from it, for. B. the power supply of the sound applicator is interrupted when the room (19) is empty / is emptied, etc. .. The sound applicator can be controlled, for example, time-controlled, for example by sensor, etc., for example, so that the sound is only when the room (19) a medium, e.g. B. cavitation medium contains.

One design possibility may be that at least one module / component of a device and / or its function / functions (eg the function of the sound applicator [on / off, sound characteristic, intensity, sound output, etc.], the supply and / or the removal of a substance, the replacement of a sound-conducting medium against another sound-conducting medium, etc.) can be controlled manually, mechanically, physically, biochemically / chemically and / or electronically, etc., the control being controlled externally (externally of the device, e.g. via lines and / or without wires [eg radio]) and / or as a component of the device (integrated in the device and / or a component of the device). A controller may be of fixed (eg, as measured by a sensor / detector) and / or random and / or predetermined parameters / quantities / metrics (eg, time, concentration, temperature, pH, program, etc.). Depending on individual patient data, a control may also be possible. A controller can also be time, program, sensor controlled. Further, this can also be controlled by at least one treatment by z. B. a supply / function / treatment device [module / component of a device] is controlled / regulated, z. B. by the connection / disconnection, etc. of one of these modules / components of the device.

It may be possible to activate and / or deactivate (turn on, turn off) modules / components of a device and / or their function to open and / or close lines to / from the modules / components (eg by means of a valve) , Switches, etc.) etc. A control / regulation can take place externally via at least one line and / or line-free (eg via radio) from the outside to the carrier element and / or to the module and / or device and / or at least one control / regulating device is integrated internally in the carrier element and / or in another module / can be integrated (eg introduced subsequently) and / or is attached thereto / can be attached thereto.

A controller may, for. B. manually, mechanically, pneumatically, hydraulically, magnetically, electromagnetically, electrostatically, thermally (eg., Temperature effect on gas, liquid, solid, eg metal, bimetal, thermocouple, etc.) and / or in a combination take place ( For example, a valve that acts mechanically but is opened / closed by a magneto / electrorheological fluid, a piezoelectric element as a piezoelectric actuator (Akuator) and / or sensor).

Control, for example, by analog, binary, digital signals at z. B. pneumatic, hydraulic, electrical, electronic control, chip control, etc. .. Controls / components for a Control device z. A controller may be in response to an event (eg, triggered by a sensor), further program control, programmable logic controller, etc. Control manually, semi-automatically, automatically. Electronic control z. Microsystem technology: Sensor - Control unit - Actuator / actuator (Actuator is an electromechanical component that converts electrical values / signals into mechanical variables.) A mechanical sensor converts mechanical into electrical Values around, eg a piezoelectric element).

Control of functions, processes, mechanisms, events, operations, such as the opening / closing of a locking device, the switching on / off of an electrical connection, etc. Functional, supply, treatment facilities and / or their function can be controlled and / or be managed. Controls can be synchronous and / or asynchronous and / or regulated. Control z. For example, by a sensor measuring a condition, event, etc. (eg, temperature, concentration, pressure, etc.) and sending a signal / electrical signal / pulse to a controller / microelectrical assembly, the controller converts the received signal into separate signals to control an actuator / actuator to trigger a process / mechanism / process, etc. When feedback of the result (control loop), a control can take place. Control / regulation, for example, manually, mechanically, pneumatically, hydraulically, electrically / electronically, etc., time control, program control, state control, sensor control, temperature control, concentration control, control by further physical and / or chemical / biochemical and / or physiological parameters / quantities / measured variables.

Under lock means are all possibilities to open a line and / or close and / or activate and / or disable to understand, for. B. by a valve, switch, etc., which lines can also be channels, hoses, tubes, openings, etc. and / or non-wired lines. When attaching / removing at least one further module, for example a reservoir, a carrier element and / or a device, a blocking device can be activated / deactivated, opened / closed, for example via a mechanically triggered mechanism (eg FIG. Fig. 3a), and / or by activation / deactivation of a control device and / or by bridging a broken line / supply line, etc. Another possibility is the manual operation of a locking device (eg, Fig. 3d). Another possibility is to control / regulate a blocking device, for example by activating a control device when attaching a module to the carrier element (eg, FIGS. 3b, 3c). Another possibility is an independent operation of a locking device, for example, the opening / closing of a valve by pressure / vacuum and / or by other parameters. Another possibility is the mechanical actuation (eg motor / micromotor, gear, etc.) of a barrier device and / or by other physical and / or chemical action / manner, eg. As pneumatic, magnetic forces, charge forces (attraction / repulsion), electromagnetic, temperature, pressure, piezoelectric, solution processes (eg., If a

Locking device is dissolved) etc. Smart fluids, Smart materials can be considered as a barrier device in question. A locking device can be actuated once (eg when a closure capsule is removed) and / or repeatedly (opened / closed). A locking device can be operated uncontrolled and / or controlled.

Restoring / restoring element, for example, to open / close a locking device in the examples as a spring, magnet, electromagnetic. Other possibilities as restoring element / restoring device are elastic and / or pressure-elastic elements, volume / form-elastic elements (elastic volume elements), smart fluids, etc. elements with restoring force and / or resilient mounting, for. As spring, magnetic forces, other options by compressible substances (substances that can be compressed and assume their original shape / volume by restoring force, eg., Volume elastic element), other options include hydraulic, pneumatic type, etc .. Volume elastic element (22) is for example compressible and / or expandable / stretchable and may be a substance and / or several substances,

Inlay. Functions of an insert were mentioned with the substance delivery and / or the substance uptake, the gas bubble formation, the catalyst effect and so on. Further examples of functions of an insert may be the time-delayed delivery of various active substances, may be the long-term release of an active ingredient by various binding of the active ingredient (keyword galenics), etc.

A design feature of the carrier element is a recess for introducing at least one further module / further component, for example a supply / treatment device, which is referred to as insert / insert (28) in the example of FIGS. 8-8. Another design feature is a chamber integrated in the carrier element with a connection to the space (19) and a locking device for opening / closing the connection. Another design feature is a module as insert, which is introduced into the recess on the support element. Other design features are not shown. Representation of a support member as an interface, in the opening / recess at least one additional mechanical element, an insert (28), introduced, preferably reversibly introduced, can be. The insert (28) can be introduced into the carrier element before and / or during and / or after a treatment and / or removed / removed from the carrier element and / or exchanged for another insert and / or another component. It may also be possible to leave an insert in the carrier element for an extended period of time (beyond one treatment). The support member is preferably attached / attached to the object surface and preferably remains on the object surface as the insert is inserted and / or removed.

In the recess of the support element, an insert can be introduced by the sound applicator and / or another module removed and thereby the device is opened and after insertion of the insert, the device is closed again.

An insert can be one-component or multi-component. An insert can be single-layered or multi-layered. An insert can be made of a fabric / material or of several materials / materials consist. Functions of an insert were mentioned with the substance delivery and / or the uptake, the gas biofilm formation, the catalyst effect and so on. Further examples of functions of an insert may be the time-delayed delivery of various active substances, may be the long-term release of an active ingredient by various binding of the active ingredient (keyword galenics), etc. In the example of FIGS. 8-8f, the insert is a single-component or multi-component insert [consisting of a material / material composed of several substances / materials], single-layered or multi-layered [multilayer] insert made of at least one solid Deposit as a further possibility also at least one substance that is not a solid, z. As gas, liquid may contain.

An insert (28) may be a carrier layer / carrier for dispensing and / or receiving at least one other substance. A carrier can be doped with at least one substance / active substance, ie the carrier is coated with at least one substance on the surface and / or encloses / envelopes at least one substance and / or physically on the at least one other substance physically and / or or chemically bound. A carrier may also be a substance that can take up / release at least one other substance by a porous structure and / or swelling properties (eg by absorption, adsorption, absorption, desorption, swelling property.) Examples include activated carbon, zeolite, swelling substances, for example B. such as are used for modern wound dressings). A carrier can also be a substance which is associated with at least one other substance without giving up this other substance, this other substance being reactive zones, e.g. B. contains molecules / molecular groups and can be effective through these reactive zones, for. As a catalyst, as a functional layer (eg., Hydrophilic / hydrophobic layer, gas bubble formation, etc.), for the binding of substances, molecules, etc., layers with nanostructure, coated layers with nanoparticles, etc .. The insert (28) For example, be a carrier (for example, a carrier / drug carrier for substance ir / irkstoffabgabe and / or a carrier for substance uptake) and / or contain at least one active ingredient. The insert (28) can be for example a sorption medium (eg adsorption medium, absorption medium) and / or contain at least one sorption medium. An insert (28) may be, for example, a treatment medium and / or contain at least one treatment medium (treatment media are, for example, substances used in modern wound dressings and / or substances which serve for treatment but are not active substances, etc., treatment media eg substances for holding a liquid [in wounds eg exudate] and / or delivering a liquid [eg to keep a wound moist with eg isotonic solution, Ringer's solution, serum etc. The insert (28) may, for example, be a textile insert and / or contain it (eg gauze, gauze, etc.) in and / or contain at least one active substance. An insert can, for. B. be a plaster and / or have a plaster-like structure. An insert (28) may also be a patch, a modern wound cover, a modern wound treatment medium, and / or another treatment object. Insert also for holding a liquid, exudate, cavitation medium, rinsing solution, active ingredient, medicament, etc. A substance / active ingredient may be delivered, for example, by physical and / or chemical action, interaction, eg. B. to a medium (for example, the delivery of an active substance to a Kavitationsmedium by dissolution processes) and / or the substance of the carrier can absorb at least one other substance, for example a liquid, eg. B. the exudate of a wound.

An insert (28) may be a carrier layer / carrier, e.g. B. consisting of a solid, especially a plastic, especially a polymer. Wherein the carrier / the carrier layer may be mechanically flexible and / or mechanically non-flexible. Wherein the carrier may be one or more layers, one or more components, z. B. in Fig. 8f with a multilayer carrier (28a, 28b) of a different material (28.1) encloses / enveloped.

An insert (28) may be in a carrier element, for. B. in the opening / recess, are loosely inserted and / or is held by the sound applicator, z. B. pressed by the sound applicator on the object surface and / or is characterized by special design features that allow to secure the insert, for example, on the support element, z. B. mechanically fastened. The attachment / attachment is not shown, it may correspond to what was described when attaching a sound applicator. An attachment of the insert can be made for example on the object surface and / or on the carrier element and / or on the sound applicator. The support member and / or the insert may have design features to attach the insert in the support element, attachment z. B. in the manner as the attachment of a sound applicator on the support element, for. B. mechanically. An insert may also be incorporated without attaching / attaching it to the support member, for example by inserting the insert into the recess on the support member. After introduction of the insert (28) into the carrier element, a sound applicator and / or a device (2) can be introduced into the opening / recess on the carrier element and attached to the carrier element. The opening / recess is closed. Instead of a device (2) and / or a sound applicator, the recess may also be replaced by another mechanical element, for. B. a lid (43) to be closed. The lid may be applied to the carrier member and / or removed therefrom to open the device. The lid may be made of the same and / or different material as the carrier element. The device (2) and / or the sound applicator of the device (3) can be replaced, for. By another mechanical element (eg lid) and / or by another further component / module. An insert / insert is a module / component and may have design features of a module (same / similar design features, and / or applied in a similar manner) where, for example, the contact will initiate a mechanism / process / process upon insertion of the insert into the support member can, for. The insert may have any shape, shape, height, size, etc. The insert may come to lie between the object surface and the sound emitting surface of the sound applicator. The insert can cover the entire surface of the object surface and / or covers the object surface only partially. One possibility is that one side of the insert (28) contacts the object surface with another side contacting the sound emitting surface of the sound applicator (as in Fig. 8b) and / or between sound applicator and insert is at least one further sound conducting medium, e.g. B. a docking medium. There is also the possibility that the sound applicator contacts the insert, between the insert and the object surface there is at least one sound-conducting medium. Another possibility may be that between insert and Object surface and between insert and Schallapplikator each at least one other medium is located.

If a sound treatment of the object surface can take place when the insert is inserted, then the insert should be sound conducting, especially if the insert completely covers the object surface, as in FIG. 8b. In Fig. 8b, the insert is fixed / held by the sound applicator on the object surface.

In the example of Fig. 8d, the sound applicator, after it has been introduced into the recess of the support element, held by a cover (43), which also closes / closes the device. Design features for attaching the lid are not shown, they may, for example, same as those of the sound applicator. Other options may exist, eg. B. that the lid is fixedly mounted on the support member and, for example, unfolded / closed (eg., By hinge, etc.) can be etc .. Example of a treatment sequence with an insert / insert, in the example, the insert should be a treatment medium for wound treatment : a cavitation medium is brought into the room (19) in order to carry out a cavitation treatment. Subsequently, the cavitation medium is removed (eg taken up by a sorbent and / or by a swelling substance, sucked off, etc.). An antibacterial rinse solution is added to the room (19) and removed after a treatment period. A drug is added and possibly removed. The device (2) and / or the sound applicator is removed from the carrier element (6), an insert (28) is introduced into the recess (6a) and the recess is closed again, for. The insert is removed, the device (2) and / or a sound applicator attached to the carrier element (6), a cavitation medium introduced into the space (19). The treatment sequence starts from the beginning.

