Surgery: light – thermal – and electrical application – Light – thermal – and electrical application – Light application
Reexamination Certificate
1999-12-20
2001-12-11
Dvorak, Linda C. M. (Department: 3739)
Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application
Light, thermal, and electrical application
Light application
C607S090000, C607S091000, C607S096000, C606S009000, C606S010000, C606S013000, C422S186230
Reexamination Certificate
active
06328760
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to pulsed plasma devices, and more particularly to plasma tubes conformed to ionize gases in the organic protein group.
2. Description of the Prior Art
In the course of evolution the smallest biological system, a living cell, has evolved polarized membranes which act both as capacitors and ionic pumps for maintaining the potentials and current flows of a wet electrical circuit. Thus, for example, the cell membrane's selective permeability of potassium (K) and sodium (Na) results in a potential difference known as the Na+/K+ pump, or electromotive force which transports selected ions across the membrane to maintain a balance. This tightly controlled balance in its various specialized forms is fundamental to life. For example in neurons the cell wall potential acts as a voltage gated Na+ pump to transmit nerve signals in response to external stimuli, in cell growth as a mechanism for transporting food (selected elements) into the cell interior, and so on.
Electrical potential, moreover, is intimately involved in virtually all cell functions. The piezoelectric signals of a bone under strain has been widely recognised as a mechanism for promoting its growth. At the microscopic level this effect is obtained by strain distortions of some of the long-chain molecules like collagen, elastin or keratin, exhibiting piezoelectric potential changes when stretched, which changes then promote growth of the ligament juncture, sectional growth and other tissue changes.
the electrical nature of all biological processes is therefore well established and has been used to advantage in various therapeautic mechanisms like that described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,430,999 to Brighton, et al, for promoting osteogenesis; U.S. Pat. No. 5,217,009 to Kronberg for stimulating bone tissue by electrical pulses; and others. Similarly, the ‘wet circuit’ analogy of a cell is also well established, e.g., Alberts, et al, MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL, 2nd Ed, 1989, Garland Publishing, Inc., New York., N.Y.
The ionic nature of the cell interacts with various dipoles, i.e., molecules that are electrically neutral but carry charges at their ends. These then interact with the weakly polar structure of water, thereby effecting the ‘wet’ circuit. This electrical system of the living cell, therefore, must be included in all models of cell biology.
The electrical potential, in turn, depends on the excitation state of the electrons. It is well known that when the electron around any element is at its base or ground state its ionization potential is at its greatest. The electron orbital state, therefore, affects the ionization potential and consequently the dissociation of the various molecular bonds is dependent on the electron excitation state. The characteristic discrete absorption-emission bands of each element then define, in electromagnetic energy, the difference in potential between the lowest and higher electron states.
the same exchange between discrete frequency spectra and electron orbital state is also useful as a mechanism to promote chemical reactions. Thus, for example, some biological processes entailing melanin are promoted in the presence of ultraviolet light, various resin reactions are advanced by light of a particular frequency and numerous other reactions are associated with light. The utility of specific frequency light to promote a particular reaction is therefore well established.
At the cell level inherent in any ‘wet’ circuit is the notion of a characteristic frequency that is relatively quite low. For example, the ionic exchange at the cell wall is at the low electro-chemical frequency which, at its fastest, is associated with the nerve signal propagation across neurons, and similar time constants are associated with Negro-muscular response, mental processing interval and other characteristic frequencies of a biological structure. Typically the frequency band of these responses is constrained by scale, where the so-called scaling laws limit the dynamic response to the confines of the structure. simply, an organism cannot move so fast as to rip itself apart.
By scale, this biological frequency domain is wholly separated from the electromagnetic frequencies associated with the electron orbitals. Accordingly, a certain amount of ‘immunity’ to various light spectra is inherent in a biological structure, allowing for a functioning system in all sorts of backgrounds. This same immunity, however, limits the efficacy of any synthetic repair or alteration process.
It is believed that for the foregoing reasons the prior art mechanisms have had less than an optimal result in affecting biological changes. To obtain the most effective results signals in both of these disparate frequency domains need to be issued, the first to promote the reactivity of the elements and the second to direct the reaction to a form consistent with cell biology. It is this wide spread in frequency domains that has not been heretofore effectively accomodated. A system that effectively operates in both frequency ranges is therefore desired and it is one implementation of such system that is disclosed herein.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly, it is the general purpose and object of the present invention to provide a pulsed plasma tube system in which gases in the organic element group are cyclically ionized to illuminate biological surfaces.
Other objects of the invention are to provide a pulsed plsma tube conformed to emit light frequencies in the biological element group.
Yet further objects of the invention are to provide a plasma discharge device useful to rejuvenate skin surfaces.
Further objects of the invention are to provide a pulsed plasma device conformed to discharge at pulse rates in the frequency domain of a wet biological circuit.
Briefly these and other objects are accomplished within the present invention by way of a plasma tube connected in a voltage multiplier circuit that is cyclically operated by an oscillator. The plasma tube includes a cathode and an anode aligned along a discharge axis adjacent a magnet in order to help direct the ionized flows together with the attractive aspects of a foil or sheet configuration of the cathode lead to be then reflected. In this form a high discharge area is developed within the tube for illuminating biological surfaces.
Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the gas discharge within the tube will be associated with emission of light at the distinct frequencies that characterise the gas elements within the tube. Accordingly, the high discharge area of the tube will radiate onto adjacent surfaces the discrete frequencies that are associated with ionization of the gases in the tube. By filling the tube with gases in the following ratio grouping:
H2O=66%
CO2=24%
N2=3%
H2CO3=3%
discharge frequency spectra are generated which are consistent with the absorption spectra of biological matter. The tube, therefore, becomes useful to promote chemical reactions in the illuminated biological structure, which occur at the characteristic frequencies of the ‘wet’ circuit that defines the cell biology. The pulsing of the discharge in these frequency domains then further enhances the efficacy of the process.
Those in the art will appreciate that the structure of biological matter, such as protein, contains about 96% of its weight in the elements O, C, H and N. The spectral absorption bands of these elements, in their several molecular combinations, will therefore coincide with the plasma emissions of the above gas group. Moreover, a typical protein includes polar, non-polar, semi-polar and ionizable portions or side chains which respond in specific manners to electrical charge, and to selected spectra as well. In this setting the H2O, CO2 and N2 portions of the plasma provide the radiation matrix or background radiation level on top of which the H2CO3 (carbonic acid) emission spectra are passed. This then emits on top of the raised background level the spectra
Bode George A.
Bode & Associates
Dvorak Linda C. M.
Farah A.
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