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Method for alleviating symptoms of certain types of disorders using electromagnetic fields
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Inventors: Bashford, Grant Ernest; Wessler, Edward Paul Gerard; Whitton, Raymond Macklin;
Assignee: MS Relief Ltd. (Markham, CA)
Primary Examiner: Freay; Charles G.
Assistant Examiner: Sayoc; Emmanuel
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Bereskin & Parr
A therapeutic device and the use of it to alleviate the symptoms of health-related disorders. The device includes a magnetic field generator capable of creating a magnetic field, a power supply for providing power to energize the generator to generate a generated magnetic field, and a controller coupled to the power source for varying the power provided by the power supply to the generator. A method of alleviating the symptoms of a health-related disorder includes the steps of determining the direction and strength of the predominant component of a local magnetic field, generating a first magnetic field within a zone, wherein the first magnetic field is opposite in direction to the predominant component, wherein the first magnetic field is of sufficient strength such that within the zone the resulting field is between approximately 10,000 nT and 30,000 nT or between approximately -10,000 nT and -30,000 nT (or of sufficient strength to provide therapeutic value) and positioning an individual having health-related disorder symptoms substantially within the zone for a period of time sufficient to alleviate the symptoms. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION The present invention is directed towards a therapeutic device, which has common, but by no means exclusive application to alleviating the symptoms of neurological, endocrinal, and auto-immune disorders such as Multiple Sclerosis, Guillain-Barre Syndrome, myotonic multiple dystrophy, migraine headaches and unipolar disorders.
The applicants understand that the vertical component of the geomagnetic field adversely affects individuals suffering from health-related disorders such as these.
The subject device includes a magnetic field generator, a power supply for providing power to energize the generator to generate a generated magnetic field, and a controller coupled to the power source for varying the power provided by the power supply to the generator.
Preferably, the device also includes a magnetic field sensor operatively coupled to the controller, wherein the controller is responsive to the magnetic field sensor.
For some applications, the device is preferably sized such that the generated magnetic field is sufficiently large to envelop all or a significant portion of a person's body.
For other applications, the generated magnetic field may be much smaller for more localized therapy such as to a person's hands, feet, joints or other parts of the human anatomy.
The invention is also directed towards the use of the present therapeutic device invention described above to alleviate the symptoms of health-related disorders including neurological, endocrinal, and auto-immune disorders such as Multiple Sclerosis, myotonic multiple dystrophy, migraine headaches and unipolar disorders.
As well, the invention is directed towards a method of alleviating the symptoms of health-related disorders.
The method comprises the steps of: A.
determining the direction and strength of a predominant component of a local magnetic field; B.
generating a first magnetic field within a zone, wherein the generated magnetic field is approximately opposite in direction to the predominant component of the local magnetic field; C
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