US 10,744,338 B2 · Brassiere apparatus for propagating therapeutic electromagnetic fields

Abstract

A brassiere is configured to administer electromagnetic therapy to treat a cancerous tumor within a breast. The brassiere includes at least one cup, the cup within its walls at least two magnetic coils (also referred to herein as solenoid coils). Each solenoid coil is energized, when in therapeutic operation, with a distinct time-domain signal. The time domain signal consists of a series of summed sinusoidal waves from a power supply. The coils are oriented within the wall of the cup such that for any two coils a first magnetic coil and a second magnetic coil are oriented relative to each other so as to be nonparallel. The purpose of having two distinct coils is to focus resultant magnetic fields such that at a tumor site within a volume of breast tissue the cup encloses to form a local maximum formed by superposition within the cancerous tumor.

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Dependent claims

A brassiere to administer electromagnetic therapy to treat a cancerous tumor within a breast, the brassiere comprising:

a cup, the cup comprising at least:
a first magnetic coil to receive a first time-domain signal consisting of a first series of summed sinusoidal waves from a first power supply, the first series of summed sinusoidal waves being representable as a first set of coefficients in a first Fourier series;
and
a second magnetic coil to receive a second time-domain signal consisting of a second series of summed sinusoidal waves from a second power supply, the second series of summed sinusoidal waves being representable as a second set of coefficients in a second Fourier series, wherein the first magnetic coil and the second magnetic coil are oriented relative to each other so as to be nonparallel, the first set of coefficients in the first Fourier series and the second set of coefficients in second Fourier series being selected such that a resultant first combined electrical field formed by superposition forms a local maximum at the cancerous tumor.

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A method to administer electromagnetic therapy to treat a cancerous tumor within a breast, the method comprising:

providing a brassiere having at least one cup comprising at least a first magnetic coil and a second magnetic coil;
providing to the first magnetic coil a first time-domain signal consisting of a first series of summed sinusoidal waves from a first power supply, the first series of summed sinusoidal waves being representable as a first set of coefficients in a first Fourier series;
and
providing to the second magnetic coil a second time-domain signal consisting of a second series of summed sinusoidal waves from a second power supply, the second series of summed sinusoidal waves being representable as a second set of coefficients in a second Fourier series, wherein the first magnetic coil and the second magnetic coil are oriented relative to each other so as to be nonparallel, the first set of coefficients in the first Fourier series and the second set of coefficients in second Fourier series being selected such that a resultant first combined electrical field formed by superposition forms a local maximum at the cancerous tumor.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Brassiere apparatus for propagating therapeutic electromagnetic fields

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Brassiere apparatus for propagating therapeutic electromagnetic fields

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Abstract

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