Surgery – Miscellaneous
Reexamination Certificate
1992-12-23
2001-05-29
Lacyk, John P. (Department: 3736)
Surgery
Miscellaneous
C128S907000, C606S189000, C606S204000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06237603
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a method and apparatus that provides for reversal of physiological human dependency induced by cigarette smoking, alcohol or drug addiction, for reducing or eliminating physiological dependency through the use of acupuncture and psychological changes through hypnosis, employing tapes, records or compact disks, and in particular, to a method and self-administering patient kit that utilizes specific acupuncture/acupressure locations in combination with hypnosis which intensifies and accelerates the effects of acupuncture/acupressure in reversing chemical, physiological and psychotherapeutic addiction in human beings induced by cigarette smoking, and in particular nicotine, alcohol addiction and drug addiction. The method and apparatus may also be used for weight loss, areas of self-improvement such as memory, relief from stress (relaxation), control of physiologic and/or psychological pain, and the like.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Acupuncture/acupressure, as a Chinese remedy for medical and psychophysiological problems such as addiction, are well known in the art. For the sake of this application, acupuncture and acupressure are to be considered synonymous. Acupuncture has been used to treat a variety of human physical and psychological problems. Different forms of acupuncture that include tactile stimulation of various areas of the body, either through pressure, electrical stimulation or magnetic stimulation are known. Numerous types of acupuncture devices are known, such as that shown in U.S. Pat. No. 4,450,846 for an electrical pulse acupuncture apparatus. U.S. Pat. No. 4,966,164 shows a combined sound generating device, an electrical acupuncture method and device that attaches to portions of the human body for treatment.
Hypnosis has been used for treatment of dependency in human beings for smoking, alcohol and drug addiction. The purpose of hypnosis is to provide for post-hypnotic suggestion which is effective with particular individuals for both physiological and psychological treatment of chemical dependency. U.S. Pat. No. 4,282,864 shows a method and apparatus for inducing a pre-hypnotic state to enhance suggestion.
Although acupuncture in and of itself may, at times, produce successful results for both physiological and psychological treatments, and hypnosis has been used by itself for improving psychological and physiological treatment of dependency, Applicant has discovered that the simultaneous use of hypnosis in conjunction with stimulation of particular acupuncture zones greatly intensifies and amplifies the acupuncture effect, with a result greater than any individual effect noted heretofore by the Applicant, especially for treatment of cigarette smoking, alcohol addiction and drug addiction, to greatly reverse chemical changes through the application of this treatment. The system may be utilized in the form of a self-administered patient kit that includes a device for applying acupressure or acupuncture pressure at prescribed and preselected points on a human being's skin that is used in conjunction with audio instructions on a cassette tape, compact disk, or record that will induce hypnosis in a predetermined schedule. The kit includes a body point chart with the instructions. An instruction sheet or cassette could also be in the kit explaining how to do self-hypnosis. The tape provided could be subliminal or with audio conscious levels or both. Applicant is the patentee of U.S. Pat. No. 4,098,277, which provides for stimulating auricular acupuncture points which would be used in conjunction with hypnosis in the present invention.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
A method and apparatus for treating addiction or other psychophysiological or physiological problems in human beings, to provide for a reversal of certain physiological changes caused by smoking (nicotine addiction), alcohol, or drug addiction through the simultaneous application of acupuncture treatment and hypnosis, which aids in amplifying and intensifying the effect of acupuncture on the patient. The apparatus may include a device for stimulating particular predetermined acupuncture points on the human skin, mechanically, electrically, or magnetically, a device for inducing heterohypnosis, such as audio instruction on a cassette tape, record, or compact disk, body point charts with instructions for the acupuncture (acupressure) stimulation, and instructions for self-use of both the acupuncture device and the cassette tape that induces hypnosis, and instructions for self-hypnosis.
As an example, the patient can use specifically the device shown by Applicant in U.S. Pat. No. 4,098,277, which includes a method for selectively applying pressure to discreet selected auricular acupuncture pressure points, but without penetrating the skin. Once the device is made, which has predetermined pressure points for mounting on a human being such as in the ear area, such a device could be included in the kit.
Many acupuncture points for treating a wide variety of disorders are located in accordance with known acupuncture text, such as Czaplicki on pages 134-137. Once the particular points are know, either an attachable device or magnetic wand/pointer is used that can apply stimulus to these acupuncture points. Also, needles may be used. In accordance with the present invention, the patient would apply the acupuncture pressures to particular points on the human body for solving a specific disorder. Next, the patient would undergo self-hypnosis by listening to the instructions on the recording or cassette tape. The patient would also receive a post-hypnotic suggestion, which is also provided for in conjunction with the stimulation by acupuncture. Applicant has found that simultaneous hypnosis greatly intensifies and amplifies the positive effects of acupuncture and vice versa.
Although shown in kit form, broadly the method may be utilized which combines recorded heterohypnosis or self-hypnosis techniques and acupuncture to specifically treat particular types of physiological, psychological, or psychophysiological disorders through the treatment described herein.
It is an object of this invention to provide an improved method technique and treatment, particularly for eliminating smoking, alcohol addiction, drug addiction or weight loss that combines the use of acupuncture for predetermined treatment of illnesses in specific zone locations while simultaneously having the patient subject to hypnosis, which acts to intensify and amplify the effects of the acupuncture.
It is another object of this invention to provide a patient kit which may be utilized by a patient that contains acupuncture body point charts with instructions, a device or devices to apply the acupuncture pressure, and a device for inducing hypnosis and applying hypnosis to the individual patient, such as audio instructions in a cassette tape, compact disk, or record or written instructions. The kit frees the patient from the need to be hospitalized or return to the therapist's office for regular treatment.
And yet still another object of this invention is to provide a method and apparatus for amplifying and accelerating the effects of acupuncture through hypnosis.
In accordance with these and other objects which will be apparent hereinafter, the instant invention will now become described with particular reference to the accompanying drawings.
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Lacyk John P.
Malin Haley & DiMaggio, P.A.
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