A carrier element and / or a device may be designed as one of the possibilities as a patch and / or bandage and / or as a plaster-like product (Päd), wherein plaster, bandage, plaster-like product is ready-made and / or modular, preferably reversible, composed / can be. Further design possibilities for a plaster and / or bandage and / or plaster-like product may correspond to the design of a carrier element.

In the example Fig. 1c, the pressure is applied (+ p) to the reservoir / substance in the reservoir manually with a piston (101) and / or by a suitable device (99), for example, a pressure vessel, compressed air, pump, micropump, piston and / or other mechanical and / or physical and / or chemical action, etc. The suction effect (-p) on the reservoir can be produced in a similar / analogous manner.

A device / device for generating pressure and / or negative pressure / suction is a

Functional device (hence another component / module of the description). It may be the same and / or similar / analog design features apply to a device / device for generating pressure / negative pressure / suction as described for other components.

In Fig. 1c, at least one material is supplied through a reservoir (26) and through a reservoir (26.1) at least one substance removed / removed. Reservoir (26) and reservoir (26.1) could be connected together as a design element by conduits so that the material can be circulated. In between (between the two reservoirs) can be attached at least one other device, for. B. an exchanger means to enrich for example, a cavitation medium with gas.

The mobility in the vertical and / or horizontal and / or axial and / or radial direction of the sound applicator in a device in FIGS. 1d - 1f is achieved by design features of the edge region (45) of the sound applicator (01). A mobility can also be achieved by design features of the support element and / or by design features of the support element and edge region. A mobility of the sound applicator in the vertical direction to the object surface can also be achieved by further Gestaltungsmerkmaie, for example by design features for the mechanical attachment of a sound applicator, for example, the vertical mobility through a screw thread. By screwing / unscrewing the sound applicator, the distance from the sound applicator to the object surface, and thus the volume of the space (19), changed. For example, if necessary, the sound applicator can be screwed in so far that the sound-emitting surface (1a) contacts the object surface (20). The movement of the sound applicator can be operated manually and / or mechanically (eg motor / micromotor, drive / gearbox, linkage etc.) and / or in other physical and / or chemical manner (force, effect, type), e.g. Magnetic, pneumatic, electromagnetic, pneumatic, smart materials, smart fluids, etc. The movement of the sound applicator can be controlled.

By vertical movement of the sound applicator in the direction of the object surface, pressure can be exerted on a substance / substance present in the space (19), thereby displacing this medium / substance from the space (19). A vertical movement of the sound applicator away from the object surface can exert a suction effect. The movement of the sound applicator in a device, especially a vertical movement, can have a pressure and / or suction effect in the space (19) and thus be suitable to at least one substance, eg. As a cavitation medium, from the space (19) to remove / displace and / or at least one substance in the space (19) hineinzubringen / suck, especially if the space (19) by at least one suitable for mass transfer line another module, such as a chamber, a reservoir, etc., is connected and especially if the line can be opened and / or closed by at least one locking device, for example, the locking device by pressure and / or suction and / or closed can. By moving the sound applicator in the direction of the object surface in this example, the substance from space (19) is pressed into the empty and / or filled with a substance chamber wherein the substance in the chamber may be suitable for receiving another substance, eg. B. a sorbent. By moving the sound applicator away from the object surface, the barrier device to the chamber with the cavitation medium is opened and sucked into the space (19). By such a pumping movement of the sound applicator, the space (19) can be filled and / or emptied. Next may be the possibility that by design elements, eg. As mechanical locks, mechanical locking, a certain, defined distance is to maintain a certain volume of space (19). In the examples of FIGS. 1 - 1e, the direction of the sound output can not be changed because the angle of the sound applicator to the carrier element and / or to the object can not be changed mechanically. One possibility would be to bring about the emission angle of the sound from the sound emitting surface into the coupling medium / object by a change in the sound emitting surface (eg a change from a plane to a concave and / or convex surface and / or vice versa, etc .). That could be controlled. Smart fluids as an acoustic lens could also contribute to a solution. In FIGS. 1 - 1 d, the alignment of the sound applicator is parallel to the surface of the carrier element. The sound applicator is mounted in the surface of the support element, ie, the sound-emitting surface is parallel / almost parallel to the support surface and / or the sound is perpendicular / nearly perpendicular (at an angle of 90 °) to the surface of the support element. A different orientation from the sound applicator to the support element is possible, for example transversely and / or at a different angle of 0 ° - +/- 180 °.

If parts are moved against each other, z. 1e (where the parts (45) and (45.1) touch and are moved against each other), so the friction of the sliding parts against each other by appropriate surface coating (eg liquid film, lubricant, textile covering, nanolayer, nanotechnological coating, etc.) and / or by mechanical design options of the surface (eg bearings, ball bearings, surface design, surface treatment, surface polishing, etc.). Other possible functions of a coating, for example, sealing, etc.

A sound applicator having a shape design such as a tip (such as in Fig. 1f) is more suitable for aligning the sound applicator / sound emitting surface to a particular point, e.g. As a hard to reach point, for example, between the toes, as a planar Schallapplikator. Furthermore, such a sound applicator can be placed on a certain point and / or introduced (eg opening, wound, etc.).

The restoring element (47) in FIG. 1b can be an elastic, extensible element with its own restoring force, for example in order to be able to better adapt the device to the object. For similar purposes, for example, the volume elastic element (22) serve. The volume-elastic element can also serve to be able to complete the space (19) to the outside.

Instead of lines / tracks other structures, such. As layers, even very thin and / or ultrathin layers, for. B. functional layers, for example, take over as an electrical contact layer, line functions. These can be mounted on / in the carrier element over a large area (eg running in the entire surface of the carrier element) and / or over part of the surface (eg running in zones, segments).

Mechanical design features, for example design features used to affix the Schailapplikators (1) m carrier element (5) serve, can be occupied at the same time with contacts / electrical contacts. Mechanical design features and contacts may also be separate from each other and / or at least one missing.

Reservoir as an example of a self-sufficient / nearly self-sufficient module (eg Fig. 3b). A reservoir may contain other facilities (devices with mechanical and / or other physical and / or chemical action, facilities that may be present in miniaturized form, microtechnology, including the field of adaptronics), z. As pump / micropump, micromotor, drive, exchanger device, sensor, locking device, power supply, piezoelectric element / piezoelectric element, control device, etc. (this may also apply to other modules). A reservoir and / or a support member and / or another module / component may be self-sufficient / nearly self-contained, for example by including (mounted, integrated) all / nearly all functions and / or facilities for the operation / function of the module in the module , Wherein activation of functions and / or devices (eg control device, blocking device, etc.) can take place, for example, by attaching a module (eg reservoir) to a support element and / or to another module, deactivation by Remove. Activation can, for example, according to Fig. 3b, Fig. 3c by a contact surface, wherein the contact surface serves as a bridge for at least two further contacts.

A suction effect may also be due to the fact that a reservoir / chamber contains at least one substance and this substance is and / or contains a sorption medium and / or a bulking agent and / or a substance with capillary action, etc. For example, a functional substance containing a liquid, e.g. B. cavitation medium, record / bind. The object of this functional substance (61) may be that a substance (eg a liquid) should be taken up from the space (19) in order to remove this substance from space (19). The fabric (61) may fill the entire chamber and / or in parts. The chamber (27) can be filled with at least one further substance which, for example, stores the substance from space (19). It may also be possible that at least one substance from space (19) can be transported / passed through the substance (61) into the space (19). It may also be possible that at least one substance from space (19) dissolves at least one substance from chamber (27) and this is transported as a solution through the substance (61) into the space (19).

Another possibility may be that a reservoir to the space (19) through a permeable element (eg., Semipermeable membrane, etc.) is separated (without wide barrier device) with any size membrane surface, z. B. the membrane represents the lateral boundary of the space (19). Another possibility may be that a reservoir is open to the space (19) so that there is direct contact between the space (19) and the substance (eg liquid) possibly in the space (19) Chamber / reservoir and any substance (eg, liquid-soluble substance, substance to be removed by the liquid, etc.) possibly present in the chamber / reservoir. Other options are the combination of different solutions for the supply of substances and / or the removal of substances / substance removal. A functional fabric (61) may have properties / characteristics to be able to transport another fabric in one direction only, so that at least a two-day fabric layer with opposite direction / orientation of the mass transport remove a substance from the reaction space and at the same time can supply another substance from the reservoir to the reaction space. The functional substance (61), z. As a sorbent, swelling agent, substance with capillary forces, etc. be.

A device / device (eg pump / micropump) for generating pressure and / or vacuum / suction and / or with transport function (eg mass transfer) can be used as well as other supply devices / functional devices (eg control, blocking device) etc.) are connected to the carrier element via at least one line and / or can be attached to the carrier element at designated locations and / or can be integrated and / or incorporated in the carrier element.

A carrier element is a supply device in that, for example, the locking device and / or another functional device is integrated / mounted as part of the carrier element in the carrier element and / or a supply device, for. As a reservoir, is integrated as part of the support member in the support element (example Fig. 7). Carrier element as a reservoir with at least one chamber (27), which contains a Kavitationsmedium in the example of FIG. Furthermore, a chamber may be empty and / or contain at least one substance / medium, for example a cavitation medium, an active substance, a medicament, a sorption medium, a swelling substance, etc. The carrier element in the example FIG. 7b is characterized by at least one chamber. For example, a chamber may contain a cavitation medium which enters the space (19) when the chamber is opened. For example, another chamber may contain a sorbent which, upon opening the chamber, receives and removes the cavitation medium from the space (19). A third chamber may contain a drug that releases the drug into the space (19) when the chamber is opened, etc.

A reservoir integrated in the carrier element (generally valid for a reservoir) can consist of one or more chambers (cavities). Wherein the chambers are separated from each other by at least one wall and / or other mechanical design feature, so that substances that are in different chambers do not come into contact with each other. Another possibility may be that at least two chambers are connected to each other, eg. As opening, pipe, etc., these openings, lines should be open / close. If a reservoir consists of several chambers, then at least two chambers can be separated / isolated chambers and / or at least two chambers can be connected to each other, eg. Through openings, conduits, etc. A chamber may contain at least one substance and / or may contain at least one substance. The purpose of a reservoir integrated in a carrier element is to deliver at least one substance to the reaction space and / or to receive it and / or to exchange a substance for at least one other substance. For this purpose, there should be at least one line, opening, connection between the reservoir and / or at least one chamber of the reservoir and the reaction space, which can be permanently opened and / or opened and / or closed. Opening / closing a line / opening / connection can, for example, by at least one locking device and / or at least one valve and / or at least one other suitable functional device take place. In FIGS. 7 to 7 d further possible design options are not shown.

A device composed of multiple components / modules, wherein modules can be removed, further modules attached and / or modules exchanged for other modules (eg, Fig. 9 - Fig. 9b). For example, the sonic applicator and / or reservoir is removed and replaced with an insert / liner (eg, as in Figures 8-8f). The chamber (27) in the carrier element can contain at least one substance and / or take up at least one substance, for example a sorption medium which can receive the cavitation medium from the space (19) at a later time. The control device can, for example, actuate the blocking device (41) and open the connection (42) between the chamber (27) and the space (19), for example when the cavitation treatment has ended, for a subsequent treatment to the cavitation medium from the space (19). must be removed. Also, the possibility that the control device (40) can be influenced / activated / deactivated by the sound applicator and / or by the supply device of the sound applicator can exist to actuate, for example, a blocking device, for example to open / close a line.

In the figures and / or the description, side-by-side design features that are necessary but not essential to the invention are not or only casually presented. This is z. B. the design of a sound applicator and / or a

Schallapplikatorvorrichtung, which is shown only schematically. These are ventilation / exhaust, z. B. of cavities where a substance is removed and / or supplied. These are openings for filling / emptying a reservoir, etc. These are other elements such as protective films, covers, protective caps, insulating films, protective films, coatings, gaskets, etc. Other design features are only occasionally shown, e.g. As lines, contacts, connection for attaching other components, restoring devices, etc. Of course, design options such as power supply, sound generator, control, supply lines (+/-), electrodes from the sound generator, etc. are not shown in the rule.

Another design option may be that between the sound-emitting

Surface of the sound applicator and the surface of the object in addition to the coupling medium at least one further sound-conducting layer / further sound conducting medium and / or instead of a coupling medium at least two different, sound conducting, then any substances / media can be, for. As a liquid and a gel, a solid and a liquid, a drug carrier (eg., Polymer) and a Kavitationsmedium etc ..

