Surgery – Magnetic field applied to body for therapy
Reexamination Certificate
1998-07-14
2001-04-03
O'Connor, Cary (Department: 3736)
Surgery
Magnetic field applied to body for therapy
Reexamination Certificate
active
06210317
ABSTRACT:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
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STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates generally to the treatment of disease using magnetic fields, and more specifically, to the treatment of degenerated tissue and bones using relatively high-magnitude, zero frequency, magnetic fields of the proper orientation.
2. Description of the Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98
Others have attempted to use magnetic fields or waves in the treatment of human diseases. A non-exhaustive list of references to such treatment includes:
Smith U.S. Pat. No. 96,044
Slater et al. U.S. Pat. No. 561,448
Bachelet U.S. Pat. No. 849,653
Hahnemann U.S. Pat. No. 2,161,292
Manning U.S. Pat. No. 3,893,462
Brus et al. U.S. Pat. No. 4,481,091
Castel U.S. Pat. No. 4,587,957
Liboff et al. U.S. Pat. No. 5,087,336
Liboff et al. U.S. Pat. No. 5,183,456
Liboff et al. U.S. Pat. No. 5,211,622
Various people have used magnetic fields of specific low frequencies in an attempt to stimulate specific substances that have matching resonant frequencies. Unfortunately, as the substances become excited, their resonant frequencies shift, ending the effect of the magnetic field.
To counter this effect, others have used a variety of magnetic frequencies, sweeping through the range, or used impulses of magnetic fields. None, however have achieved any substantial success in rejuvenating damaged or diseased tissue.
What is needed, then, is an effective method for treating disease using magnetic fields.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention pertains to a method of treating a patient who lives in a relatively weak magnetic field such as is naturally present through the use of a high-intensity “treating” magnetic field.
The treating magnetic field must be aligned to pass through the patient's body in substantially the same direction that the Earth's magnetic field did during the majority of recent cell division within the patient's body. As such, the first step of the present invention is to determine what the orientation of the Earth's magnetic field has been with respect to the patient's body during cell division in the recent past.
The next step of the present invention is to position the portion of the patient's body to be treated within a relatively high-intensity magnetic field. The treating magnetic field preferably is oriented to correspond to some extent to the direction of the Earth's magnetic field determined in the first step. At a minimum, the treating magnetic field must be oriented such that it is within 90 degrees of the Earth's magnetic field determined in the first step. An angle greater than 90 degrees would result in a component of the treating magnetic field being antiparallel to the direction of the Earth's magnetic field determined in the first step.
As a feature of the present invention, the treating magnetic field is constrained such that any fringing or “return” magnetic fields do not pass through any part of the patient's body in an obtuse direction with respect to the direction of the Earth's magnetic field determined in the first step.
As another feature of the present invention, the treating magnetic field has zero frequency, that is, it is a “DC” magnetic field having no frequency modulation.
As yet another feature of the present invention, the treating magnetic field is at least 500 gauss in intensity. Higher field intensities are possible and may be used to good effect. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a treating magnetic field intensity of at least 2000 gauss is used. Good results have been achieved using a treating magnetic field intensity of 20,000 gauss.
These and other features, advantages, and objects of the present invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art upon examination of the following specification when taken in conjunction with the drawings.
REFERENCES:
patent: 5817000 (1998-10-01), Souder
O'Connor Cary
Pillsbury & Winthrop LLP
Szmal Brian
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