Aesthetic method of biological structure treatment by magnetic field
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1. A method for toning a body region of a patient by applying a treatment using a treatment device which generates a time-varying magnetic field, the method comprising:
- coupling a first applicator and a second applicator of the treatment device to the body region of the patient by a belt,wherein the body region comprises one of a buttocks or an abdomen,wherein the first applicator has a first magnetic field generating coil disposed in the first applicator and the second applicator has a second magnetic field generating coil disposed in the second applicator,wherein the first magnetic field generating coil has a first inductance and the second magnetic field generating coil has a second inductance, wherein the first inductance is equal to the second inductance, andwherein the first applicator and the second applicator are independently positionable, and independently coupled to the body region of the patient by the belt;
charging a first capacitor and a second capacitor of the treatment device;
discharging the first capacitor to the first magnetic field generating coil to generate a first time-varying magnetic field having a magnetic flux density in a range of 0.5 Tesla to 7 Tesla, an impulse duration in a range of 3 μ
s to 1 ms, and a maximal value of a magnetic flux density derivative in a range of 0.5 kT/s to 400 kT/s;
discharging the second capacitor to the second magnetic field generating coil to generate a second time-varying magnetic field having a magnetic flux density in a range of 0.5 Tesla to 7 Tesla, an impulse duration in a range of 3 μ
s to 1 ms, and a maximal value of a magnetic flux density derivative in a range of 0.5 kT/s to 400 kT/s;
generating a plurality of pulses of the first time-varying magnetic field;
generating a first pulse of the first time-varying magnetic field such that the first pulse lasts for a time period, wherein the time period lasts from a beginning of a first impulse of the first time-varying magnetic field to a beginning of a next consecutive impulse of the first time-varying magnetic field;
generating a second pulse of the second time-varying magnetic field such that the second pulse lasts from a beginning of a first impulse of the second time-varying magnetic field to a beginning of a next consecutive impulse of the second time-varying magnetic field, such that the first impulse of the second time-varying magnetic field is generated during the time period of the first pulse,wherein the plurality of pulses of the first time-varying magnetic field comprises a first plurality of pulses, a second plurality of pulses, and a third plurality of pulses,wherein the first plurality of pulses comprises a first repetition rate in a range of 1 Hz to 100 Hz,wherein the second plurality of pulses comprises a second repetition rate in a range of 10 Hz to 30 Hz, and wherein the first repetition rate differs from the second repetition rate,wherein the third plurality of pulses comprises a third repetition rate, wherein the third repetition rate differs from the first repetition rate and the second repetition rate,wherein the impulses are sinusoidal and biphasic; and
applying the first time-varying magnetic field including the first, the second, and the third pluralities of the pulses of the first time-varying magnetic field to a muscle fiber, a neuromuscular plate, or muscle within the body region of the patient such that a muscle contraction within the body region is caused by each of the first, the second, and the third pluralities of the pulses of the first time-varying magnetic field.
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Combined methods for treating a patient using time-varying magnetic field are described. The treatment methods combine various approaches for aesthetic treatment. The methods are focused on enhancing a visual appearance of the patient.