With a device that can be changed, for example, at which components can be added, removed, exchanged during a treatment (with the support element remaining on the object surface), a treatment sequence and / or a combination treatment and / or a combination of incompatible treatments may be possible , Treatments can be made simultaneously and / or in chronological order / time offset. Example A for illustration: a support member is attached to a wound attached to the skin surrounding the wound. At the Carrier element is attached a sound applicator. On the support member, a reservoir which is filled with a Kavitationsmedium, attached. The cavitation medium is transferred to the space (19) formed by the sound applicator, the object surface and the support element. The sound applicator is put into action and delivers sound to the cavitation medium, in which cavitation takes place. The cavitation affects the wound. After that, the

Turned off the sound applicator and the Kavitationsmedium removed from the room, z. The reservoir with the cavitation medium is exchanged with a reservoir with an antibacterial rinse solution and the rinse solution transferred to the room where it can act on the wound. The rinse solution is removed and replaced with a drug that is to act on the wound. The drug is removed, the acoustic applicator is removed and a treatment device [the z. B. a modern wound cover] introduced (eg insert as in Fig. 8). The next day, the treatment device [wound cover] is temporarily removed from the support element and the treatment procedure begins anew). The illustrated example A is one of the possible combination treatments and / or treatment options, wherein in the illustrated example A also originally incompatible treatments are combined. Example A is an example of a treatment sequence of several, different treatment steps, which can be carried out with the aid of the carrier element simpler (and / or at all). In the example A shown, the components are supplied to the support element from outside and / or attached thereto. Furthermore, there is the possibility that at least one component is integrated in / on the carrier element (as part of the carrier element) (eg a reservoir, a power supply / electronic controller, etc.). In Example A, all steps / handling / operations, eg. As the attachment, removal of components and all other actions / operations, made manually and / or manually controlled / regulated. The manual and / or mechanical handling and / or control is one possibility, it may be that at least one handling and / or control in non-manual, non-mechanical manner, eg. B. electronically. That is, actions (operations, steps, handling, such as turning on / off of the sonic applicator, supply / removal of the cavitation medium and / or other substances, etc.) that may be used to perform a combination treatment (such as Example A and / or in other cases) may be non-automatically and / or semi-automatically and / or automatically carried out and / or controlled, which, for. In addition to conventional (macro) technology, conventional components, conventional materials, new materials (eg smart materials), new technologies and / or new components (eg micro / nanotechnology, new energy sources) , electrical conductor / conductor layers, printable circuits, etc.) and the associated miniaturization is possible.

The volume which a device can hold, for example the volume of the reaction space, can be any, preferably less than 0.1 ml up to 2000 ml, more preferably less than 0.1 ml up to 200 ml, but also over 2000 ml up to over 100 I. The total volume, z. B. in a tub in the subaqualen treatment may be up to well over 50,000 I, preferably 1 I to over 500 I.

Piezoelectric element (eg, piezoelectric crystal, piezoelectric polymer, etc.), For example, as a sensor that emits / generates an electromagnetic signal, for example, pressure.

The superficial attachment and / or integration of a component on / in the support element will be better possible by novel technical developments / new technologies (called "film-like" in the description) than can be designed with conventional technology. For example, developments in the field of microtechnology, nanotechnology, polymer electronics, polytronics, new energy sources / power sources, circuits, etc. Figure 6a is an example of film-like power supplies (eg, foil battery, printed circuit, etc.) that are superficial attached to the support element and the sound applicator supply / control should.

A mass transfer [z. B. from a chamber in the room (19), from chamber to chamber, etc.] can be made passive and / or active. Passive by physical and / or chemical action / manner, e.g. By diffusion, osmotic pressure, hydrostatic pressure, gravity, capillary force,

Concentration difference, dissolution process, convection, flow, etc. Active by external action, eg. As pressure, suction, pump, microflow (ultrasound) other physical and / or chemical effect, etc .. A mass transport can take place unhindered and / or delayed, unhindered z. B. when a liquid can flow freely. Delays, for example, if a substance, for example, can not flow freely but must overcome a barrier, z. B. a permeable / semi-permeable membrane, capillary, a permeable separating layer, textile material, etc. By a delayed mass transport, a substance can be slowly released, z. For example, a substance (eg, an active agent, medicament, etc.) in the reservoir to a substance in the space (19) (eg, a cavitation medium), e.g. For example, if there is such a barrier (eg, a wick, a material / textile material with capillary action, etc.) in a connection between the reservoir and the space (19) that the material must pass. Conversely, it is also possible that by such a barrier (eg, type wick) a substance, for. As a liquid from the space (19) can be removed. A mass transfer can be carried out continuously and / or discontinuously. Mass transport, mass transfer, z. B. between a reservoir and the reaction space, by at least one other, other substance / other medium with physical and / or chemical action, such as a functional material, eg. B. capillary action, suction, sorption (eg., Swelling substance, substance with good absorption / binding capacity of a liquid and / or swellability upon ingestion of a liquid, such as is used in modern wound dressings, for example, hydrocolloids, alginates, Hydropolymers, hydrogels, polyurethanes, etc.), desorption, ion exchange, etc.

A recess and / or a chamber can be closed, for example by a lid, for. B. when an insert, a reservoir and / or another module / component was introduced / brought into it.

The device (99) in Fig. 4a may be, for example, a pump / micropump which fills the cavity (35b) of the contact element with gas, liquid and / or other medium / substance, etc. In a subaqualen application, for example in a cavitation medium, the medium of the Environment, z. As the tub, are removed, for example, when the pump dives into the medium and are also returned from there back into the environment.

Characterized in that a device of more than one support element (especially if they are arranged flat) may exist and / or in that on a device more than one

Sound Applicator can be attached / attached, the device (especially when the sound applicators are arranged flat in a plane / attached) to the size / area of the area to be treated (eg, the size of a wound to be treated) adjusted become. An assembly of more than one support member to which more than one sound applicator is attached is a variable array system in which individual components (eg, acoustic applicator) can be added, changed, removed.

Examples Fig. 1a, Fig. 1b. Design features for attaching / securing the device and / or support element (and / or other module) to an object and / or an object surface in a mechanical / mechanical manner, and / or with an adhesive / adhesive and / or with an additional mechanical holding device and / or with other physical and / or chemical action / way.

In Fig. 2, for example, the body / points to / on which a sound applicator is attached / can be determined by the design of the sound applicator and / or the support member. In the case of a mechanical attachment of the sound applicator to the carrier element in the examples of FIGS. 1 to 2a, the mutually complementary design features of the carrier element and the sound applicator are fixed / not variable, i. e. the sound applicator can be attached to the support element only if the mechanical design features are compatible and the attachment can only be made at the designated place / at the designated places. If, on the other hand, the attachment is carried out as in Fig. 2a, Fig. 2b by means of a suitable adhesive / adhesive and / or in an analogous / comparable manner (eg with magnetic force, by Velcro, etc.), the sound applicator can at any point be attached. In Fig. 2a, Fig. 2b, the sound applicator, for example, because of the adhesive / adhesive layer are attached to any position on the support element. If contacts are present at this point (for example, by contact layers extending flat in the carrier element and / or contact zones, contact segments, etc.), then a supply line between sound applicator and supply device can be manufactured / closed at any point.

Further, it may be possible that by at least one further design option, eg. B. a cock (44), the reservoir can open / closed and / or at least one substance can be supplied / removed. Furthermore, it may be possible for the reservoir to be designed (eg, with a lid) so that a substance can be put into the reservoir and / or removed therefrom (not shown).

An active ingredient may be dissolved / detached from a carrier / reservoir by mechanical and / or other physical and / or chemical means, e.g. B. by dissolution by means of a liquid, ion exchange, by peeling under sound influence, desorption, etc .. A backing may be functionally configured by the materials used, by the surface design (e.g., the surface texture), by coating, etc., e.g. B. that reflection of the sound waves (eg the inside of a device) is prevented or reduced (eg to avoid standing waves, interference, etc.). A support may be provided on the surface (eg, interior, exterior, etc.) with additional facilities for additional functions (eg, sensor function, monitoring function, measurement function, circuitry functions, control, regulation, wiring, etc.) based on conventional technology and / or be based on micro and / or nanotechnology.

An activation can for example take place (example in Fig. 3, Fig. 3a) by a mechanical mechanism is triggered when attaching the module to the support element, for example (as in Fig. 3a) operates a locking device while a compound (for mass transfer) between the reservoir [with the chamber (27)] and the space (19) is opened. Another way to activate / deactivate, for example, a manually operated device, eg. B. a locking device (example Fig. 3d, Fig. 3e) be. Activation of a control device (Fig. 3b, Fig. 3c). Other options for activation / deactivation may include, for example, the activation / deactivation by a time, program, control sensor control, etc. Components / modules that can be attached to a support element (and / or to another component) can be self-sufficient / be nearly self-sufficient, that is, all the elements / devices that the module needs for its function, such as control, locking device, power supply, etc. are integrated / mounted in the module and, for example, activated when attached to a support member, can be deactivated upon removal ,

Other options may be that at least one component, for. As a power supply and / or the sound generator and / or the electronic control integrated in the plaster / bandage / pavement-like product and / or attached to the surface, are applied, for. B. integrated in a sound applicator and / or carrier element and / or in another component and / or attached to the surface applied. Such integration and / or attachment is particularly useful in sheet-like power supply and / or film-like electronics / circuits (eg, printed circuits) and / or other film-like modules (film like small, miniaturized, flat, light weight, etc.).

Comparable as a sound applicator is designed in the edge region for attachment to a support element, also a device (2), for. B. be designed by the carrier element (5) for attachment to a further carrier element. Furthermore, the sound applicator could be mounted on the carrier element (6) instead of the carrier element (5) with a shaped edge region.

If a plurality of sound applicators and / or at least one sound applicator attached to a plurality of support elements so all sound applicators can be controlled simultaneously and / or similar and / or at least two Schallapplikatoren are not simultaneously and / or not similarly controlled. Are more than one sound applicator on a device attached, they may be the same (identical, identical) or at least two different, different (eg different in terms of sound characteristics, the signal / waveform, technology, piezoelectric element, etc.). If more than one sound applicator is attached to a support and / or to a device, then each of the sound applicators can be controlled simultaneously / in parallel and / or in the same way (similarly) and / or at least two

Sound applicators can not be controlled simultaneously (eg offset in time, intermittently, alternately) and / or not in the same way (differently). Similar control means, for example, the same frequency, intensity, acoustic characteristics, signal / waveform, etc .. A non-similar control means z. B. different frequency, different intensity, different sound characteristics, etc ..

Additional description, other design options of the support member features and / or properties of a support member may initially be arbitrary, such as size, volume, shape, dimension (length, width, height, diameter, (construction) height), weight, floor plan, etc. can first be arbitrary. The at least one material / material (eg solid, plastic, metal, alloy, etc., substance mixtures, substance / material combinations, composite material, composite material, etc.) which consists of a carrier element, etc. may initially be arbitrary, it is preferred a mechanically flexible (elastically, plastically moldable) and / or mechanically non-flexible and / or in parts mechanically flexible solid (eg combination of mechanically flexible and mechanically non-flexible material), wherein a carrier also other than substances

May contain solids (eg a liquid, a gas, eg enclosed in a solid, eg in a cavity). Other features / properties etc. may initially be arbitrary, for example, mechanically flexible, flexible, plastic, elastically malleable / deformable, mechanically non-flexible, rigid, rigid, partially mechanically flexible, conductive, non-conductive piezoelectric, etc., and may be used by, for example Fabrics / materials and / or by design features (eg, as in Fig. 2b, Fig, 2c with electrically conductive layer) are designed. A support member may be flexible as a design element, z. B. zugelastische, have zones and / or be completely zugelastisch and / or not zugelastisch. A carrier can be a single-layered or multi-layered, one-component or multi-component design feature. A carrier can be made as a design feature of the same and / or different material as the sound applicator.

A carrier element can consist of one part (eg a mechanical element or several parts (eg several mechanical elements).

Mechanical / physical and / or chemical properties / characteristics, design features [eg. B. surface coating, materials used, eg. Smart materials, etc., etc.], technologies [e.g. As macro, micro-nanotechnology, electronics, control, etc.], etc. may be a design feature, design element of a support member and may have an influence on the function of a support member. Furthermore, a carrier element may be coated on the surface (for example on the outside, especially on the inside / underside of the carrier element, i. E., The side facing the object surface) and so on

Properties / features / functions to be able to provide, for. B. as a functional coating, for. As a cavitation accelerator (eg., Coating with nanoparticles), as Catalyst z. B. for the production of Kavitationskeimen / for gas bubble formation, as an inhibitor z. Example, as a germicidal coating (eg., Noble metals and / or noble metal ions, silver, gold, etc., as nanoparticles), as a protective layer (eg as a dirt-repellent coating), as a lubricant (eg moving parts slippery / friction reducing, to seal off mutually moving parts, etc.) and / or as a drug carrier, absorbent, adsorbent, exchanger, conductive layer, contact layer, sensor, reflection / antireflection layer, etc .. Coating with conventional materials (eg plastic, polymer etc.) and / or especially coatings, eg. B. as ultra-thin layers advantageous products, materials, particles from nanotechnology (eg, substances with nanoporous surface and / or other nanomaterials / nanoparticles).

PCT / DE 02/03456 shows in Fig. 9, as well as in the accompanying description, a sound applicator with a PVDF film, wherein the PVDF film is attached to a so-called carrier film / carrier layer. In this sound applicator (PCT / DE 03/02456), the carrier layer is a constructive part of the sound applicator and is absolutely necessary for this sound applicator (for the functioning of the sound applicator)

Sound applicator a prerequisite). Such a carrier element (PCT / DE 03/02456, Fig. 9) may also have design features as set forth in the present specification.

The height of a support member may be arbitrary, z. B. less than 1mm and / or over 1 mm to well over 20 cm and more. Preferably, the height will be between 1 mm and 10 cm.

The size / the form factor of a carrier element can be arbitrary (for example, as in Fig. 1).

