APPARATUS FOR THERAPEUTIC TREATMENT WITH PULSED RESONANT ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES

• US 20140187851A1
• Filed: 06/14/2012
• Published: 07/03/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/15/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Thereson S.p.A.
• Original Assignee: Thereson S.p.A.
• Inventors: Cetroni, Bruno Massimo
• Application Number:
  US14/125,927
• Publication Number:
  US 20140187851A1
• 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 2/02 using magnetic fields produced by coils, including single turn loops or electromagnets A61N2/12 takes precedence

Abstract

An apparatus for therapeutic treatment with electromagnetic waves comprising a control circuit configured for generating a signal to be transmitted to an antenna for the generation of electromagnetic waves. The signal comprises a plurality of base pulses grouped in pulse packets and pulse trains, where each pulse packet consists of a series of base pulses followed by a first pause, and where each pulse train consists of a series of pulse packets followed by a second pause. In particular, the control circuit is configured for reversing the polarity of the base pulses after a given time interval.

Claims

1. An apparatus for therapeutic treatment with electromagnetic waves comprising a control circuit configured for generating a signal to be transmitted to an antenna (30) for the generation of electromagnetic waves,

wherein said signal comprises a plurality of base pulses grouped in pulse packets and in pulse trains, where each pulse packet consists of a series of base pulses followed by a first pause, and where each pulse train consists of a series of pulse packets followed by a second pause,

said apparatus wherein said control circuit is configured for reversing the polarity of said base pulses after a given time interval.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the frequency of said base pulses is between 100 Hz and 1 kHz, preferably between 100 and 400 Hz, preferably between 150 and 250 Hz.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the frequency of repetition of said pulse packet is between 2.89 and 25.9 Hz.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the frequency of repetition of said pulse trains is between 0.3 and 2.8 Hz.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said time interval is between 80 and 200 s, preferably between 120 and 180 s.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said signal comprises a plurality of trains grouped in sets of trains and in pulse trains, wherein each set of trains consists of a series of trains followed by a third pause, and wherein the frequency of repetition of said sets of trains is between 0.1 and 0.3 Hz.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

each base pulse has a sawtooth, square-wave, or sinusoidal waveform;

or

each base pulse comprises a series of curved profiles in such a way that in a pulse time interval the waveform is increasing and comprises a plurality of cusps.

8. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each base pulse comprises at least one spike.

9. The apparatus according to claim 1, comprising a memory, saved in which are the characteristic temporal data of said pulse packets and said pulse trains for a plurality of treatment programs.

10. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said control circuit is configured for applying to said base pulse a pulse-width modulation.