Method and apparatus for detecting, recording and analyzing spontaneously generated transient electric charge pulses in living organisms
First Claim
1. A method of characterizing the state of the bioelectric field originating in organisms by detecting and recording a specific type of spontaneously-generated electric charge pulses induced in axially extending conductive electrodes having continuous surfaces in contact with the living tissue of animals or plants, comprising the steps of:
- placing a pair of conductive electrodes in the form of axially extending conductive members within the closed palms of the hands of a person, respectively, with a gap between said electrodes, said electrodes being enclosed by the closed palm and fingers of each hand;
passively detecting in the absence of any external voltage source the electric energy produced by a living source as said living source interacts with a crystalline lattice of a pair of conductive electrodes to produce a train of oscillating pulses, measuring the amplitude of said pulses as said pulses decay as a linear function of log-time, and, analyzing said pulses to detect changes in said living source over time.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus is provided for detecting and recording a specific type of electric pulse induced in metal electrodes held by the palms of the hands of living tissue of humans, and by certain organic and inorganic models of such living tissue. The purely passive system detects the electric energy produced by the living source as it interacts with the crystalline lattice of conductive metal electrodes to produce a train of oscillating pulses, the amplitude of whose envelope decays as a linear function of log-time. Specific aspects of these pulses can be used to study the state of the living, or non-living, source and to detect changes in this state over time. The results of such studies of living sources can be interpreted, respectively, in terms of the state of health, or disease, of the source and of changes in the state of health, or disease, of the source, and can thus be used to recognize, characterize and evaluate conditions of the living organism and to quantify the effects of therapies and putative therapies.
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1. A method of characterizing the state of the bioelectric field originating in organisms by detecting and recording a specific type of spontaneously-generated electric charge pulses induced in axially extending conductive electrodes having continuous surfaces in contact with the living tissue of animals or plants, comprising the steps of:
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placing a pair of conductive electrodes in the form of axially extending conductive members within the closed palms of the hands of a person, respectively, with a gap between said electrodes, said electrodes being enclosed by the closed palm and fingers of each hand;
passively detecting in the absence of any external voltage source the electric energy produced by a living source as said living source interacts with a crystalline lattice of a pair of conductive electrodes to produce a train of oscillating pulses, measuring the amplitude of said pulses as said pulses decay as a linear function of log-time, and, analyzing said pulses to detect changes in said living source over time. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A method of characterizing the state of the bioelectric field of a human being comprising the steps of:
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placing a pair of conductive electrodes in the form of axially extending conductive members within the closed palms of the hands of a person, respectively, with an air gap between said electrodes, said electrodes being enclosed by the closed palm and fingers of each hand;
connecting a conductor to each of said axially extending conductive electrodes;
passively detecting in the absence of any external voltage source the electric energy sensed by said axially extending conductive electrodes generated by said person to produce a train of oscillating pulses, measuring the amplitude of said pulses as said pulses decay as a linear function of log-time, generating and recording a charge density pulse trace;
analyzing said pulse trace to detect changes in said person over time. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5)
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6. The method of locating an internal injury in a body of a person comprising the steps of:
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placing an axially extending conductive electrode in contact within a palm of said person, said electrode being connected through a conductor to a device capable of measuring voltages generated from within said body;
placing a second axially extending conductive electrode within another hand of said body, said second electrode being connected through a conductor to said device;
said device passively detecting in the absence of any external voltage source the electric energy produced by said person as said electrodes are held within the palms of the hands of said body to produce a train of oscillating pulses, measuring the amplitude of said pulses as said pulses decay as a linear function of log-time, generating and recording a charge density pulse trace; and
analyzing said pulse trace to detect the presence of any injury within said body. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of evaluating objectively a treatment for the relief of pain in a person comprising the steps of:
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a) placing a pair of axially extending conductive electrodes within the palms of the hands of a person, respectively;
b) connecting a conductor to each of said electrodes;
c) passively detecting in the absence of any external voltage source the electric energy produced by said person to produce a train of oscillating pulses, d) measuring the amplitude of said pulses as said pulses decay as a linear function of log-time, e) generating and recording a charge density pulse trace;
f) treating the person for pain;
g) repeating steps a) through e); and
h) analyzing said pulse traces to detect changes in said charge density pulse traces over time as an objective measure of the relief of pain in said person.
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11. A system for detecting and recording a specific type of spontaneously generated bioelectric field oscillating pulses of a living source, said pulses decaying in amplitude linearly with respect to log-time, said system comprising:
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a pair of conductive electrodes, each of said electrodes contacting a different part of a living source, such as an animal or plant body, said electrodes having contact points penetrating an electrode surface oxide layer, said electrodes being axially extending conductive members held within the closed palms of the hands of a person, respectively, with an air gap between said electrodes;
said contact points being connected to lead wires, said lead wires being joined across a resistor and being connected to a data recorder, said data recorder having a predetermined input sensitivity, said electrodes passively detecting in the absence of any external voltage source said electrical energy produced by a living source as said source interacts with a crystalline lattice of said pair of conductive electrodes to produce said train of oscillating pulses; and
,said data recorder displaying and storing said decaying pulse trains. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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