System and methods for treating cancer cells with alternating polarity magnetic fields
OwnerVivek K. Sharmainventor
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Abstract
Systems and method for destroying or inhibiting cancer cells and other rapidly-dividing cells include coupling an alternating polarity (AP) magnetic field generator to a target body area and applying an AP magnetic field having a frequency of 0.5-500 kHz and a field strength of 0.5-5 mT to the target body area to achieve a desired inhibiting effect on cancer cells or other rapidly-dividing cells. Treatments provided by the system may be co-administered with an anti-cancer drug such as a chemotherapy drug, a hormone therapy drug, targeted therapy drugs, immunotherapy drugs, or an angiogenesis inhibitor drug.
Claims20
A method of treating cancer cells in a target body area of a patient, comprising:
- providing a magnetic field therapy system comprising:
- an alternating polarity (AP) magnetic field generator;
- one or more AP electromagnetic coils coupled to the AP magnetic field generator, wherein the one or more AP electromagnetic coils are energized by an electrical signal from the AP magnetic field generator to generate an AP magnetic field having at least a first frequency and a first field strength;
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- a controller to control at least one of the first frequency and the first field strength of the AP magnetic field generated by the one or more AP electromagnetic coils;
- coupling the one or more AP electromagnetic coils to the target body area;
- generating an AP magnetic field having a first frequency of 0.5-400 kHz and a first field strength of 0.2-5 mT using the one or more AP electromagnetic coils;
- applying the generated AP magnetic field to the target body area using the one or more AP electromagnetic coils, wherein the AP magnetic field selectively affects the cancer cells to prevent metastasis of the cancer cells, while leaving non-cancer cells substantially unharmed;
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- treating the patient during at least a portion of the step of applying the generated AP magnetic field to the target body area with an immunotherapy.
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