# US 2014/0194668 A1 · Portable Therapeutic Device Using Rotating Static Magnetic Fields > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0194668 A1 - Document ID: US20140194668A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/738,486 - Filed: 2013-01-10 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-10 - Assignees: Device Therapeutics, Inc. - Applicants: Device Therapeutics, Inc. - Inventors: Darrin Hanson - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140194668A1 ## CPC - A61N 2/004: {specially adapted for a specific therapy} - A61N 2/06: using magnetic fields produced by permanent magnets (A61N2/12 takes precedence) - A61N: ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY (measurement of bioelectric currents A61B; surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body A61B18/00; anaesthetic apparatus in general A61M; incandescent lamps H01K; infrared radiators for heating H05B) ## Abstract The present invention provides a portable therapeutic device for treatment of dyslipidemia, hyperviscosaemia, diabetic neuropathy, and peripheral artery disease, using rotating Static Magnetic Fields (rSMF). The device comprises a two part plastic housing with a handle and a designated treatment area, a DC motor with microcontroller and a cylindrically shaped magnet roller, which comprises magnets tightly fitted into a stainless steel sleeve capped with two bearing shafts protruded on each end. The magnet roller assembly rotates freely inside the housing with little clearance at assigned low frequency in line with the DC motor axis driven by magnetic torque from magnetic couplings, which include equally sized quad-pole magnet plates on each coupling base. The rSMF-based device produces an inhomogeneous surface intensity of 4000-7000 Gauss from its dual-pole or quad-pole parallel circuitry for an effective treatment regimen of the indicated disorders. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A portable therapeutic device, comprising: a housing made of nonmetallic material with a handle and a designated treatment area; a DC motor with a programmable microcontroller; a cylindrical, diametrically magnetized magnet roller assembly comprising a stainless steel sleeve enclosing a magnet or plurality of magnets; and a non-contact magnetic coupling assembly interposed between the DC motor and the magnet roller assembly; wherein said DC motor and cylindrical magnet roller assembly produce a rotating static magnetic field for treatment of hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia, hyperviscosaemia, diabetic neuropathy and/or peripheral artery disease. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The portable therapeutic device according to claim 1, wherein the rotating speed of said cylindrical magnet roller assembly driven by said DC motor via magnetic couplings is programmed at 8-15 Hz. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The portable therapeutic device using according to claim 1, wherein the device produces an inhomogeneous surface field intensity of 4000-7000 Gauss. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The portable therapeutic device according to claim 1, wherein the cylindrical and diametrically magnetized magnet roller assembly comprises one solid block or one solid cylinder of NdFeB magnet machined to fit tightly into a hermetically sealed cylindrical stainless steel sleeve having two bearing shafts protruded on each end of the sleeve. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The portable therapeutic device according to claim 1, wherein two axially stacked semi-cylindrical NdFeB magnets are diametrically magnetized and fixed together with the opposite poles facing each other to form a quad-pole stack fitted tightly into a hermetically sealed cylindrical stainless steel sleeve and having two bearing shafts protruded on each end. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The portable therapeutic device according to claim 1, wherein said cylindrical magnet roller assembly is constructed with two semi-cylindrical NdFeB magnets placed axially on opposite sides of a ferromagnet as a center layer with opposite poles facing the center, forming a diametrically magnetized quad-pole layered stack machined to fit tightly into a hermetically sealed cylindrical stainless steel sleeve having two bearing shafts protruded on each end. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The portable therapeutic device according to claim 1, wherein the magnet roller assembly rotates freely inside the housing with little clearance in line with the DC motor axis driven by magnetic torque from a pair of magnetic couplings. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The portable therapeutic device according to claim 1, wherein said cylindrical magnet in the magnet roller assembly is sized at about 50 mm in diameter and about 100 mm in length in a stainless steel sleeve made of seamless bellows which is about 120 mm in length and about 0.3-0.5 mm in thickness. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The portable therapeutic device according to claim 1, wherein said magnetic coupling assembly comprises: two opposing round fittings a circular disk formed by four quarter-circle NdFeB nickel-plated magnets adhered to a side of the fitting having the same diameter; both magnetic couplings facing each other being fixed on each shaft of the DC motor and the magnet roller assembly fastened with set screws, and an air gap of 5 mm between the two magnetic couplings. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The portable therapeutic device according to claim 9, wherein said disk on each of said magnetic coupling fittings has a surface field intensity of 4000-5000 Gauss. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The portable therapeutic device according claim 10, where said disk on each of said coupling fittings has a dimension of about 30 mm in diameter and about 3 mm in thickness. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The portable therapeutic device according to claim 1, wherein the device has a slidable lifter with thumb screws for height adjustment and proper positioning of a patient's anatomical site during treatment sessions. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The portable therapeutic device according to claim 1, wherein the device has a carrying case with ferromagnet shielding integrated therein. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) A method for treating dyslipidemia and/or hyperviscosaemia, comprising: applying a rotating static magnetic field to a human subject in need thereof for about 20-30 minutes per day with the device of claim 1 rotating at a frequency in a range of 8-15 Hz with an inhomogeneous field intensity in a range of 4000-7000 Gauss. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method according to claim 14, wherein said human subject is selected from the group consisting of No Option Patients, Post Event Management Patients, Indication-Specific Group Patients; Preventive Regimen Group Patients and Post-operative Management Patients. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The method according to claim 14, wherein the initial frequency of application of the rotating static magnetic field is 6-15 consecutive days per course per month repeated on a monthly basis. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The method according to claim 14, wherein the device is placed under the subject's cervical dorsum to trigger extravascular exposure on nearby carotid artery and jugular vein. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) A method for treating diabetic neuropathy and/or peripheral artery disease, comprising applying a rotating static magnetic field with the device of claim 1 rotating at a frequency in a range of 8-15 Hz with an inhomogeneous field intensity in a range of 4000-7000 Gauss to the foot sole and/or the calf of a patient in need thereof for about 30-50 minutes/day. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method according to claim 18, wherein the initial frequency of application is set for 15 consecutive days per course per month repeated on a monthly basis.