Elastic contact element

The contact element is a functional element and may additionally contain supply functions.

A contact element preferably contains at least one volume-elastic element / elastic volume element (22). An important function of a contact element in subaqual treatment or non-subaqual treatment from an open system is to make a closed system by closing off the space between the object surface and the sound applicator by the contact element (eg Fig. 4a). This may be final or reversible (eg intermittent for alternate treatment in an open / closed closed system). The contact element contacts the object surface, a

Surface treatment / surface coating of the contact element (eg, adhesive, adhesives, nanoparticles / nanomaterials, ultrathin layers, etc.) may, for example, improve contact (and / or adhesiveness) to the object. Another function of a contact element may be to make a certain distance / contact.

Further measures, for example the delivery of at least one substance into the space (19), may be independent of and / or coupled to the production of the closed space [e.g. 5b, 5c], where in the (eg pneumatic / hydraulic) expansion of the contact element, better its volume-elastic element (22) at the same time a drug reservoir can be introduced into the space (19)]. Contact elements (35) may contain other utilities / functional elements, eg. B. Reservoir, drug coating, sensors, control elements, therapy devices (eg, electrical stimulation), in particular in the surface of the contact element contacting the surface (eg skin).

At the contact elastic element / contact element (35), better at its volume elastic element (22), at least two different principles (or a

Combination / mixture of different principles). A contact expanding (expandable) element (35) may, for example, consist of an elastic, stretchable sheath that can be filled with at least one substance / substance mixture and the sheath is filled and / or expands (eg, Fig. 4c). This can be, for example, gas, a liquid, a solid, etc. Expansion (and / or compression) may be physical (compression, tension, vacuum, pneumatic, hydraulic, thermal, etc.) and / or chemical (eg, foaming, PU foam, etc.). The expansion may be reversible (eg, when the fabric is removed from the sheath) or not reversible. The expanded sheath (volume element) may be resilient / malleable or the volume element may be formed during expansion (eg, conforming to the shape of the object) and then maintain that shape (eg, a thermosetting foam) , Smart Fluids, Smart Materials, etc., can be used to adjust the shape of the volume elastic element). A compressible / compressible volume element (22) has its shape / contact and is compressed to pressure. The elastic volume element (22) can be made of any material / material, wherein at least one substance / material should be a solid (eg rubber, foil, plastic, etc.). Mixtures, composites, etc. may also be solutions.

An elastic volume element (22) may for example consist of an elastic material / material. Such a volume element expands to establish contact between device (2) and the object. An elastic volume element, as described in Fig. 4c is compressible and made of at least one elastic material / material, for. B. a foam. Such an element can also consist of an elastic sheath (eg foil, fabric of elastic solid such as rubber, textile, plastic, metal / alloy, etc.). The shell may be filled with a compressible matter / matter or mixture, e.g. As a foam, foam (open-cell, closed-cell, mixed cell), foam rubber, plastic foam, foam, plastic foam, cotton wool, cotton-like material, fibers, gel, gas, liquid, colloid, suspension, etc.). If the object is pressed onto the element (22) and / or the element is pressed onto the object, then the element (22) is compressed according to the shape of the object. A further design possibility may be that the surface of the elastic element (22) with which the element is to contact the object is coated with a suitable adhesive / adhesive / sealant (eg adhesive, adhesive, gel, etc.) For example, to improve the adhesion to the object and / or to better seal the connection of the element (22) and the object in order to better seal the space (19) from the environment can. Another design option may be that at least two different contact elements (22), z. B. as in Fig. 4c, a Kontaktexpandierendes and a compressible element (22) are interconnected. Expansion / contraction, for example, by pressure / vacuum, z. As gas, liquid, etc. pneumatically and / or hydraulically / hydrostatically and / or by other physical and / or chemical processes (temperature, chemical reaction, etc.) take place.

Contact elements, better the volume-elastic element can be covered / coated with at least one of any substance. If this substance is a medicament which can be detached / dissolved, for example mechanically / physically and / or chemically from the volume element, the contact element can simultaneously be a drug delivery system. Other substances, eg. As in the field of active ingredients and / or solids, gases, liquids are possible. The absorption of substances by the contact element may be possible.

A surface coating of the volume element, in addition to the aforementioned substance delivery and / or substance intake, for example, also have the purpose of suppressing a sound reflection (eg, avoidance of interference, standing waves, etc.) to promote cavitation (eg. by microparticles, nanoparticles), improve the adhesion to the object, etc. Another design option may be that a volume element is designed as a multi-sheath. Using the example of the expandable volume element, this is shown in FIG. 4c with two envelopes. According to the description, a pressure is built up in the inner shell, the outer shell can contain a substance (eg active substance) and / or is supplied to this outer shell. This outer shell should, preferably in the expanded case, be permeable to the substance (permeable, semipermeable), preferably in the side facing the interior space (19). A permeability can be achieved by using suitable materials (film, membrane, etc.), by mechanical perforation, etc. Also, the possibility that the outer shell bursts in the expanded state and the content in the space (19) gives off may exist. The design options for the fabric delivery were described, corresponding design options exist for the fabric intake. Filler for contact element may, for. B. also be a sorbent, for example, to be able to absorb a liquid from the space (19). Filler for contact element may, for. B. also be a drug carrier. Contact element contacts the object and creates a closed space (19) [closed system]. In the illustrations, the contact element is located on the inside of the carrier / device (the side of the carrier / device facing the object). The localization / attachment / positioning can also take place elsewhere (eg laterally on the carrier / device or elsewhere). Another design possibility is the use of smart materials, smart fluids for the contact element, wherein, for example, in the "solidified state" of the liquid, the system is open because the contact element in this state is not flexible adapt to the surface If the condition of the liquid is the same as that of a normal liquid, the contact element can be adapted, analogously, a contact element may be behaving, for example, filled with a liquid (which is therefore not very compressible) and unable to fully conform to a shape.

Below are examples, definitions and further description of the terms used

Attachment / connection

Connection / attachment in the form of non-positive (for example, the pressure and / or friction forces, wherein the cohesion of the non-positive connection is ensured by the force acting, for. As screws, nails) and / or cohesive (compound by atomic, chemical and / or molecular forces, eg., Adhesion, adhesive [adhesive adhesive, polymer adhesive], soldering / welding) and / or positive connection (eg, rivets , Velcro, tongue and groove, plug connection, coupling, screw connection, etc.). Other examples include calendering, undercutting, magnetic, electromagnetic, electrostatic forces. Also vapor-deposited, applied, printed, also by surface coating [z. Adhesives / adhesives, contact agents, agents for making a compound in the field of nanotechnology], etc.

State of the art / developments in nanotechnology / microtechnology are to be taken into account and should be applied if necessary, eg. Eg with regard to materials, electrical circuits, nanoparticles / nanoparticles, nanomaterials, nanocoating, nanofoam, nanotubes, nanoporous particles, active substance carrier / agent depot, surface coating, nanoconductor, nanowire etc. The energy / power supply, electronics / control electronics / electronic control unit, sound generator and other devices / functional devices and / or devices / functional devices, etc. may be designed according to a conventional, known technique and / or are based on new technology, new methods, new materials, for example, under the terms nanotechnology / nanotechnology, microtechnology, microelectronics, Polymer electronics, polytronics and others are known and may extend into the field down to the atomic, ionic, molecular, cellular level, etc.

The power / power supply z. Conventionally via network, battery, etc. and / or new, thin (film-like), weight-reduced developments such as foil battery, paper-thin photovoltaic cells, thin film solar cells (CIS), etc. In the field of electronics, circuits, there are new developments, eg. Such as printed electronic circuits, ultra-thin conductor / semiconductor layers, etc. Power supplies, circuits, and other elements can be used, especially if lightweight and / or small in size / dimension (such as low film thickness, thin film, etc.). ultrathin layer, etc.) are integrated in and / or attached to a device and / or a component / module of a device (eg, in a support member), e.g. B. also be printed, coated, steamed and / or applied and / or applied in a different physical and / or chemical manner. Wired pulse / signal / information / data line and / or control (eg by means of cables, etc.) and / or line-independent / line-less pulse / signal / information / data line and / or control (eg. electromagnetic, acoustic, magnetic, optical, etc., eg by radio / radio signal [eg RFID], light signal [eg infrared], etc.).

Electrically conductive elements / substances may consist of any electrically conductive material in any form and / or design, eg. Metal, alloy, semiconductor, metal-containing material (eg, metal-containing plastic and / or other metal-containing substances / components / compounds). Non-metal-containing substances may be electrically conductive, for. As electrically conductive plastic, electrically conductive polymer (eg., Polyacetylene, polyaniline, polypyrrole, polithiophene, Polyphenylenvinylen, perivate and other polymers), electrically conductive rubber (NanoSonic, USA, Technology Review January 2005, www.heise.de/tr/meldungen/54632), electrically conductive adhesive / other electrically conductive materials, other electrically conductive material and / or suitable for electrical conductors material and / or combinations of different materials and other solutions , possibly also as multicomponent systems (where the bringing together of at least two components results in a conductor).

Forms of conductive, z. B. electrically conductive, elements / materials z. In conventional, solid body shape (e.g., wire, tape, foil, mesh, mesh, etc.) and / or in small dimension forms, e.g. B. in thin to very thin shapes, bodies, layers, z. Nanowire, film layer / nanodicken layer (such layers may be atomic, molecular thickness, e.g., conductive silicon film, conductive silicon nanomembrane, University of Wisconsin, Nature Vol. 439, page 703, http: // www .mrsec.wisc.edu / ₁ .www.wisc.edu /, http://uw.physics.wisc.edu/~eriksson/index.htm, www.news.wisc.edu/12135.html, http: / /www.nature.com/nature/journal/v439/n7077/abs/nature04501.html

Electrically conductive elements from nanotechnology. Conductive Plastics, Spectrum of Science 03/1988

The technique of sound generator, controller (where the controller and / or the sound generator may comprise an electronic circuit) corresponds to a conventional, known technique and / or uses new developments in electronic control, electrical circuits, etc. Examples of recent developments are, for example, developments the polymer electronics, printable electronics / polymer electronics / polytronic and others, eg. For example: Multi Chip Package (MCP, Toshiba, Japan) and Ultra Thin Chips (Toshiba, Samsung, Hitachi and others) Transparent chips (eg Oregon State University, eg based on amorphous zinc-tin oxide Printable, Flexible Structures on Circuits (Hewlett Packard) Electronics circuits, sound generators, and controls are all new manufacturing processes

Electronic components, eg. B. printing technology of polymer electronics [z. B. Xerox: "Printed Organic

Electronics, Organic Semiconductor Materials "", TU Chemnitz; "Printed polymer electronics").

The power supply / power supply can be conventional (power grid, battery, transformer, etc.) or use novel elements (foil batteries [Spektrum der Wissenschaft, 03/1988], photovoltaic cells, fuel cells and / or other new battery types [for example glucose / sugar, organic compounds / substances, biochemical substances / compounds, endogenous substances / compounds, microorganisms for energy production, eg microorganism energy production for fuel cells (eg Shewanella oneidensis), Source: www.zdnet.de/news/ Photovoltaic films, plastic solar cells (organic solar cells, Siemens, www.siemens.de) Recently, it has been possible for fuel cell membranes (Polyfuel) to develop, which should allow it because of their small size, such as small technical equipment [z B. mobile phone] with fuel cells to operate). Sodium borohydride fuel cells (DBFC, Direct Borohydride Fuel Cells, MERIT Ltd, Tokyo, Japan), hydrogen powered fuel cells (Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell - PEFC, NTT Japan).

Further keywords for the use of polymers with special properties are, for example, plastic lasers, polymer transistors, electroluminescence, organic conductor pieces / wires (for example in molecular format), electronic components (eg in molecular format) [ ulm.de/uni/fak/natwis/oc2/uni_ulmjuni2002.htm].

Electrical conductors can be used on carrier material z. B. printed, vapor-deposited, applied and / or other mechanical and / or physical and / or chemical manner are applied.

The state of the art is for the design of the carrier elements, components / modules,

Sound applicator to consider devices. In addition to known, conventional (usually in

Macro range) technology are particularly new developments for example in the areas of

Power supply, electrical / electronic circuits, polymer electronics, polytronic,

Nanotechnology, Microtechnology (Micromechanics, Microelectronics, Microsystems Technology, etc.), Smart Plastics, Smart Materials, Smart Fluids, Coatings / Surface Coatings,

Galenics, etc., and should be used where appropriate.

Application of Nanomaterials in Medicine, Pharmacy, Biology Precision Engineering, Optics, Analytics,

Chemistry, Materials Management, Electronics, Computer Science, Automotive, Mechanical Engineering etc.

Photovoltaic cells, batteries, fuel cells, capacitors sensors. Micromechanical sensors (MEMS). Sources: z. B. Technology Review 2/2004 [1], www.heise.de/tr/artikel/43715, Bosch, www.bosch-presse.de

Foam that reduces resistance when compressed (www.as-workshop.com/sensprax/spanteil, htm, etc.)

Polytronics, Polymer Electronics: www.polymerelektronik.org Further sources of novel technology:

Nanoelectric Circuits, IBM, wiki.reserch.ibm.com

Energy supply: Betavoltaics (eg www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/59557; www.betavoltaic.com/betavoltaic.html; www.rochester.edu/news/show.php?id=2154).