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1. A method for toning a body region of a patient by applying a treatment using a treatment device which generates a time-varying magnetic field, the method comprising:
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coupling a first applicator and a second applicator of the treatment device to the body region of the patient by a belt, wherein the body region comprises one of a buttocks or an abdomen, wherein the first applicator has a first magnetic field generating coil disposed in the first applicator and the second applicator has a second magnetic field generating coil disposed in the second applicator, wherein the first magnetic field generating coil has a first inductance and the second magnetic field generating coil has a second inductance, wherein the first inductance is equal to the second inductance, and wherein the first applicator and the second applicator are independently positionable, and independently coupled to the body region of the patient by the belt; charging a first capacitor and a second capacitor of the treatment device; discharging the first capacitor to the first magnetic field generating coil to generate a first time-varying magnetic field having a magnetic flux density in a range of 0.5 Tesla to 7 Tesla, an impulse duration in a range of 3 μ
s to 1 ms, and a maximal value of a magnetic flux density derivative in a range of 0.5 kT/s to 400 kT/s;discharging the second capacitor to the second magnetic field generating coil to generate a second time-varying magnetic field having a magnetic flux density in a range of 0.5 Tesla to 7 Tesla, an impulse duration in a range of 3 μ
s to 1 ms, and a maximal value of a magnetic flux density derivative in a range of 0.5 kT/s to 400 kT/s;generating a plurality of pulses of the first time-varying magnetic field; generating a first pulse of the first time-varying magnetic field such that the first pulse lasts for a time period, wherein the time period lasts from a beginning of a first impulse of the first time-varying magnetic field to a beginning of a next consecutive impulse of the first time-varying magnetic field; generating a second pulse of the second time-varying magnetic field such that the second pulse lasts from a beginning of a first impulse of the second time-varying magnetic field to a beginning of a next consecutive impulse of the second time-varying magnetic field, such that the first impulse of the second time-varying magnetic field is generated during the time period of the first pulse, wherein the plurality of pulses of the first time-varying magnetic field comprises a first plurality of pulses, a second plurality of pulses, and a third plurality of pulses, wherein the first plurality of pulses comprises a first repetition rate in a range of 1 Hz to 100 Hz, wherein the second plurality of pulses comprises a second repetition rate in a range of 10 Hz to 30 Hz, and wherein the first repetition rate differs from the second repetition rate, wherein the third plurality of pulses comprises a third repetition rate, wherein the third repetition rate differs from the first repetition rate and the second repetition rate, wherein the impulses are sinusoidal and biphasic; and applying the first time-varying magnetic field including the first, the second, and the third pluralities of the pulses of the first time-varying magnetic field to a muscle fiber, a neuromuscular plate, or muscle within the body region of the patient such that a muscle contraction within the body region is caused by each of the first, the second, and the third pluralities of the pulses of the first time-varying magnetic field. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A treatment device for toning a body region of a patient, the treatment device comprising:
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a first applicator comprising a first magnetic field generating coil disposed in the first applicator; a second applicator comprising a second magnetic field generating coil disposed in the second applicator, wherein the first magnetic field generating coil has a first inductance and the second magnetic field generating coil has a second inductance, and wherein the first inductance is equal to the second inductance; a belt configured to couple the first applicator and the second applicator to the body region, wherein the body region comprises a buttocks or an abdomen, and wherein the first applicator and the second applicator are configured to be independently positionable on the body region; a first capacitor configured to be discharged to the first magnetic field generating coil; a second capacitor configured to be discharged to the second magnetic field generating coil; a first connecting tube configured to couple a source of fluid and the first applicator, and a second connecting tube configured to couple the source of fluid and the second applicator, wherein the first capacitor is further configured to repetitively discharge energy to the first magnetic field generating coil to generate a first time-varying magnetic field having a magnetic flux density in a range of 0.5 Tesla to 7 Tesla and a magnetic flux density derivative in a range of 0.5 kT/s to 400 kT/s, wherein the second capacitor is further configured to repetitively discharge energy to the second magnetic field generating coil to generate a second time-varying magnetic field having a magnetic flux density in a range of 0.5 Tesla to 7 Tesla and a magnetic flux density derivative in a range of 0.5 kT/s to 400 kT/s, wherein the first time-varying magnetic field comprises a first pulse of the first time-varying magnetic field, wherein the first pulse of the first time-varying magnetic field comprises a first impulse of the first time-varying magnetic field that lasts from 3 us to 1 ms, wherein the first pulse of the first time-varying magnetic field lasts for a time period, and wherein the time period lasts from the a beginning of a first impulse of the first time-varying magnetic field to a beginning of a next consecutive impulse of the first time-varying magnetic field, wherein the second time-varying magnetic field comprises a first pulse of the second time-varying magnetic field, and the first pulse of the second time-varying magnetic field comprises a first impulse of the second time-varying magnetic field that lasts from 3 μ
