Immersive, flux-guided, micro-coil apparatus and method
AssigneePulse, LLC
InventorsGregory S. Anderson, Kade E. Huntsman, Dale C. Gledhill, Douglas R. Burrell
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Abstract
A PEMF web using immersive, flux-guided, micro-coils to direct intense, deeply penetrating, magnetic flux into a subject from each micro-coil capable of pointing in an arbitrary direction. Micro-coils are spooled around iron cores, insulated properly, and soldered to connecting wires, all embedded in a polymeric resin, such as cold-cured silicone resin. Nodes protect, enclose, insulate electrically, and otherwise protect the micro-coils. Connectors between nodes provide mechanical stability against breaking of wires, while permitting folding, bending, buckling, and otherwise deflecting to position the nodes as desired with three degrees of freedom.
Claims18
A method for targeting cells by a Pulsed Electro-Magnetic Field (PEMF), the method comprising:
- providing a web comprising nodes spaced apart from each other sufficiently to be magnetically independent from one another, each node connected mechanically and electrically by a single runner between itself and another node adjacent thereto;
- providing in each node a single electromagnet comprising a micro-coil surrounding a core, of a metal, as a flux guide defining an axis, axial direction, and radial direction;
- selecting a subject, and a member of a body of the subject, containing cells targeted for treatment;
- positioning the electromagnet in close proximity to the member with the axis directed into the cells;
- determining an effective dosing for pulsing the electromagnets;
- setting a regimen comprising cycling alternately between an on condition corresponding to the pulsing and an off condition absent the pulsing;
- operating the micro-coils to create the Pulsed Electro-Magnetic Field (PEMF), guided by the cores, by pulsing a current at the frequency through the micro-coils of the electromagnets, based on the regimen;
- cycling the electric current between an on condition and an off condition to create a response in the cells;
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- discontinuing the current after a time corresponding to the effective dosing.
A method targeting cells in a treatment by a Pulsed Electro-Magnetic Field (PEMF), the method comprising:
- selecting a subject and cells thereof targeted for exposure to a Pulsed Electro-Magnetic Field (PEMF);
- providing a web of nodes connected exclusively by runners, the runners being elongate and flexible to be capable of supporting movement of each node with respect to one another, each runner extending from a single node to a single adjacent node and connecting therebetween mechanically and electrically;
- providing in each node a single electromagnet oriented to have an axial direction orthogonal to a plane of the web when extended on a flat surface and spaced apart from others of the nodes to be magnetically independent therefrom;
- positioning the electromagnet in close proximity to the cells, wherein the electromagnet comprises a micro-coil surrounding a core of metal, acting as a flux guide and defining an axis, axial direction, and radial direction;
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- inducing the Pulsed Electro-Magnetic Field (PEMF) by pulsing a current of electricity through the micro-coil to induce a Pulsed Electro-Magnetic Field (PEMF) guided along the axis by the core and into the cells.
A method comprising:
- selecting a subject and cells thereof targeted for exposure to a Pulsed Electro-Magnetic Field (PEMF);
- providing a web comprising nodes spaced apart from each other sufficiently to be magnetically independent from one another, each node containing a single electromagnet connected mechanically and electrically by a single runner to each of the nodes adjacent thereto;
- providing in each node the single electromagnet comprising a micro-coil surrounding a core of metal, as a flux guide defining an axis, axial direction, and radial direction of the electromagnet;
- positioning a plurality of the nodes in close proximity to the cells;
- determining an effective dosing for the pulsing;
- setting a regimen comprising cycling alternately between an on condition corresponding to the pulsing and an off condition absent the pulsing;
- operating the micro-coils, based on the regimen by pulsing a current of electricity through micro-coil in each node of the plurality of nodes, simultaneously to induce the Pulsed Electro-Magnetic Field (PEMF), guided along each corresponding axis by the corresponding core and into the cells;
- creating a response in the cells by cycling the electric current between an on condition pulsing the current and an off condition providing no current and no pulsing;
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- discontinuing the current after a time corresponding to the effective dosing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.