Micro fuel cell (Toshiba Technology Review 5/2005 [1] www.heise.de/tr/article/58895) Fuel cells (SFC, Smart Fuel Cell AG) www.smartfuell.com/en/press/c050225.html ,

PEM fuel cell (Masterflex AG / Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, Source: www.masterflex-bz.de/produkte.html).

PEFC fuel cell [Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell] (NTT, Japan).

Paper thin photovoltaic films, plastic solar cells (organic solar cells, Siemens, www.siemens.de). Recently, it has been possible for fuel cells to develop membranes (Fa.

Polyfuel), which should allow it because of their small size, z. B. small technical equipment [z. B.

Mobile phone] with fuel cells to operate). Fuel cells based on sodium borohydride

(DBFC, Direct Borohydride Fuel CeIIs, MERIT Ltd, Tokyo, Japan), hydrogen-powered

Fuel cell (polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell - PEFC, NTT Japan). Solar technology, sources: www.heise.de/tr/aktuell/meldung/60052,

Methanol fuel cells (IBM, Sanyo)

Fraunhofer Institute, www. Netzeitung.de/wissenschaft/318201.html (fuel cells).

Micro Fuel Cell, www.heise.dr / tr / article / 58895, Technology Review 5/2005 [1].

Fuel Cell Lines, http://merit.hydrogen.co.jp/R&D/DBFC/DBFC.html Fuel Cells (Direct Borohydride Fuel Cell), www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/51027

Fuel cells Http: //neasia.nikkeibp.com/wcs/leaf/CID/onair/asabt/news/330345

Electronic circuits. Electronic Paper (www.eink.com). New developments in electronic control, electrical circuits. Multi chip

Package (MCP, Toshiba, Japan) and ultra-thin chips (Toshiba, Samsung, Hitachi and others.

Transparent chips (e.g., Oregon State University, eg, based on amorphous zinc-tin oxide).

Printable, Flexible Structures on Circuits (Hewlett Packard). The circuits for the electronics, the sound generator, the controller are new manufacturing processes of

Data transmission via the skin, sources z. Eg www.heise.de/tr/aktuell/meldung/59398, www.redacton.com/en/index.html, http://isj.www.media.mit.edu/projects/isj7SectionE/609.htm.

Heise.de/newsticker/meldung/31420 (transparent electronics).

Www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/31420 (chips on glass).

Nanotechnology. Examples of focal points in nanotechnology: materials, nanocomposites,

Nanomaterials, nanoparticles, nanoparticles, nanotubes, carbon nanotubes, nanoporous particles, nanomaterials, nano-layer composite, nanocomposite composite, carbon fiber composites,

Nano-coating, surface coating, ultra-thin layers, nanofoam,

Drug carrier / agent depot, nanorod, nanowire, electrical circuits, nanoelectronics,

Nano-optics (photonic switching elements / control elements / control elements, photonic

Memory elements, nanobiotechnology, nanomicroscopy, nanoprocessing, colloidal nanocrystals, nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS), etc.

Sources: z. Eg www. nano.fraunhofer.de/de/nanotech.html,

Nanotechnology Competence Center, Fraunhofwer Institute of Materials and Radiation Technology,

Dresden, www.nanotechnology.de, www. Nanotechnology.de/ger/s10.html

Microwave nanowires, www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/60980 Conductive Rubber, www.heise.de/tr/aktuell/meldung/54632

Nanomembrane conducts electricity http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/69703, http://www.mrsec.wisc.edu/ http://www.wisc.edu/ http: //www.deutsches-museum .de / ausstell / meister / rtm.htm http://uw.physics.wisc.edu/~eriksson/index.htm http://www.heise.de/tr/aktuell/meldung/53452 Nanobiotechnology. Source: www.nanobio.de/index.html, www.nanobio.de/foerderung.html, www.nanobio.de/projekte.html, further sources: Wevers, M; Wechsler.D "Nanobiotechnology I: Fundamentals and technical applications of molecular, functional biosystems. Future Technologies (Volume 38). Publisher: VDI Technology Center 2002 Wagner, V; Changer, D "Nanobiotechnology II: Applications in Medicine and Pharmacy. Future Technologies (Volume 50). Publisher: VDI Technology Center, 2004.

Ultrathin functional layers. Coatings of the surfaces of, for example, carrier, acoustic applicator, device, functional element, supply device, contact surfaces, etc., for example as ultrathin layers (www.nano-produkte.de/versiegelung.html Ultrathin layers, source eg www.nanotechnology.de, eg Advanced CMOS, mechanical and protective coating applications / coatings / surface coatings (eg adhesion, adhesion, wetting and / or adhesion, adhesion, wetting, slipping, protective, novelty, biomolecular layers (e.g. Biomaterials, nanotechnology, sensors, microelectronics), optics + photonics, nanoactors, nanosensors, nanorobotics Ultrathin layers for switches, sensors, membranes, storage, inhibitor, catalyst,

Actuator / actuator, catalyst, processor, carrier (eg drug carrier),

Smart Material / Smart Materials

Next intelligent plastics, shape memory polymer, shape memory plastic, smart materials, shape memory polymer (SMPs), Source: z. B. www.heise.de/tr/artikel/55195, www.mnemoscience.de, www. wdr.de/themen/forschung/chemie/intelligenter_kunststoff/index.jhtml/rubrikenstyle=forschung

Excitation by light (eg UV, IR), temperature etc.

Bioplastics. Examples: Lactic acid-based polyester, Cellulose-based plastics (eg.

Cellulose acetate), polysaccharides, also lactic acid polyesters, polymers of starch, etc.). Sources: z. Eg www. ilexikon.com/Kunststoffe.html.

Nanotechnology, www.nanotechnology.de

Smart fluids (eg magnetorheological fluids, MRF, electrorheological fluid, ERF), smart materials, Source: www.heise.de/tr/artikel/55195. Technology Review 2/2005 [3], Fraunhofer

Magazine 2.2003, 64- 65, Spectrum of Science August 2003, page 74, Fluidicon, Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research, www.wdr.de/tv/service/technik/inhalt/20030918/b_5.phtml, www.tet.tu - cottbus.de/pages/ferrofluide/ferrofluid_mrf.htm.

Adaptive Systems. Source: e.g. www.adaptronik.fraunhofer.de/deu/adaptronik.html, www.kompetenznetze.de/navi/de/Kompetenznetze/adaptronik.html,

Microtechnology / microsystems technology / microelectronics. For example, in the field of control, sensor, control unit, actuator / Akuator.

Smart Materials / Plastics / Shape Memory Materials / Smart Materials. That's for example

Substances / metals / plastics with a shape memory whereby a product (eg a carrier element) takes on an originally given form under physical [and / or chemical] action (eg under the influence of heat) (www.weltderwunder.de/wdw/ technology / tech / plastic /). Www.mnemoscience.de

These include "adaptive materials", multifunctional substances / materials

(www.heise.de/tr/artikel/55195, www.heise.de/tr/artikel/55198

Smart fluids are electrorheological effects / magnetorheological effects. Smart fluids become solid when an electric voltage and / or a magnetic field is applied (Fraunhofer magazine 2.2003, page 64-65). Substances change their consistency when an electrical voltage is applied

(Www.wissenschaft-online.de/abo/spektrum/archiv/6748).

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New 'Nuclear Battery' Runs 10 Years, 10 Times More Powerful http://www.rochester.edu/news/show.php?id=2154, MEDIA CONTACT: Jonathan Sherwood (585) 273-

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Environmentally friendly paper battery http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/71278, http://www.enfucell.com

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Transparent OLED http://www.zdnet.de/news/print_this.htm?pid=39142422-39001021c Fuel from the solar furnace http://www.heise.de/tr/artikel/64221Technology Review Nr. 10/2005 unexpected conductivity of nanoscale Silicon (Feb 8, 2006) http://www.news.wisc.edu/12135.html

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New fuel cell phones promise eight hours of talk time http://www.zdnet.de/news/print_this.htm?pid=39134701-39001023c

Fuel cell for cameras http://www.netzeitung.de/servlets/page?section=784&item=364968 fuel cell designed for mass use, http://www.netzeitung.de/wissenschaft/318201.html ultra-thin polymer battery http: // www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/67154, http://www.nec.com, http://www.nec.co.jp/press/en/0512/0701.html, http: // www. nedo.go.jp/english/

Nano-batteries for retinal implants http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/68412, http://sandia.gov Lithium-ion battery technology for shape-changing materials, http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/71290 http: //www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/68412 http://sandia.gov //web.mit.edu/

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Medium for modern wound treatment

Wound coverings / modern wound coverings are, for example, wound dressings, wound dressings, wound plasters, etc. Carrier elements can, with appropriate design of the support element, be counted in part as wound cover; tasks / functions can be, for example: protective function, production / maintenance of a moist wound environment / wound state, phase-appropriate wound treatment, etc. Wound coverings in the treatment of a dry wound and / or a moist wound are often used in the form of occlusive, semi-occlusive dressings (furthermore also non-occlusive dressings), preferably in the case of the moist

Wound treatment (creation of a moist climate in the wound area to promote healing and thereby preferably in removing / reducing healing-disturbing influences (eg proteins, bacteria, wound secretions, etc.) According to the condition of the wound wound coverings consist of different substances with different properties and tasks For example, wound dressings of the class of alginates generally have high absorbency, for example, by converting the ingredients into a type of gel upon ingestion of liquid (e.g., wound secretions) Alginates can be added with ions, active ingredients, etc. Examples are calcium alginate fibers, sodium carboxymethylcellulose, hydrocolloids, for example based on pectins, gelatin, cellulose derivatives). Further, wound coverings may be provided with odor-binding and / or germicidal / anti-infective and / or absorbent / adsorbing and / or biological / physiological and / or chemical and / or physical and / or other action (eg in association with at least one active agent ). Further, wound coverings may deliver a liquid to the wound (eg, wet therapy, wherein a liquid-containing substance [eg, polyacrylate tissue] is impregnated with a liquid, eg, Ringer's solution, rinse solution, etc., and delivers this liquid to the wound).

Bioactive wound coverings (biological effect) can be, for example, protein-splitting and / or promote the healing process, eg. B. by delivery of appropriate agents (eg., Healing factors, pH adjustment, etc.). Wound coverings are for example from the class of alginate dressings, calcium alginate dressings, hydrogel dressings, hydrocolloid dressings, polyurethane / polyurethane foam dressings, semipermeable film dressings, silicone wound dressings, wet therapy dressings, wound gauze gauze, conditioning dressings, gauze / wadding compresses, nonwoven compresses, sterile dressings, antiseptic / anti-infective Wound coverings, bioactive wound coverings, absorbent wound coverings, physical and / or chemical and / or biological wound coverings (eg with active ingredient, medicament, diagnostics, cleaning, etc.), combination dressings, Hyaffderivate. Also in combination of different classes.

Cavitation medium A coupling medium is a conductive (eg, sound, temperature, electricity, etc.) medium / substance (eg, a gel, a liquid, a solid, etc.) for transmitting energy (eg, sound waves, etc.). from an energy-emitting device to an object (for example, the transmission of sound waves emitted by a sound applicator to the skin.) For example, the sound applicator is coupled to the skin by means of the coupling medium and the coupling medium is usually coupled between the skin and sound emitting surface of the sound applicator is located). Coupling medium / coupling z. B. according to DE 102 33 293 A1 or PCT / DE 03/02456.

A coupling medium may be a cavitation medium. Each medium / substance (eg, a liquid) in which cavitation may occur, e.g. B. under sound, preferably ultrasound, may be a Kavitationsmedium. A cavitation medium is preferred, even if in a thin cavitation layer cavitation sufficient for the treatment (whether cavitation is sufficient, this depends on the purpose of the treatment, whether, for example, a permeability change of the skin is to take place), also over a longer period Treatment period (eg in a cavitation treatment over 10 minutes) on / on the surface and / or in the area of influence of cavitation on the surface (the cavitation can act on the surface due to the distance to the surface) is ensured. Preferably, gas bubbles in sufficient numbers are available for cavitation and / or the cavitation should not be hindered and / or prevented by a high gas bubble concentration and / or too large gas bubbles (the gas bubble radius should not be greater than the resonance radius). Also, the cavitation medium should preferably not deplete of gas bubbles / gas during the treatment.

One of the possible solutions to this is when the cavitation medium potentially contains gas bubbles and these are available for cavitation, eg. B. when gas bubbles are formed during treatment in Kavitationsmedium, z. B. by a sound effect on the Kavitationsmedium. The cavitation medium, for example, acts as a source of gas bubbles in which gas bubbles are potentially available in large numbers and / or are always newly formed during treatment (eg by being soundly impacted on the cavitation medium), and thus during treatment Available and no depletion of gas bubbles, as is otherwise the case occurs. One of the possible solutions for this is, if gas is dissolved in the cavitation medium in high concentration, preferably not such that cavitation-capable gas bubbles in high concentration in

Cavitation medium present but in other solution form, for. B. in molecularly dissolved and / or in associated form (cluster, aggregation, association, etc.) dissolved and / or in another form. Associated molecules in nanoparticle size may possibly be responsible for the good cavitation property of carbon dioxide / water as described in DE 102 33 293 A1, WO 2004/016311 (PCT / DE 03/02456).