s to 1 ms, wherein the first pulse of the second time-varying magnetic field lasts from a beginning of a first impulse of the second time-varying magnetic field to a beginning of a next consecutive impulse of the second time-varying magnetic field, and wherein the first impulse of the second time-varying magnetic field is generated during the time period of the first pulse of the first time-varying magnetic field,wherein the impulses are sinusoidal and biphasic, wherein the first time-varying magnetic field comprises a first train of pulses, wherein the first train of pulses has a first pulse repetition rate in a range of 1 Hz to 100 Hz, wherein the first time-varying magnetic field comprises a second train of pulses, wherein the second train of pulses has a second pulse repetition rate in a range of 10 Hz to 30 Hz, wherein the second pulse repetition rate differs from the first pulse repetition rate, and wherein the first time-varying magnetic field comprises a third train of pulses, wherein the third train of pulses has a third pulse repetition rate in a range of 30 Hz to 60 Hz, wherein the third pulse repetition rate differs from the second pulse repetition rate, and wherein when the first time-varying magnetic field and the second time-varying magnetic field are applied to muscle fiber, neuromuscular plates, or muscles in the body region a muscle contraction occurs. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A treatment device for toning a muscle of a patient, comprising:
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a first applicator comprising a first magnetic field generating coil, the first magnetic field generating coil having a first inductance in a range of 500 nH to 1 mH, wherein the first applicator is configured to be coupled to a first area of a body region; a second applicator comprising a second magnetic field generating coil, the second magnetic field generating coil having a second inductance in a range of 500 nH to 1 mH, and wherein the first inductance is equal to the second inductance, wherein the second applicator is configured to be coupled to a second area of the body region, and a belt configured to be coupled to the first applicator and the second applicator, and to hold the first applicator to the first area of the body region and the second applicator to the second area of the body region, wherein the body region comprises one of a buttocks or an abdomen; a first energy storage device having a capacitance in a range of 5 nF to 100 mF; a second energy storage device having a capacitance in a range of 5 nF to 100 mF; a first switching device configured to be selectively switched in order to discharge energy from the first energy storage device to the first magnetic field generating coil such that the first magnetic field generating coil generates a first time-varying magnetic field with a pulse repetition rate in a range of 1 Hz to 300 Hz; and a second switching device configured to be selectively switched in order to discharge energy from the second energy storage device to the second magnetic field generating coil such that the second magnetic field generating coil generates a second time-varying magnetic field with a pulse repetition rate in a range of 1 Hz to 300 Hz; a control unit configured to assemble; a first train of sequential magnetic pulses lasting for a first time period, a second train of sequential magnetic pulses lasting for a second time period, a third train of sequential magnetic pulses lasting for a third time period, a fourth train of sequential magnetic pulses lasting for a fourth time period, a fifth train of sequential magnetic pulses lasting for a fifth time period, and a sixth train of sequential magnetic pulses lasting for a sixth time period, wherein the first magnetic field generating coil is configured to generate the first train of sequential magnetic pulses, the second train of sequential magnetic pulses, and the third train of sequential magnetic pulses in response to a communication from the control unit, wherein the second magnetic field generating coil is configured to generate the fourth train of sequential magnetic pulses, the fifth train of sequential magnetic pulses, and the sixth train of sequential magnetic pulses in response to the communication from the control unit, wherein the sequential magnetic pulses within the first train of sequential magnetic pulses have an increasing amplitude of magnetic flux density, wherein the sequential magnetic pulses within the second train of sequential magnetic pulses have a constant amplitude of magnetic flux density, wherein the sequential magnetic pulses within the third train of sequential magnetic pulses have a decreasing amplitude of magnetic flux density, wherein the sequential magnetic pulses within the fourth train of sequential magnetic pulses have an increasing amplitude of magnetic flux density, wherein the sequential magnetic pulses within the fifth train of sequential magnetic pulses have a constant amplitude of magnetic flux density, wherein the sequential magnetic