Selective resonance of chemical structures

• US 8,386,186 B2
• Filed: 11/19/2008
• Issued: 02/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Enterprise Science Fund, LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Ishikawa, Muriel Y., Jung, Edward K. Y., Myhrvold, Nathan P., Wood, Lowell L. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Lin, Jerry
• Application Number:
  US12/313,419
• Publication Number:
  US 20090142415A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,560 Days
• Field of Search: 702/19
• US Class Current: 702/19
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2018/00577 Ablation
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0059 using light, e.g. diagnosis by transillumination, diascopy, fluorescence A61B5/0093, A61B5/1455, A61B5/02416 and A61B5/0261 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 41/0004 Homeopathy; Vitalisation; Resonance; Dynamisation, e.g. esoteric applications; Oxygenation of blood
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 5/00 Radiation therapy ultrasound therapy A61N7/00; devices or apparatus applicable to both therapy and diagnosis A61B6/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 5/062 Photodynamic therapy, i.e. excitation of an agent

Abstract

Chemical compositions may be selectively or preferentially excited by the application of scores comprising a series of energy inputs. Such a composition may act in the body by breaking a bond, heating or ablating material, or reacting with surrounding material when the energy inputs are applied to the body.

Claims

1. A method of introducing an agent to a selected tissue, comprising:

placing a chemical agent in an animal or human body comprising the selected tissue wherein in the chemical agent includes a composition having a characteristic set of proximate bonds selectively responsive to a predetermined series of energy inputs, wherein the response of the composition to the predetermined series of energy inputs is selected from the group consisting of;

breaking one or more bonds of the composition;

ablating material surrounding the composition;

heating material surrounding the composition; and

reacting with material surrounding the composition; and

applying the predetermined series of energy inputs to the body.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein placing the chemical agent in the animal or human body comprises injecting the chemical agent into the selected tissue.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein placing the chemical agent in the animal or human body comprises introducing the chemical agent into the body and allowing it to accumulate at the unwanted tissue.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein introducing the chemical agent into the body comprises administering the chemical agent orally.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein introducing the chemical agent into the body comprises injecting the chemical agent into the bloodstream or the lymphatic fluid.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein introducing the chemical agent into the body comprises inhalation of the chemical agent.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein applying the predetermined series of energy inputs to the body causes the chemical agent to ablate the surrounding tissue.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the chemical agent is bound to a carrier, and wherein placing the chemical agent in the animal or human body comprises placing the carrier in the animal or human body.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein applying the predetermined series of energy inputs to the body comprises applying an electromagnetic beam to the body.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the electromagnetic beam has at least one characteristic selected from the group consisting of:

a selected set of frequencies;

a selected set of modulation frequencies;

a selected set of phases;

a selected set of amplitudes;

a selected temporal profile;

a selected set of polarizations; and

a selected direction.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the selected set of frequencies is approximately monochromatic.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the electromagnetic beam is coherent.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the electromagnetic beam is incoherent.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the selected set of frequencies comprises a plurality of local maxima.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the selected set of modulation frequencies comprises a plurality of local maxima.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein the electromagnetic beam is coherent.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein the electromagnetic beam is incoherent.

18. The method of claim 10, wherein the selected set of frequencies comprises at least two frequencies, and wherein the at least two frequencies have differing amplitudes.

19. The method of claim 10, wherein the selected set of modulation frequencies comprises at least two frequencies, and wherein the at least two frequencies have differing amplitudes.

20. The method of claim 10, wherein the temporal profile is characterized by a selected beam duration.

21. The method of claim 10, wherein the temporal profile is characterized by a selected change in frequency, modulation frequency, phase, amplitude, polarization, or direction during a selected time interval.

22. The method of claim 10, wherein the electromagnetic beam is polarized.

23. The method of claim 9, wherein the electromagnetic beam is an infrared beam.

24. The method of claim 9, wherein the electromagnetic beam is amplitude modulated.

25. The method of claim 9, wherein the electromagnetic beam is frequency modulated.

26. The method of claim 9, further comprising scanning the electromagnetic beam.

27. The method of claim 1, wherein applying the predetermined series of energy inputs to the body comprises applying a plurality of electromagnetic beams to the body.

28. The method of claim 27, wherein the plurality of electromagnetic beams differ in frequency, modulation frequency, phase, amplitude, temporal profile, polarization or orientation.

29. The method of claim 27, wherein the plurality of electromagnetic beams intersect at a target location.

30. The method of claim 1, further comprising applying a field to the body, wherein the field acts to preferentially orient at least a portion of the composition.

31. The method of claim 30, wherein the field is selected from the group consisting of an electric field, a magnetic field, an electromagnetic field, a mechanical stress, a mechanical strain, a phase change, an adsorbing surface, a catalyst, an energy input, and combinations thereof.

32. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined series includes at least four energy inputs.

33. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined series includes at least ten energy inputs.

34. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined series includes at least thirty-six energy inputs.