Such a high-quality cavitation medium is particularly advantageous when the Schallapplikator is a planar Schallapplikator in which the sound-emitting surface is parallel / nearly parallel to the skin and the distance from the sound emitting surface of the sound applicator to the skin surface low (small layer thickness of Kavitationsmediums), very particularly advantageous is the illustrated Kavitationsmedium with increasing surface / sound-emitting surface of the sound applicator and decreasing layer thickness of the cavitation medium. One reason for this is that, with a small layer thickness and a large sound-emitting surface, the migration of gas bubbles from the cavitation medium into this layer is small, but at the same time gas bubbles present in this layer due to the sound effect are eliminated over time. Therefore, gas bubbles should be replenished in this layer (for example as shown by way of example). In a sound applicator with a low sound emitting surface (eg in the form of a tip) this is less important. With a high-quality cavitation medium, such as in high concentration of molecularly dissolved carbon dioxide in water, the cavitation in the layer (cavitation layer) between the sound applicator and the surface can be improved, at the same time the requirement for the performance of the sound applicator can be reduced and the quality of the cavitation increase. This means that cavitation can take place at lower intensity, cavitation takes place more uniformly, more evenly distributed over a surface, cavitation is better to control according to the requirements (eg mild to violent) and can, for example, also be applied to starch Object be tuned to etc .. This also the adaptation to the object to be treated, z. As strong, violent cavitation in insensitive objects, mild cavitation in sensitive objects, better possible.

There are other ways to introduce gas bubbles in Kavitationsmedium and / or let arise, for. By gas bubble nucleation on rough surfaces, on nanostructural surfaces, on micro- / nanoparticles, etc., by salting-out effects and / or by other chemical and / or physical and / or biological influences or methods (eg by the solubility of a gas in salting-out effects, for example by adding salts to the cavitation medium, by releasing gas bubbles from exchange means, by chemical and / or biological reactions, eg biological reaction by microorganisms, etc.). Production of a cavitation medium with the aid of a nozzle (eg Venturi nozzle, Laval nozzle) with which, for example, a gas is introduced into a liquid.

A coupling medium (for example a cavitation medium, gel, ultrasound gel, gas, steam, mist, functional coating, ultrathin layer (eg nanoparticle layer), solids, etc.) can contain as an option at least one further, initially any, substance , This substance may be, for example, an active ingredient, wherein z. B. the substance / drug an effect, as described for example in PCT / DE 03/02456, can develop and / or has [drug and effect will be defined later]. Fabrics, e.g. As agents, can be introduced in a known, conventional manner in the coupling medium / [are present], z. B. as a molecule, as ions, etc. dissolved, suspended, emulsified and in other solution forms, and / or in bound form, for. B. bound to a substrate, enclosed in nanocapsules and other ways of galenical. Cavitation is preferably a gas bubble cavitation (pseudo cavitation, stable cavitation), but it can also be a vapor cavitation (real cavitation, transient cavitation) or intermediate stages between gas bubble and steam cavitation

A Schallapplikator a device may be a mechanically flexible and / or a mechanically non-flexible and / or another of the possibilities later presented to a Schallapplikator properties, features of a sound applicator such as shape, size, weight, design, piezoelectric element, technique of Schallapplikators, Design etc. can initially be arbitrary In the illustrations, a sound applicator appears predominantly as a surface

Schallapplikator, wherein the representations are exemplary, exemplary, illustrative, schematic, and make no statements about the size of a sound applicator and / or the ratio of the Schallapplikators to the device and / or to parts (components) of a device and / or the design / shaping of a Schallapplikators

The use of a mechanically flexible (plastic, elastically malleable / deformable, flexible, etc.) Schallapplikators has in adapting the sound-emitting surface of a sound applicator to the contour (the outer shape) of an object to be treated and / or an adjustment of the distance of the sound-emitting surface of the sound applicator to the object (eg with respect to a thin layer thickness of the cavitation medium) compared to the use of a sound applicator with planner, mechanically non-flexible (rigid, solid, non-plastic, elastically malleable / deformable, non-flexible) sound-emitting surface significant benefits Especially if the mechanically flexible Sound applicator sufficient for the application performance (for example, a sufficient sound pressure to produce cavitation in a cavitation can be able to produce) can provide

A sound applicator is colloquially a transducer, ie the part with which a sound treatment takes place, that is the part which emits the sound with its sound-emitting surface by direct contact and / or coupled by a coupling medium to the object A Schallapplikatorvornchtung consists of at least one Schallapplikator plus supply means for the sound applicator (usually power supply, sound generator, control / electronic control and wires (+/-) to / from the individual components of the sound applicator apparatus). As this is well known in the art, the supply means in Figs with some exceptions, not shown Likewise, individual components / components / elements of a sound applicator (eg piezoelectric element [z B Piezokπstall], electrodes, sound emitting surface, etc.) are generally not shown

A preferred mechanically flexible sound applicator is a sound applicator, which is adapted to the contour (shape) of a surface of an object by the use of suitable piezoelectric elements and / or suitable design (eg as mechanically flexible array system) and / or mechanically flexible, flexible, plastic, elastically shapeable adapted and / or with which a thin coupling layer (eg cavitation layer) can be set between the sound-emitting surface and the object (eg a film sound applicator, FIGS. 8, 9 of PCT / DE 03/02456). A more preferred mechanically flexible sound applicator is a sound applicator which simultaneously by suitable piezoelectric elements and / or by characteristics of the type (eg by a single / multi-component composite construction) sufficient power for the treatment (eg vibration amplitude, intensity , Sound pressure), z. B. to cause cavitation. For example, array systems of high performance piezoelectric elements (eg, piezoelectric ceramics, piezoelectric crystal, composite, piezoelectric polymers, porous piezoelectric polymers, and other piezoelectric elements) have sufficiently high sound pressure. Also, new piezoelectric elements such. As porous piezoelectric polymers, porous piezoelectric polymer films have sufficient power and / or can be improved by other structural measures in the performance. Sufficient performance is dependent on the use of suitable piezoelectric elements (eg, array systems and / or porous piezoelectric polymers and / or polymer films, etc.) if such piezoelectric elements are per se sufficiently powerful and / or performance is degraded by structural measures, z. B. a composite construction (eg., Single or multi-component, multilayer composite systems, examples in the illustrations in Fig. 8 and Fig. 9 of PCT / DE 03/02456, shown for a PVDF film) improved. A mechanically flexible Schallapplikator can be, for example, an array system in which z. B. at least two piezoelectric elements are flexibly shaped, flexibly connected to each other. Particularly flexible, mechanically flexible piezoelectric elements are, for example, piezoelectric polymer films (eg piezoelectric PVDF films, porous piezoelectric polymers, bimorph films and other polymer films) and / or other piezoelectric bending oscillators. The adaptation to the contour of an object can be improved by a mechanically flexible sound applicator, wherein the distance between the sound emitting surface of the object

Schallapplikators and the surface of the object can be better adjusted and controlled (an example of this is the film sound applicator (PCT / DE 03/02456) and the comparison of a mechanically non-flexible sound applicator in Fig. 2a and a mechanically flexible Schallapplikators in Fig. 2b of the PCT / DE 03/02456). A mechanically non-flexible sound applicator (mechanically strong, not elastically malleable, one

Surface is not customizable, not flexible) is usually based on a conventional technique [eg. As a magnetostrictive technique, a piezoceramic, piezocrystal, composite, etc.] and has the advantage of a high sound pressure performance. A mechanically non-flexible sound applicator can be shaped, that is, the sound-emitting surface can be flat and / or shaped, for. B. concave and / or convex. The sound output (the sound field) can be shaped, for. On the other hand, an array system can be mechanically flexible despite the use of mechanically non-flexible piezoelectric elements (eg piezoceramics, etc.) in that at least two piezoelectric elements are mechanically flexible and movably connected to each other , The size and / or the shape of the sound applicator is initially arbitrary. The sound-emitting

Surface of a sound applicator and / or a device with at least one sound applicator may be arbitrary, z. B. an area of 0.001 mm ² (or less than 0.001 mm ² ) to 500 cm ² (or greater than 500 cm ² ). The thickness (height) of a sound applicator is initially arbitrary and depends inter alia on which type of sound applicator. A mechanically non-flexible sound applicator is usually between 1 cm and 5 cm height, but can also be less than 1 cm or more than 5 cm to any. A mechanically flexible sound applicator in array construction will usually be between 1 cm and 3 cm in height, but may also be less than 1 cm or more than 3 cm. In the case of a mechanically flexible acoustic applicator made of a piezoelectric polymer film, the overall height may be less than 0.0001 mm to less than 1 mm, but also more than 1 mm to more than 1 cm and significantly more than 1 cm to any desired size. The sound emission can be monofrequent and / or multifrequent, with multifrequent

10 Sound output Sound with at least two different frequencies simultaneously and / or offset in time and / or alternately can be delivered. The frequency of the sound can be arbitrary, z. From 1 Hz to over 20 MHz, preferably ultrasound between 20 kHz and 20 MHz, more preferably low-frequency ultrasound between 20 kHz and 100 kHz. The sound pressure of 0.5 Pa (Pascal) up to 10 000 kPa, preferably between 1 kPa and 1000 kPa, more preferably 10 kPa.

15,500 kPa (zero to peak measured). The intensity may be between 0.0001 watts / cm ² to over 1000 W / cm ² , preferably between 10 mW / cm ² and 200 watts / cm ² , more preferably between 10 mW / cm ² and 5 W / cm ² .

The signal / waveform, the sound output, the sound characteristic may be technically correct (eg PCTYDE 03/02456), for example a continuous and / or pulsed and / or

20 frequency-modulated and / or swept sound output. Frequency-modulated sound bursts may, for example, be sinusoidal, sawtooth-shaped, rectangular, etc., and / or symmetrical or asymmetrical.

The sound output of a device can be unidirectional or multidirectional. The sound applicator and / or the sound-emitting surface can be arbitrarily shaped, for. Flat, flat, cylindrical, cubic,

25 round, as a tip ("tip", nail-shaped, needle-shaped, etc., whereby the end of the tip may be shaped, eg round, pointed, concave, convex, etc.).

The sound output of the sound applicator (sound emitting surface) is usually directed in the direction (vertical, 90 °) of the object to be treated. Other angles between +/- 0 - 180 ° are

30 possible. As a rule, the sound applicator is positioned opposite the surface to be treated, but a sound applicator can be positioned as desired. In general, the sound applicator is fixed to a position, it may also be possible as a design feature that the sound applicator can change its position and / or orientation to the surface, for. B. it can also be movable (horizontal, vertical, radial, axial), z. B. also to the distance of the

35 sound-emitting surface to the object (object surface) to be able to adjust. The movement, adjustment of the sound applicator can be done manually and / or controlled / electronically controlled.

The sound applicator can contact the object (eg the skin) directly with its sound-emitting surface and / or at least one sound-conducting layer (initially any layer thickness, size, shape, design, properties, features) is located between the object and the sound-emitting surface of the sound applicator 40 etc.) of at least one sound-conducting substance / material (eg a coupling medium, liquid, liquid-containing substance, cavitation medium, gas, mist, metal, a metal-containing solid, ceramic, glass, plastic and / or another sound-conducting solid, etc.), wherein at least one sound-conducting layer contacts the object, wherein at least one sound-conducting layer contacts the sound-emitting surface of the sound applicator. The sound is transmitted to the object by means of at least one sound-conducting layer from the sound applicator (sound-emitting surface). At least two sound-conducting

Layers can have at least two layers of different characteristics / properties (eg, a layer of a solid and a liquid layer, eg, a liquid layer and a gel layer, etc.). A sound-conducting layer may be a functional layer, for example with a conductive / forwarding function (eg thermally conductive, electrically conductive) and / or for delivery of mechanical and / or physical and / or chemical and / or physiological / biological action, Irritation, stimulation, control, control, etc. Also layers / ultra-thin layers of nanomaterial (generally the field of nanotechnology), which, for example, with at least one substance, eg. As an active ingredient can be doped are possible.

Two or more sound applicators can be controlled depending on and / or independently of each other. In a device with more than one Schallapplikator all sound applicators equal, z. B. simultaneously and in the same way be controlled and / or at least two sound applicators are different, z. B. not simultaneously (the control of individual Schallapplikatoren takes place staggered, consecutively, intermittently) and / or controlled in different ways (in the same way called equal frequency, same intensity, same sound output, same sound characteristics, same signal ΛΛ / ellenform etc. , different way means at least one difference, eg different frequency and / or different intensity and / or different sound output and / or different sound characteristic and / or different signal ΛΛ / ellenform etc.). In a device with a sound applicator of the sound applicator can be controlled constant and / or not constant (constant means that the intensity, frequency, acoustic characteristics, Signa! - / waveform, etc. is not changed during the treatment, not constant means that at least one Parameter eg the frequency and / or intensity and / or sound output and / or sound characteristic and / or signal / waveform etc. is changed (eg modulated) during the treatment). A change in control / change of control / different

Control can be done mechanically / manually, is preferably controlled electronically. The control can be externally, externally via at least one line and / or conduction-free and / or internally, wherein the device and / or at least one component / module of the device contains at least one controller. In a composite of individual piezoelectric elements (eg in an array system), the activation of the individual sound applicators and / or piezoelectric elements can take place simultaneously and / or not simultaneously (ie offset in time, one behind the other, alternately, intermittently) and / or in mixed form and / or the control can take place in the same way and / or in different ways (eg with respect to frequency, intensity, sound output, sound characteristic, signal / waveform, etc.).