pulses within the sixth train of sequential magnetic pulses have a decreasing amplitude of magnetic flux density, wherein the first train of sequential magnetic pulses, the second train of sequential magnetic pulses, and the third train of sequential magnetic pulses are configured to be applied to muscle fibers, neuromuscular plates, or nerves innervating muscle fibers in the first area of the body region such that a series of first muscle contractions are caused in a first muscle in the first area of the body region such that over time the first muscle is toned, and wherein the fourth train of sequential magnetic pulses, the fifth train of sequential magnetic pulses, and the sixth train of sequential magnetic pulses are configured to be applied to muscle fibers, neuromuscular plates, or nerves innervating muscle fibers in the second area of the body region such that a series of second muscle contractions are caused in a second muscle in the second area of the body region such that, over time, the second muscle is toned. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A treatment device for toning a muscle of a patient, comprising:
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a control unit; a first energy storage device regulated by the control unit; a first magnetic field generating coil configured to receive energy from the first energy storage device, wherein the first magnetic field generating coil comprises a first inductance in a range of 500 nH to 1 mH, wherein the first magnetic field generating coil is configured to generate a first time-varying magnetic field, and wherein the first time-varying magnetic field comprises a magnetic flux density in a range of 0.5 to 7 Tesla at a surface of the first magnetic field generating coil, an impulse duration in a range of 3 μ
s to 1 ms, and a maximal value of a magnetic flux density derivative in a range of 0.5 kT/s to 400 kT/s;a second energy storage device regulated by the control unit; a second magnetic field generating coil configured to receive energy from the second energy storage device, wherein the second magnetic field generating coil comprises a second inductance, wherein the second inductance is equal to the first inductance, wherein the second magnetic field generating coil is configured to generate a second time-varying magnetic field, and wherein the second time-varying magnetic field comprises a magnetic flux density in a range of 0.5 to 7 Tesla at a surface of the second magnetic field generating coil, an impulse duration in a range of 3 us to 1 ms, and a maximal value of a magnetic flux density derivative in a range of 0.5 kT/s to 400 kT/s; a first applicator comprising the first magnetic field generating coil, wherein the first applicator is configured to be placed proximate to a body region of the patient, wherein the first applicator is further configured to apply the first time-varying magnetic field to the body region of the patient in a first plurality of trains of pulses, wherein the first plurality of trains includes a first train of pulses and a second train of pulses, wherein a repetition rate of the pulses in the first train of pulses within the first plurality of trains of pulses is different from a repetition rate of the pulses in the second train of pulses within the first plurality of trains of pulses, and wherein an amplitude of a magnetic flux density of the pulses in the first train of pulses within the first plurality of trains of pulses or an amplitude of a magnetic flux density of the second train of pulses within the first plurality of trains of pulses is modulated to a trapezoidal envelope; a second applicator comprising the second magnetic field generating coil, wherein the second applicator is configured to be placed proximate to the body region of the patient, wherein the second applicator is further configured to apply the second time-varying magnetic field to the body region of the patient in a second plurality of trains of pulses, wherein the second plurality of trains of pulses includes a first train of pulses and a second train of pulses, wherein a repetition rate of the pulses in the first train of pulses within the second plurality of trains of pulses is different from the second train of pulses within the second plurality of trains of pulses, and wherein an amplitude of a magnetic flux density of the pulses in the first train of pulses within the second plurality of trains of pulses or an amplitude of a magnetic flux density of the pulses in the second train of pulses within the second plurality of trains of pulses is modulated to a trapezoidal envelope; a belt configured to hold the first applicator or the second applicator to the body region, wherein the body region comprises an abdomen or a buttocks of the patient, wherein each of the abdomen and the buttocks comprises muscle fibers, a neuromuscular plate, and nerves innervating the muscle fibers, wherein the first time-varying magnetic field is configured to cause a first series of muscle contractions in a first muscle in the body region when the first time-varying magnetic field is applied to the muscle fibers, neuromuscular plates, or nerves innervating muscle fibers in the body region such that over time the first muscle is toned, and wherein the second time-varying magnetic field is configured to cause a second series of muscle contractions in a second muscle in the body region when the second time-varying magnetic field is applied to the muscle fibers, neuromuscular plates, or nerves innervating muscle fibers in the body region such that over time the second muscle is toned. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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