Simultaneous magnetic control of multiple objects

• US 20070043263A1
• Filed: 10/25/2006
• Published: 02/22/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Glenn Wakefield
• Original Assignee: Glenn Wakefield
• Inventors: Wakefield, Glenn
• Application Number:
  US11/586,098
• Publication Number:
  US 20070043263A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/160
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/00158 using magnetic field
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 34/73 Manipulators for magnetic surgery

Abstract

A magnetic system controlling one or more objects that may be used in medical applications, industrial applications and construction applications. The applications will be of any complexity and range from the arbitrarily small to the arbitrarily large. The objects may have physical connections among themselves and to the main unit

Claims

1. A system composed of one or more external magnetic field generators for controlling:

one or more magnetically responsive objects with an external physical connection in which the fields of the external magnetic generators, the internal magnetic elements or both will be varied in real time;

one or more magnetically responsive objects without an external physical connection in which the fields of just the internal magnetic elements or both the external magnetic generators and the internal magnetic elements will be varied in real time;

two or more magnetically responsive objects without an external physical connection in which the fields of external magnetic generators, the internal magnetic elements or both will be varied in real time;

combinations of the above.

2. Referring to claim 1, every aspect of the entire computer controlled system will be under a closed loop control system, an open loop control system or an appropriate combination in which the information generated by any part of the system may be used by any other portion of the system for control purposes or any other appropriate purpose.

3. Referring to claim 1, the term magnet or magnetic will refer to any type of magnet, magnetically responsive substance or magnetically generating object which includes electromagnets with or without a core, anisotropic magnets, isotropic magnets, magnetic substance, diamagnetic substance, paramagnetic substance, ferromagnetic substance and electromagnetic generating objects.

4. Referring to claim 1, the arrangement of one or more magnets in the magnetically responsive object will be optimized depending on the design criteria.

5. Referring to claim 1, the system can be implemented in medical applications, industrial applications and construction applications in which the applications will be of any complexity and will range from the arbitrarily small to the arbitrarily large and include procedures as diverse as a complex surgical procedure to the machining of an arbitrary part to exact contour and tolerance to assembly line production to the construction of a tiny electromechanical system that is not visible to the naked eye.

6. Referring to claim 1, a real time electromagnetic field solver is necessary for optimal control since a tightly coupled control system among the internal and external magnets (sensors—

pressure, position, velocity, acceleration, jerk, orientation, field strength and direction, magnetic permeability of all system components and surroundings) is mandatory.

7. Referring to claim 1, an electrical fault prevention system is necessary in appropriate situations.

8. Referring to claim 1, the term physical connections refers to one or more physical connections between and or among magnetically responsive objects and between and or among magnetically responsive objects and other structures (for example suction and or pressure hoses for gas, liquid, solid, plasma, elementary particles;

communications;

power;

fiber laser or other type of laser).

9. Referring to claim 1, one or more magnetically responsive objects with ultrasound instruments, electromagnetic field instruments and or elementary particle instruments may interface with one or more external instruments of a compatible nature to produce a high quality image of the examined structure.

10. Referring to claim 1, piezoelectric strand like elements and normal pressure transducers are appropriately attached to the magnetically responsive object and components thereof and to the physical connections to detect contact with the external environment.

11. Referring to claim 1, a power source for magnetically responsive objects which have an external physical connection include a direct wire connection, an external light source (laser, maser or otherwise) impinging on a solar cell, thermoelectric device or other appropriate electromagnetic wave gathering device within the magnetically responsive object and an external air source to power an air electrical generator within the magnetically responsive object.

12. Referring to claim 1, a power source for magnetically responsive objects which do not have an external physical connection include an arbitrarily small to arbitrarily large engine with an appropriate fuel supply, oxidizer supply and exhaust system and an external light source (laser, maser or otherwise) impinging on a solar cell, thermoelectric device or other appropriate electromagnetic wave gathering device within the magnetically responsive object

13. Referring to claim 1, instead of the internal electromagnets rotating the magnetically responsive object, the internal components as appropriate (except the electromagnets) will rotate into position or a combination of both internal electromagnet rotation and internal component rotation as appropriate will provide a more optimized solution.