An attachment of the sound applicator on the carrier, for example, in the edge region of the Sound applicator and / or over the entire surface in the surface of the sound applicator or partially (eg punctiform) carried out, wherein the sound applicator for attachment to the support element design features / design elements.

The sound output of a mechanically non-flexible sound applicator can be adapted to a shape by, for example, the sound-emitting surface is formed and / or by the sound from the sound applicator is transferred to mechanical elements and these elements can be adapted to the surface. The sound transmission from the sound applicator to the coupling medium (eg cavitation medium) can be effected by direct contact of the sound applicator and the coupling medium and / or the coupling takes place with the aid of at least one further sound-conducting substance / material, for example a gel layer, metal layer, liquid layer, etc. This sound conducting material may have a layered shape and / or any other shape (eg pin-like). Other possibilities of adaptation may be acoustic lenses, possibly based on smart fluids. Other possibilities may be that the sound is transmitted from the sound applicator to the coupling medium via the carrier (as an additional sound conducting material). Another Gestaitungsmöglichkeit may be that the sound applicator is not attached to the carrier / attached but via an additional holding / control.

Reservoir, exchanger / exchanger device

A reservoir having at first any desired characteristics / properties may consist of at least one arbitrary substance, wherein at least one substance is preferably a solid but need not be (eg a liquid which can take up and / or release another substance). A reservoir (26) is shown in the description predominantly as a hollow body with at least one chamber (27) containing at least one substance and / or introduced into the at least one substance and / or can accommodate at least one substance and serves for delivery and / or receiving at least one substance. A solid reservoir may also be a carrier, an ion exchanger, a coated surface, etc. A reservoir may also be a substance which, because of its properties / features / structure, can take up and / or release at least one substance, e.g. By a porous structure, swelling properties, etc., for example, zeolites, sponge, sorbent, swelling agent, etc. A reservoir may also be a substance to be dispensed, e.g. A substance may initially be present in any state of aggregation, in free and / or bound form (eg bound to another substance), in any distribution (eg. dissolved, powder, granules, compact form, etc.). A reservoir may have and / or contain exchanger functions. If a reservoir consists of more than one chamber, these may be separated from each other (eg by a wall) and / or there may be a connection between at least two chambers (eg to mix two substances together) is permanently open and / or can be opened / closed, z. B. by a locking device.

An exchanger / exchanger device serves to deliver at least one substance to at least one other substance and / or to remove at least one substance from at least one other substance (eg an enrichment of at least one substance [eg a liquid] at least one other substance [eg a gas] and / or for the removal / separation of at least one substance [e.g. Pollutant, analyte, metabolite, valuable material, microorganisms, etc.] from at least one other substance [e.g. B. Blood] for cleaning, analysis, recycling, etc.

An exchange device can also be a device that is used for exchange (delivery and / or uptake of at least one other substance / of at least one other substance) physical and / or chemical and / or biological parameters (eg temperature, pH, State change, property change, etc.) is useful, for. This may be that the mechanical, physical and / or chemical, biochemical and / or physiological, biological properties and / or characteristics of at least one substance (eg cavitation medium) should be influenced in an exchanger device (for example the

Solubility of a gas, a heat exchange, electrical properties and / or change the properties of the medium to trigger a reaction, gas bubble formation on nano / microporous and / or nano / microstructural surfaces [z. B. nanostructural solids], by drug carriers and / or carriers and / or carriers, etc.). Examples of an exchanger are z. Ion exchangers, a hollow fiber membrane gas exchanger, permeable, semi-permeable membranes, solids, textiles, porous solids, nanostructural solids (as defined, for example, zeolites, nanotubes, composite nanotubes, carbon nanotubes, etc.), other sorption / desorption processes, The Exchanger may have any shape and / or shape and / or size and / or dimension, for example as a flat membrane, folded structure, hollow fiber membrane, etc. An exchanger may be made of any material, for example of the same material as the carrier element. A reservoir may be an exchanger and / or have exchanger function, an exchanger may be a reservoir and / or have reservoir function.

Physiological, biological, bioactive effect, physiology

Physiology deals with the physical, biochemical and / or information-processing functions of living beings (humans, animals, plants, microorganisms). A physiological effect (physiological and / or biological / bioactive effect) has an influencing effect on all life processes, eg. The metabolism, regulation, immunology, etc. The physiology considers all levels of the enzyme reaction, on the digestion, respiration and sensory perception to hormonal regulatory circuits and the function of the brain. An explanation of physiology in Zetkin / Schaldach, Lexicon of Medicine, 16th edition 1999, Verlag Ullstein Medical, Wiesbaden, page 1566. Examples of the bioactive / physiological effect of ultrasound and / or cavitation include the treatment of healthy and / or or non-pathologically altered and / or pathologically altered (diseased) biological systems, in which ultrasound and / or cavitation can develop a physiological activity. A physiological activity influences in a positive and / or negative way (eg inhibiting, increasing, accelerating, retarding, etc.) the life processes of a biological system, exemplarily metabolism, regulatory mechanisms, regulation, growth, production and release of regulators, messengers etc .. Synthesis and release of endogenous substances, degradation of nutrients, etc. Metabolism, immune reactions, cell division, cell morphology, energy expenditure, oxygen supply, transport of nutrients, liquids, etc. For example, metabolic control can be used (as an example) to degrade substances (eg, environmental toxins, pollutants), rebuild substances (eg, catalysis), produce and / or recover substances (eg, drugs, hormones , Proteins, etc.). Further, the physiological effect should include: cell migration, cell resonance, improvement of pathophysiological states, pain, general well-being, sensation,

Pain sensation, sleep, relaxation (mental, muscular, etc.), physical and / or chemical and / or microbiological changes (eg, skin electrical resistance, pH, etc.), etc.

A sorption medium are, for example, substances for adsorption, absorption, absorption, swelling substance, uptake / binding of another substance, for example activated carbon, silica gel, zeolites, molecular sieves, nanoporous solids, foams etc. but also substances used in the field of wound treatment, z. As alginates, hydrogels, hydrogels, hydrocolloids, polyurethanes, etc. This can substances with a high absorption capacity and / or high binding capacity of another substance, eg. As a liquid to be. These substances can be an active substance. They may be part of a treatment facility and / or care facility. The reverse of sorption is desorption.

Substances / matter are, for example, pure substances, elements, chemical compounds, mixtures, solutions, emulsions, mixtures, etc. Substances are, for example, gases, liquids, solids, etc. Substances are pure substances / matter and / or mixtures and / or combinations of different substances materials / matter.

Solid bodies are substances in the solid state with z. B. crystalline structure (crystalline solids) and / or amorphous structure (amorphous solid). They can be mechanically flexible and / or mechanically non-flexible and / or partial, sometimes mechanically flexible. Solid bodies can have different characteristics, eg. B. amorphous, crystalline, mechanically malleable / non-moldable, homogeneous, inhomogeneous, porous, electrically conductive / non-conductive, sound conducting / non-conductive, heat-conducting / heat-insulating, fiber-reinforced, piezoelectric, etc. solids are, for example, glass, metal (pure metal, alloy, metal-containing, metal-nonmetal combinations, semi-metals / semiconductors, etc.), plastic, crystal, ceramics, porcelain, stone, textile solids, membranes, films and others. Specific solids include porous solids, nanoporous solids (eg, zeolites, nanotubes, carbon nanotubes, composite nanotubes, etc.), and may also be nanoparticles, nanoparticles, and other nanobodies. Plastics are mostly solids, mainly from the field of carbon chemistry. Semisynthetic and / or synthetic plastics / polymers from the group of thermoplastics (also crystalline / semi-crystalline thermoplastics, amorphous thermoplastics), eg. As polypropene, polyethylene, polyethylene terephthalate, polystyrene, polyamide, polybutylene terephthalate, polyethersulfone, polycarbonate, polyphenylene sulfide, polyetheretherketone, polyimide and others of the group of thermoplastics. Thermosets (thermosets, thermo polymers), z. B. Bakelite, epoxies, resins, polytetrafluoroethylene and other thermosets. Elastomers, e.g. Rubber, latex, rubber and other elastomers. But also bioplastics (eg cellulose acetate, lactic acid polymers, lactic acid polyesters, polymers of starch, etc.). Examples of important plastics are, for example, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer (ABS), aminoplasts, bakelite, epoxy resin, phenoplasts, polyamide (PA), polybutylene terephthalate (PBT), polycarbonate (PC), polyethylene (PE), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), Polyacetals (POM), polypropylene (PP), polyacetal (POM), polyesters, polyhalogenolifins, polyisobutylene (PIB), polypropene (PP), polymethylmethacrylate, synthetic rubber, polystyrene (PS), polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), polyvinylacetate (PVAC), polyvinylchloride ( PVC), vulcanized fiber, cellulose acetate, cellulose hydrate, cellulose nitrate (CN), polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), polyethers, (polyurethane) (PU, PUR), PVDF. Also composites of plastics / polymer composites, composites, homo- and copolymers, compound copolyesters, also with fibrous materials (for example, carbon fiber, glass fiber, carbon fibers, piezoelectric fibers), metals and other substances offset plastics, may also be coated with another substance (eg B. B. metal), also plastics with additional features as described for solids. Also Chandrallpolymere. Inorganic polymers (eg silicones, silicone elastomers / thermoplastic silicone elastomers, others

Silicon compounds. Silicone elastomers, e.g. B. mechanically highly flexible to high strength. Next silicones as adhesives, silicone-based adhesives, silicone films, source z. B. www.amt-med.de), and / or inorganic / organic polymers. New plastics of nanotechnology, eg. For example, nanoparticles, nanocarbon tubes, etc. Biocompatibility should be considered when used on biological systems.

Active substances are, for example, substances having a physiological / biological / biochemical action and / or are diagnostically active substances used in humans and / or animals and / or other biological systems. Active substances having the effect mentioned are, for example, medicaments / drugs, curatives, therapeutics, biomaterials (obtained from biological systems, obtained biosynthetically, microorganisms, components thereof and

Metabolites, component / component of gene therapy and genetic engineering, blood components, etc. and others. Further examples are, for example, enzymes, vitamins, hormones, steroids, etc. Active ingredients may, for example, have / have a local and / or systemic effect and may be used, for example, in combination with ultrasound and / or another device topically / locally and / or systemically, eg. In transdermal administration.

Active ingredients may also exhibit other effects (other than physiological / bioactive and / or other than therapeutic and / or diagnostic effects), for example physical and / or chemical action, applied to biological systems and / or to artificial objects, e.g. As active ingredients as cleaning agents, care products, cosmetics, nutrients, stimulants, drugs, intoxicants, alkaloids, disinfectants (disinfectants), solvents, release agents, toxins, antitoxins, surfactants, carriers, vehicles for transporting substances and other substances.

Exemplary examples of application: wound treatment, nail treatment, skin treatment (healing, care, disinfection, cleansing, care), cosmetic treatment (eg cellulite, age-related changes of the skin, skin changes, vascular changes, etc.),

Treatment with washing action and / or surface-active action (eg cleaning, hygiene, body care, body cleansing, skin care, skin cleansing, skin treatment, hair cleaning, hair care, hair treatment, nail cleaning, nail care, nail treatment, surface treatment), treatment with disinfecting, germicidal, germ-inhibiting Effect (anti-inflammatory, anti-inflammatory, anti-inflammatory, anti-infective, anti-infective, disinfection, infection treatment, [eg for MRSA, generally against bacteria, fungi, yeasts, viruses, parasites, etc.], treatment with a relaxing effect (wellness, well-being), Treatment with separating action (solvent, extraction, separation, release agent, flow agent), treatment with absorbent / adsorbing and / or desorbing action, and further treatment with toxins (toxins (eg butolinus toxin), antitoxins), addictive substances, nutritional stimulants and / or food / food technology (preservative, food additive, emulsifier, antioxidants, catalysis, stabilizer, emulsifier, acid, dye, pigment, nutrients, nutrients, trace elements, stimulants, intoxicants, narcotic agents, hallucinogens, drugs, alkaloids [e.g. Nicotine, caffeine, etc.], flavorings, fragrances, flavors). Use in plant protection and care (biocide, pesticide, fungicide). Active substances may also be other organic, organometallic, inorganic compounds and / or substances (eg solvents). Active substances may also be from the group of biochemical substances (growth factors, hormones, enzymes, vitamins, steroids, nucleic acids, peptides, poly sugars, proteins, amino acids, lipids, oligonucleotides, carbohydrates, fatty acids, etc.). Active substances may also transport means (for other substances, compounds, materials, active substances and the like) and / or a combination of several of these substances and / or an organic compound and / or an inorganic compound and / or a metalloorganic compound and / or a salt and / or substance and / or substrate and / or compound and / or preparation and / or material, and / or biomaterial and / or carrier material and / or carrier substance and / or carrier particles (of eg active ingredients) and / or solid particles and or liquid particles and the like, or else a mixture and / or combination of several of these substances.

