Therapy device using variable magnetic fields

• US 6,547,713 B1
• Filed: 02/05/2001
• Issued: 04/15/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 08/04/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: S.I.S.T.E.M.I. S.R.L.
• Original Assignee: S.I.S.T.E.M.I. S.R.L.
• Inventors: Talpo, Getullio
• Primary Examiner(s): Winakur, Eric F.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Veniaminov, Nikita R
• Application Number:
  US09/762,255
• Time in Patent Office: 799 Days
• Field of Search: 307/91, 600/13, 600/9, 600/14, 335/299, 128/921, 128/898
• US Class Current: 600/9
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2/02 using magnetic fields produced by coils, including single turn loops or electromagnets A61N2/12 takes precedence

Abstract

An apparatus for treating the human body with variable magnetic fields, which comprises an electrical waveform generator to be connected, through a cable, to Helmholtz coils, adapted to be moved close to the person to be treated, which produce low-intensity, low-frequency variable magnetic fields; an impedance meter with electrode terminals to be applied to the person to evaluate the effectiveness of the waves of the generator; and an electronic processing unit for controlling the waveform generator as a function of the measurements of the impedance meter and of memory parameters stored in the processing unit.

Claims

1. An apparatus for treating the human body with variable magnetic fields, comprising:

at least one electric waveform generator to be connected through a cable, to Helmholtz coils, adapted to be moved close to a person to be treated, which produce low-intensity, low-frequency variable magnetic fields;

at least one impedance meter having electrode terminals to be applied to the person to evaluate the effectiveness of the waves of said at least one generator;

at least one electronic processing unit for controlling said at least one waveform generator as a function of the measurements of said at least one impedance meter and of memory parameters stored in said processing unit, and wherein said at least one electronic processing unit comprises a microprocessor with a RAM-PROM memory and a DUAL-PORT memory.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, comprising a SMART CARD reader with an EEPROM memory for transmitting personal parameters concerning previous treatment sessions and/or parameters deemed at the outset more appropriate for the person to be treated to said processing unit.

3. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said processing unit comprises a serial interface for connection to an external control computer.

4. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein peripheral units of said processing unit, except said SMART CARD reader and said interface, are I/O-mapped by means of a PAL.

5. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said PAL is used as an address generator for the DUAL-PORT memory, as a divider for supplying a frequency of 200 KHz to said impedance meter and as a base decoder.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said processing unit is provided with a keyboard and a display for contributing in controlling said generator and said impedance meter.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said impedance meter comprises a 50-Khz, 250-microampere (RMS) sinusoidal current generator and a sine-wave generator connected therewith.

8. An apparatus for treating the human body with variable magnetic fields, comprising:

at least one electric waveform generator to be connected through a cable, to Helmholtz coils, adapted to be moved close to a person to be treated, which produce low-intensity, low-frequency variable magnetic, fields;

at least one impedance meter having electrode terminals to be applied to the person to evaluate the effectiveness of the waves of said at least one generator;

at least one electronic processing unit for controlling said at least one waveform generator as a function of the measurements of said at least one impedance meter and of memory parameters stored in said processing unit, and wherein said impedance meter comprises a 50-Khz, 250-microampere (RMS) sinusoidal current generator and a sine-wave generator connected therewith.

9. The apparatus according to claim 8, comprising a SMART CAD reader with an EEPROM memory for transmitting personal parameters concerning previous treatment sessions and/or parameters deemed at the outset more appropriate for the person to be treated to said processing unit.

10. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said processing unit comprises a serial interface for connection to an external control computer.

11. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein peripheral units of said processing unit, except said SMART CARD reader and said interface, are I/O-mapped by means of a PAL.

12. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said PAL is used as an address generator for the DUAL-PORT memory, as a divider for supplying a frequency of 200 KHz to said impedance meter and as a base decoder.

13. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein said processing unit is provided with a keyboard and a display for contributing in controlling said generator and said impedance meter.

14. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein said at least one electronic processing unit comprises a microprocessor with a RAM-PROM memory and a DUAL-PORT memory.