Surgery: light – thermal – and electrical application – Light – thermal – and electrical application – Electrical therapeutic systems
Reexamination Certificate
2000-03-02
2001-10-30
Bockelman, Mark (Department: 3762)
Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application
Light, thermal, and electrical application
Electrical therapeutic systems
Reexamination Certificate
active
06309407
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The PAN SELF Unit could be used in the medical field as an electrical nerve stimulator and/or for pain control under U.S. Patent Classification Definition D24 Medical and Laboratory Equipment—231 Miscellaneous (70).
The advantages of the PAN SELF UNIT are: 1. Small in size, 2. Produces its own alternating electrical current, 3. Safe to be used around water (although the mechanism can be harmed by submersing it in water), 4. The user can reach any part of their body without outside help, 5. The user has control of the electrical flow by pumping slow or fast on the band/foot pump.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
This invention will stimulate nerves and in many cases control pain in the body by blocking pain impulses and it will cause the body to release endorphins, which control pain perception. The amount of voltage released is in proportion to the speed at which a person pumps the alternator. This device can be pumped by squeezing and releasing pressure so the pump handle springs can return it to the position to be pumped again. The same result can be obtained by pressing on the handle with the foot and then releasing it. This allows the user to regulate the voltage to a tolerable amount.
1. Circumstances of Conception.
One day in 1979 I was using an electric drill and grounded out my arm on a cooking Range. I was held there by the electrical current until the breaker switched off. I noticed that for several weeks following, I had no pain in my hands, fingers, and wrists, that were usually painful from Osteoarthritis. This began my search for a safe, portable electrical stimulation device that could duplicate the electrical stimulation I had received. I later found out that one is used by physical therapists in hospitals. The device rolls from room to room, and plugs into a 110 volt outlet. It is too large for my plans. Another is the TENS unit, which has to be connected to the body with electrodes and is also bulky. I even traveled to Hot Springs, Ark., to go through the museum where some of the first electrical stimulation machines were developed and used along with the spring baths. These stimulators were also too bulky and antiquated.
In the late 1940s I had seen a hand-operated flashlight that took no batteries. Its energy was created by hand-pumping a grip on the flashlight. This pumping-motion moved a curved-toothed stem at one end of the grip into the flashlight. The teeth of the grip would come in contact with a gear on the alternator's armature, causing the armature to spin, thereby creating the electrical power.
In about May of 1994, I ordered some Dynamo Flashlights made in China These received their electrical current by squeezing a spring-loaded handle, as described above. I discovered that this device produced alternative current, which would allow me to connect a step-up Miniature Transformer to increase the voltage. In September of 1994I produced my fist alternator stimulator. In 1997, I discovered that China had another flashlight on the market, and that Russia had a similar alternator flashlight, that worked the same way, and could have the volts increased by use of a small transformer. Either of these can have the voltage regulated according to the speed at which it is pumped. I did not find any patent markings on any of the three flashlights mentioned above. I did a patent search on the three flashlights at Rice University's Fondren Library in Houston, Tex., and found nothing that came close to my invention.
2. Purposes and advantages of the invention
This device relieves pain by producing alternating current to stimulate nerves in and around muscles, joints, tendons, nerves, ligaments, and bones of the body. Advantages of the PAN SELF Unit are: a) It uses no batteries or outside electrical current, b) It is small enough to fit in a person's pocket or purse, c) It can be used in remote areas where no electricity is available, d) It can also be used in emergency situations, when there is a power outage, e) It is safe to use around water including the bathtub, but should not be submerged, f) It is safe for a laypeson to use, g) The PAN SELF Unit will be cost-effective for the average person.
1. A sufficient-size whole is disposed at the bottom of the telescoping wand so that the telescoping wand can be extended or retracted without harming the wires.
2. Insulated Handle.
3. At least three-section slidable telescoping wand.
4. “L”-shaped phono plug.
5. Front view of said phono plug.
6. Twin-irrulated contiguous wire, about 6 feet (1.8288 meters) long.
7. Insulated Wire from switch to “L”-shaped phono plug.
8. Cut-away view of housing cap.
9. Cut-away view of housing.
10. Insulated wire from transformer low voltage to switch
11. Switch to regulate voltage from Low to High.
12. Insulated wire from transformer high voltage to switch
13. Wire from alternator to transformer.
14. Insulated wire from transformer to “L”-shaped phono plug.
15. Circular hole in center of cup for twin-insulated wires to come through.
16. Twin insulated wire tied in a knot so it won't pull through hole in cap.
17. About a two-stage step-up transformer.
18. Wire from alternator to transformer.
REFERENCES:
patent: 5405376 (1995-04-01), Mulier et al.
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