Medicines / Drugs / Medicines / Remedies z. B. according to the Red List (www.rote- liste.de) and are agents for the treatment and / or diagnosis of diseases and / or diseases, for example, with healing and / or physiological action, eg. Analgesic / analgesic, anti-inflammatory, germicidal (antibacterial, anti-viral, antifungal, disinfectant) stimulant, restorative, soothing / sedative, narcotic, regulatory (e.g., metabolic, hormone regulating, growth regulating), vasodilatory, vasoconstrictive, circulation enhancing, wound healing promoting (eg, granulation, angiogenesis, purification, exudate, etc.), thrombolytic / fibrinolytic, diagnostic activity. Further examples in the description and / or PCT / DE 03/02456).

Objects are a biological system and / or an artificial object. A biological system are in vivo and in vitro systems and include human and animal as well as microorganisms and plants or are parts / components of the aforementioned systems. Biological systems exhibit the characteristic of at least one physiological reaction or have exhibited the characteristic of at least one physiological response. An example of a biological system is a leg, for a surface of a biological system and / or a biological system is the skin.

A subaquale treatment is, for example, a treatment in a water bath. The object to be treated dips completely or partially into the medium (eg water). The sound applicator dives completely and / or partially into the medium and / or touches the medium at an interface (eg with the sound-emitting surface) and / or the sound transmission to the Cavitation medium can be transferred to the medium via at least one additional, sound-conducting substance. The figure Fig. 3a of PCT / DE 03/02456 shows for information schematically a subaquale treatment of a leg / foot in a tub.

Ultrasonic action / sonication

Treatment of biological systems and artificial objects with chemical and / or physical / mechanical and / or physiological / biological (bioactive) surface and / or depth effect by ultrasound, eg. B. by Kavitationswirkung and / or other thermal / non-thermal effects of ultrasound and / or cavitation. Treatment on the example of healthy skin, injured skin, diseased, pathologically altered skin, non-pathologically altered skin. Treatment for therapy and / or diagnosis, further treatment for example for cosmetic, nourishing, cleansing purposes and / or to increase the well-being. Treatment of, for example, age-related changes in the skin, cosmetic skin problems (eg cellulite, skin wrinkles, pigmentation, vascular dilation [spider veins, visible superficial capillaries], skin redness, greasy and / or dry and / or flaky skin, fat deposits, scars, minor injuries , Skin abrasion and other cosmetic indications). Cleaning the skin, hygiene. Treatment of skin diseases (eg psoriasis, neurodermatitis, eczema, acne, rosacea, dermatophytosis, epizoonosis, dermatosis, dermatosclerosis, superficial vessels (broom rice), edema, skin infections (eg fungus, bacteria), inflammation, others Other examples of wounds (chronic

Wounds, problem wounds, infected wounds, for example venous ulcus cruris, arterial ulcus cruris, surgical wounds, diabetic foot (diabetic foot syndrome), burn wounds, intestinal stoma, amputation stump (also pain treatment), amputation-threatened wounds (amputation threatened), wound and bone infections, burns , Mixed forms thereof, other wounds), further treatment of vascular dilations, vascular occlusions, metabolic disorders, circulatory disorders (microcirculation disorders, microangiopathy, macroangiopathy) etc. It is also possible that the treatment of the skin can also serve to create a sense of well-being, relaxation (Wellness) and / or in the physiotherapeutic field to a stimulus therapy and / or massage for stress relief and / or pain reduction / pain relief (for example, muscle, bone, walking apparatus).

There is also the possibility that the treatment of the skin can also serve to supply the body and / or the skin with at least one substance, for example an active substance, via the skin and / or at least one substance via the skin, for example a metabolite to remove / remove a diagnostic indicator substance, a pollutant. Another possibility that the treatment of the skin for the preparation and / or after treatment and / or simultaneous treatment, for example, during surgery and / or transplantation (for example, a skin graft) and / or other therapeutic and / or cosmetic and / or other Can serve treatment. Further possibilities in the combination treatment with at least one active substance, whereby the active substance can be applied at the same time and / or with a time lag (eg following the sonication). Next options in the combination treatment with at least one other Treatment method (eg physical treatment methods such as hydrotherapy, light, IR, laser, electrotherapy, magnetic field, massage, heat, etc.) and / or with at least one other product (for example, wound cover). Treatment of the skin to achieve a physiological effect according to the definition of the physiological action. Treatment of other biological systems with surface depth effect by ultrasound.

The surface effect of cavitation is a bioactive and / or mechanical and / or physical and / or chemical action. The surface effect may be, for example, a change in properties / characteristics of the surface, for example a change in the lipophilic, hydrophilic property, the charge, the electrical properties, a change in the structure, a change in the permeability, change in the diffusion length, reduction of diffusion barriers, active transport of substances and / or particles, the complete or partial and / or local removal / removal of any substances, particles, matter, charge, microorganisms, a temporary or permanent enrichment of the surface with substances, chemical reaction, introduction and / or Transport through surfaces through by initially any substances, agents u. a. the removal of substances (eg pollutant, toxin, microorganisms, particles, dirt, etc.) from the surface, the removal / removal of substances (eg analyte, metabolite, etc.) from the skin and / or tissue Surfaces. In the case of artificial objects, the effect is limited to a surface effect (eg dissolution of substances [eg gas, active substance] from a solid, a porous solid, a nanoporous solid, a plastic, a polymer, a carrier, removal of Particles, microorganisms, purification, etc.).

Use of the device / treatment device. A device with a carrier element is characterized by at least one of the illustrated / described design options and / or

Combination possibilities characterized, wherein the use of a device with / out of a support element without sound applicator is possible, that is, according to the description and / or illustrations exemplified support element and / or device can be used as a further option without sound applicator [in this case treatments can be performed, but not ultrasound treatment].

Use of a device for the treatment of biological systems. Use of a device for the treatment of artificial objects. Using a device as described, for. B. Use of a treatment device for sound treatment / ultrasound treatment with surfaces and / or depth effect with at least one support element and at least one sound applicator. Use of a treatment device, for example, as described in the treatment of the skin. Use of one of the devices for the treatment of biological systems and / or technical objects with surface and / or depth effect with chemical and / or mechanical and / or physical and / or physiological / biological action. Use for deep treatment (tissues, soft tissues, bones, blood vessels, nerves, tendons, etc.), used for surface treatment (eg skin, surfaces of artificial objects). Use for a cavitation treatment and / or a cavitation treatment with additional, non-thermal / thermal surface and / or depth effect and / or another Cavitation-free treatment with thermal / nonthermal surface and / or depth effect (effects eg microstreaming, massage, resonance processes, cell resonance, physiological effect, cell migration, immune reaction / immune action, etc.). Use for cleaning, hygiene, therapy, diagnostics, cosmetics, subaquale treatment, growth of cells, microorganisms, etc. Use as a sound applicator, plaster, wound plaster, dressing, bandage, device for transdermal drug administration, as wound cover (eg a device with and / or without sound applicator), generally as a plaster and / or plaster-like product (eg Fig. 1). Use as a device which is attached to the object / surface (eg by means of an adhesive / adhesive layer) and / or which is attached / positioned to the object by means of a mechanical holding device.

Use as a sound applicator with extended function and / or as a supply

/ Functional means.

Use for combination treatment of ultrasound with a substance / active substance and / or with a

Treatment product and / or another method / treatment with physical and / or chemical and / or biological / physiological action.

Further design possibilities may be that such a device consists of at least one carrier element and at least one sound applicator and / or at least one further component in an opening (eg body opening [eg wound] and / or in a liquid (eg Body fluid) and / or in an object (eg biological system, artificial object [eg treatment object]) can be completely or partially introduced

Device in combination with a cavitation medium, better with a high quality cavitation medium. Use of a device for subaqual and / or non-subaqual treatment. Use in combination with at least one active substance. Use in combination with at least one drug.

Application for the treatment of biological in vivo and / or in vitro systems, eg. In human, veterinary medicine [e.g. B. for therapy and / or diagnostics], cosmetics, hygiene, cleaning, care biotechnology, physiotherapy, wellness, fitness, cell culture, life science, etc .. Industrial application for the treatment of biological systems and / or technical objects, such. For surface treatment, cleaning, extraction, etc.

Claims

protection claims

1. The invention consists in a device with a multifunctional support element as an independent part independent of the device, wherein the support element forms the basis for a device for the treatment of biological systems and / or artificial objects, wherein by the support element different, different individual treatments combined into a combined treatment and / or in simultaneous and / or in several temporally following treatment steps (treatment sequence) on the support element to be performed as an interface, which can be carried out by the support element and individual treatments that are usually incompatible with each other and in one Treatment sequence are not performed together, wherein the support member is characterized in that at least one support member is attached to the object surface, the support member is an interface between the Ob jektoberfläche and at least one further module which is to be attached to the support member, represents, with the aid of the support member a

Device during the treatment can be changed by at least one module attached to the carrier element during treatment, removed therefrom and / or can be exchanged for at least one other module, while the carrier element remains on the object surface.

2. The support element of claim 1 is characterized in that at least one device integrated in the support member and / or attached thereto and / or is to be attached thereto.

3. The carrier element of claim 1, 2 is characterized in that the carrier element by at least one device for receiving and / or storage and / or delivery and / or transmission and / or forwarding and / or processing of

Information / electronic information, data / digital data, pulses, signals and / or other mechanical / physical and / or chemical variables, etc., this device is integrated in the support member and / or attached thereto and / or attached to it.

4. Carrier element of claim 1 and one of claims 2, 3, characterized in that the carrier element is characterized by at least one device for conducting and / or bridging a line, preferably mass transport, electrical line, heat conduction, signal line / impulse line, acoustic line optical and this device is integrated and / or attached to the support element and / or attached thereto.

5. Carrier element of claim 1 and one of claims 2, 3, 4, characterized in that the carrier element is characterized by at least one device, preferably a functional device, preferably energy source, electronic circuits, electronic control, sensor, locking device, control device, and this Device integrated in the support element and / or is attached thereto and / or attached to it.

6. Carrier element of claim 1 and one of the preceding claims thereby in that at least one device, preferably a supply and / or treatment device, is integrated in the carrier element and / or is attached thereto and / or attached thereto.

7. The carrier element of claim 1 and one of claims 2-6, characterized in that when attaching a module on the support element triggered a mechanism and / or a

Activation of a module and / or its function and / or a device is effected by means which are integrated in the carrier element and / or in the module and / or attached thereto.

8. According to claim 7, the activation of a module, a function and / or a device is preferably carried out by a sensor, by bridging a broken line,

Bridging preferred by contacts, by mechanical actuation of a device, preferably a locking device.

9. According to claim 7, 8, the triggering of a mechanism is the activation of a device, the production of a supply line, the activation of a control device, preferably by contacts which bridge a line break, the actuation of a

Locking device by means which are integrated in the support element and / or in the module and / or attached thereto.

10. The locking device according to claim 7, 8, 9 is manually operated, and / or is a mechanically operated and / or controlled locking device.

11. According to claim 7, 8, 9, at least one line is closed and / or bridged when attaching a module to the carrier element, for this purpose, the carrier element and / or the module is characterized by at least one design feature, preferably line, contact, functional layer.

12. The contact of claim 11 at the same time is a mechanical design element for mechanical attachment of the module to the support element.

13. The carrier element of claim 1 and one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the carrier element has at least one recess into which the module is to be mounted and / or introduced, the recess to at least one design feature, preferably a mechanical design element having.

14. The carrier element of claim 1 and one of the preceding claims, characterized in that modules, devices, treatments are to be controlled and the carrier element and / or the module has a control therefor.

15. The control according to claim 14 is performed by patient data / patient information stored on a chip.

16. The carrier element of claim 1 and one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the carrier element is a reservoir, in which the carrier element contains at least one integrated chamber, wherein the chamber is not the reaction space.

17. The chamber of claim 16 is connected by at least one line to the reaction space.

18. The chamber of claim 16, 17 contains at least one substance.

19. The chamber of claim 16, 17, 18 can deliver at least one substance and / or record.

20. This substance of claim 18, 19 is a Kavitationsmedium, an active ingredient, a drug, a sorption medium.

21. According to claim 17, the line between the chamber and the reaction chamber to open by a locking device and / or close.

22. A locking device according to claim 10, 21 is a manually operated locking device.

23. A locking device according to claim 10, 21 is a locking device which is mechanically actuated by attaching a module.

24. A locking device according to claim 10, 21 is a locking device, which is actuated by a controller.

25. In the recess of the support member of claim 13, an insert is introduced by the sound applicator and / or another module removed and thereby the device is opened and after insertion of the insert, the device is closed again.

26. The insert of claim 25 contains and / or can deliver an active ingredient.

27. The insert according to claim 26, 27 contains a sorption medium which can take up at least one substance from the reaction space.

28. This substance of claim 27 is a liquid.

29. The insert of claim 25-28 is a medium for modern wound care.

30. The module according to claim 1 and one of the preceding claims 2-14 is preferably a supply and / or functional and / or treatment device.

31. The module according to claim 1 and one of the preceding claims 2-14, 30 is preferably a sound applicator and / or a reservoir and / or a liner.

32. Apparatus according to claim 1 for the treatment of biological systems and / or artificial objects.