APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC TREATMENT

• US 20110112352A1
• Filed: 06/21/2010
• Published: 05/12/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Rio Grande Neurosciences, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Rio Grande Neurosciences, Inc.
• Inventors: Viswanathan, Iyer, DiMino, Andre' A., Pilla, Arthur A.
• Application Number:
  US12/819,956
• Publication Number:
  US 20110112352A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/14
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/40 Applying electric fields by inductive or capacitive coupling microwave apparatus A61N5/00; Applying radio-frequency signals
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2/008 for pain treatment or analgesia
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2/02 using magnetic fields produced by coils, including single turn loops or electromagnets A61N2/12 takes precedence

Abstract

Described herein are electromagnetic treatment devices for treatment of tissue. In particular, described herein are lightweight, wearable, low-energy variations that are specifically configured to specifically and sufficiently apply energy within a specific bandpass of frequencies of a target biological pathway, such as the binding of Calcium to Calmodulin, and thereby regulate the pathway. Methods and systems for treating biological tissue are also described.

Claims

1. A wearable, low-power, and lightweight electromagnetic treatment device for treating a target tissue by stimulation of a target pathway structure, the device comprising:

a wire applicator comprising a loop that is configured to conform to a target anatomy;

a micro-controller configured to control the burst duration, the burst period, and the duration of a single treatment application, wherein the micro-controller is configured to apply treatment for a duration of between about 1 minute to about 30 minutes; and

a control circuit including a pulse phase timing control configured to regulate the burst duration and burst period and configured to provide a signal to the applicator to induce an electric field of amplitude of between about 1 μ

V/cm to about 100 mV/cm at the target tissue and a peak induced magnetic field between about 1 μ

T and about 20 μ

T, wherein the control circuit generates a burst of waveforms having a burst duration of greater than 0.5 msec and a burst period of between about 0.1 to about 10 seconds to produce a signal that is above background electrical activity.