Surgery – Sleep or relaxation inducing therapy – Sensory
Patent
1990-06-04
1992-04-28
Kamm, William E.
Surgery
Sleep or relaxation inducing therapy
Sensory
600 27, 128421, A61M 2100
Patent
active
051083612
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
TECHNICAL FIELD
The invention relates to a device for influencing a human or other biological or artificial organism by exposing the organism to signals comprising short pulses supplied in one or several series with increasing and/or decreasing frequency, the individual series being displaced in relation to each other, and the pulses of each series optionally coinciding with some of the pulses of a preceding series.
BACKGROUND ART
U.S. Pat. No. 4,195,626 discloses a supply of short pulses to the human body. The intervals between the pulses are linearly, exponentially or randomly variable.
DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
In order to obtain a tranquilizing (or stimulating) effect, it is very important that the pulses are correctly intensity-modulated. According to the invention this object is achieved by intensity-modulating the pulses of each series in such a way that the pulses increase and/or decrease, and the envelope curves of two subsequent series for increasing and decreasing, respectively, overlap each other so that the transition from one series to the next is not noticeable.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The invention is described in greater detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which
FIG. 1 illustrates a device for influencing the human body by means of acoustic, optical, mechanical and/or electric signals,
FIG. 2 illustrates an embodiment of the supplied signal,
FIG. 3 illustrates another embodiment of the supplied series of pulses,
FIG. 4 illustrates a third embodiment of the supplied series of pulses,
FIG. 5 illustrates an arbitrary number of series of short pulses,
FIG. 6 illustrates how the pulses of a series can increase and decrease, respectively,
FIG. 7 shows several envelope curves, and
FIG. 8 shows an envelope curve in form of a supersinusoid.
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
The brain is protected against undesired penetration, such as penetration by electromagnetic signals through the skull. It is, however, possible to influence the brain via the senses, preferably and probably most effectively at a subconciousness level.
The idea of influencing cerebral waves with electromagnetic waves of a slightly different frequency has not been examined.
It is not known whether there is an interaction between these slightly different frequencies and, if so, whether these frequencies converge to or diverge from each other. It is, however, conceivable to alter the form of a wave or another regular pattern to obtain an increased stimulation. A periodic stimulation is preferred, the period continuously decreasing or increasing. Such a continuous decrease or increase of the wave length or interval sooner or later implies that the "stimulation" is beyond the area, where it has any influence at all. Thus the effective time is finite and indeed very short. Moreover, the stimulation is characterised by one dominating feature during this short period, i.e. a violent, rapid change in the form and magnitude of the pattern itself towards either zero or infinity.
The question is whether it is possible to find an infinite series in such a way that the values of its elements decrease, while the series retains its character ad infinitum.
It suffices to imagine a series where the elements decrease in time, or to the right in a graphic representation. This does not limit the scope of the invention, and the specification also applies to a series, where the elements increase in time. In this case the time axis has only to be reversed.
It is indeed possible to reconcile the apparently irreconcilable: The sequence decreases continuously and still retains its character and structure ad infinitum.
This is done by a generalization of an infinite series by extending the series by elements corresponding to the existing elements in such a way that a predetermined number of the new elements, such as two, corresponds to one element of the original series. The original and the new series are superimposed in such a way that the two elements of the new series coincide with one element o
REFERENCES:
patent: 2465838 (1949-03-01), Bernard
patent: 3490458 (1970-01-01), Allison
patent: 4195626 (1980-04-01), Schweizer
Kamm William E.
Schaetzle Kennedy J.
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