Bi-axial rotating magnetic therapeutic device

A therapeutic magnetic device, comprising:

• a magnet;
• a free moving member surrounding said magnet, said free moving member having one or more extensions;
• a cover having an inner surface surrounding said free moving member and said magnet, said inner surface defining a circumferential groove having a rolling surface;
• a rod mounted to said magnet and having at least one end extending beyond said free moving member
• a rolling member mounted on one of said at least one end of said rod, said rolling member disposed in communication with said rolling surface;
• and
• a motor in mechanical communication with one of said extensions on said free moving member;
• wherein rotation of the motor causes the free moving member to rotate, which causes said rolling member to move along a gripping surface, which in turn causes said rolling member to roll, thereby producing biaxial rotation of the magnet for therapeutic use on the body of a human or animal.

A magnetic therapeutic device comprising:

• a free moving circular track;
• a motor in mechanical communication with said free moving circular track for driving said free moving circular track in a circular motion;
• a stationary circular track that does not rotate relative to said motor;
• a magnetic unit disposed within said free moving track and said stationary circular track;
• a rod having mounted to said magnetic unit with two ends extending therefrom;
• a drive gear mounted to at least one of said two ends, and in contact with said free moving circular track and with said stationary circular track;
• whereby, as the motor drives said free moving circular track in a circular direction, said drive gear both moves in the same circular direction and at the same time rolls in a direction perpendicular thereto, causing said magnetic unit to rotate about two separate axes of rotation and therby producing a time-varying field of magnetic flux density and a time-varying field of angular flux displacement used for therapeutic purposes.

A magnetic therapeutic device, comprising:

• a magnet having at least one protruding arm;
• a free moving member having at least one opening through which said at least one protruding arm rotatably extends, so that said magnet and said at least one protruding arm may freely rotate relative to said free moving member;
• a motor, said motor coupled to said free moving member for rotating said free moving member and said magnet about a first axis of rotation;
• a rolling member mounted to said protruding arm outside said free moving member, and in contact with an annular surface that does not rotate at the same speed as said free moving member;
• wherein a speed differential between said free moving member and said annular surface causes rolling member and said magnet to roll about a second axis of rotation, thereby causing said magnet to rotate and roll at the same time about two separate axes producing a time-varying field of magnetic flux density and a time-varying field of angular flux displacement for therapeutic use on the body of a human or animal.

A magnetic therapeutic device comprising:

• means for rotating a magnet about a first axis of rotation;
• and
• means for rolling said magnet about a second axis of rotation;
• wherein said means for rolling does not cause said means for rotating to roll about said second axis of rotation;
• and
• wherein a time-varying field of magnetic flux density and a time-varying field of angular flux displacement is produced from the simultaneous rotating and rolling of said magnet about each of said first and second axes of rotation for therapeutic use on a human or animal body.

A method for treating a portion of a human or animal anatomy comprising the steps of:

• placing a magnetic device including a magnetic body over said portion of the anatomy;
• rotating said magnetic body by said magnetic device about an axis of a first rotation;
• and
• simultaneously rotating said magnetic body about an axis of a second rotation oblique to said axis of the first rotation.