Electromagnetic device

DETAILED DESCRIPTION The present invention comprises a device which simulates an acupuncture needle without any insertion of such needle into a patient.
In place of the needle, an electromagnetic pulse having a frequency of 2 to 16 hertz, which electromagnetic pulse is applied to an acupuncture point for about 20 to 30 minutes in the same way a needle is used in conventional acupuncture therapy.
In addition to the benefits provided by the application of the electromagnetic energy to the acupuncture point, the invention also provides electromagnetic stimulation of a muscle at a proper rate which has been shown here to relieve muscle tension and reduce the general aches and pains associated therewith.
The present invention comprises an oscillating means for electronically oscillating an electrical signal in the range of 2 to 16 hertz, a power supply for supplying an electric current to said oscillating means, and an electromagnetic producer means connected thereto for producing low power electromagnetic radiation pulses.
The device also contains two regulators, one regulator being connected to the oscillator means for increasing the oscillation of the electrical signal within the range of 2 hertz to 16 hertz, the frequency thereof being proportional to the depth of penetration of the electromagnetic radiation pulses.
A second regulator controls the strength of the electromagnetic radiation, by controlling the voltage applied to the pulse emitter, preferably in the range of 0.
0 to 0.
032 Joules per second.
The electromagnetic producer means comprises a pair of coils in series, each coil having windings in one direction, and then in the opposite direction with a ratio of the number of turns in one direction to the opposite direction being approximately 10 to 1.
One of the coils is oriented with magnetic north and the second coil is oriented with magnetic south facing in the same direction.
The small number of windings in the opposite direction on each coil directs the magnetic field outward along the axis of the coil