Configurable magnetic orientation system
OwnerDavid Balzerinventor
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Abstract
A system for providing at an application surface of a therapeutic device a multitude of magnetic flux lines of different angles and strengths, including a plurality of arms and a plurality of magnets. Each arm piece may have one or more connecting members and one or more magnet receiving sockets or recesses. At least some of the one or more connecting members are generally configured to attach to one or more attachment or mating mechanisms on other arms. The magnets are placed in the sockets, and the connecting members of the plurality of arms are connected such that the arms form huh-and-spoke configurations, chain-configurations, loops, lines, or any combination of the above.
Claims20
A system for providing at an application surface of a therapeutic device a multitude of magnetic flux lines of different strengths and angular orientation, comprising:
- a plurality of magnets, and
- a plurality of rigid arms for spacing the plurality of magnets at predetermined distances from one another, said arm piece comprising
- a first end portion,
- a second end portion opposing said first end portion,
- a medial portion between the first and second end portions to space the first and second end portions a predetermined distance from one another, said medial portion being bowed to provide support to the user in between each individual magnet,
- one or more connecting members configured to attach to a like or mating attachment mechanism of an adjacent arm piece, and
- one or more magnet receiving recesses located on the first and second end portions of the arms, each magnet receiving recess having at least one magnet retaining surface and at least one magnet orientation member, said magnet orientation member comprising a flattened surface on the inside of the recess such that, when used in combination with the magnet retaining surface, the magnet orientation member properly orients the magnet in a predetermined angular orientation,
- wherein the plurality of magnets are retained in the magnet receiving recesses by said retaining surfaces, held in relation to one another and spaced apart at predetermined distances from one another by the plurality of arms, and held in predetermined orientations by said orientation members, thereby providing at an application surface of a therapeutic device a multitude of magnetic flux lines of different strengths and angular orientations.
A system for providing at an application surface of a therapeutic device a multitude of magnetic flux lines of different strengths and angular orientation, comprising:
- a plurality of magnets, and
- a plurality of arms for spacing the plurality of magnets at predetermined distances from one another, said arm piece comprising
- a first end portion,
- a second end portion opposing said first end portion,
- a medial portion between the first and second end portions to space the first and second end portions a predetermined distance from one another,
- one or more connecting members configured to attach to a like or mating attachment mechanism of an adjacent arm piece, and
- one or more magnet receiving recesses each having at least one magnet retaining surface and at least one magnet orientation member,
- wherein the plurality of magnets are retained in the magnet receiving recesses by said retaining surfaces, held in relation to one another and spaced apart at predetermined distances from one another by the plurality of arms, and held in predetermined orientations by said orientation members, thereby providing at an application surface of a therapeutic device a multitude of magnetic flux lines of different strengths and angular orientations.
A method for making a therapeutic device having a multitude of magnetic flux lines of different strengths and angular orientation at its application surface, comprising:
- inserting a plurality of magnets in a plurality of magnet receiving recesses formed in a plurality of arms such that the magnets are spaced apart from one another at predetermined distances,
- orienting each magnet within a magnet receiving recess using an orientation member associated with the magnet receiving recess,
- retaining the magnet in the magnet receiving recess in a fixed, predetermined angular orientation with respect to the magnet receiving recess, and
- connecting the plurality of arms to one another to form a pattern of magnets, thereby providing at an application surface of a therapeutic device a multitude of magnetic flux lines of different strengths and angular orientations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.