Adaptive Magnetic Field Therapy Device with Impedance Feedback
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing devices for treating the human body with electromagnetic fields fail to optimize treatment waves for individual patients and are influenced by the variability of the terrestrial magnetic field, leading to inconsistent treatment effectiveness.
Innovation Solution
A device that uses a combination of impedance measurement, heart rate, respiratory rate, and EEG monitoring to adapt and optimize low-intensity, low-frequency magnetic fields, taking into account both patient-specific impedance and environmental factors, with a data processing unit that learns and adjusts treatment protocols over time to ensure uniform and effective field delivery.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If standard magnetic fields are used for treatment, then the device is simple to operate, but the treatment effectiveness varies due to terrestrial magnetic field variability and lack of patient-specific optimization
Solution Approach 1:
The device dynamically adjusts magnetic field parameters (frequency, intensity, waveform) based on real-time patient impedance measurements and physiological data, transitioning from static standard fields to adaptive personalized fields. This resolves the contradiction by making the system responsive to individual patient needs while maintaining operational simplicity through automated control.
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates feedback loops that continuously measure patient impedance and physiological parameters, then use this information to optimize treatment waveforms. The processing unit analyzes impedance data and adjusts magnetic field characteristics accordingly, ensuring consistent treatment effectiveness despite variations in terrestrial magnetic fields or patient condition.
2Reliability
If patient-specific optimization is implemented, then treatment effectiveness improves, but the time required for assessment and treatment delivery increases
Solution Approach 1:
The device performs preliminary impedance assessment and physiological monitoring before treatment delivery to pre-determine optimal waveform parameters. By conducting this assessment in advance and storing patient-specific data, the system eliminates time delays during actual treatment sessions while maintaining personalized optimization.
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically measures impedance, analyzes physiological data, and adjusts treatment parameters without requiring manual intervention or complex operator assessments. This self-service capability streamlines the optimization process, reducing time investment while delivering personalized treatment.
3Manufacturing precision
If multiple measurement parameters are used for optimization, then treatment precision improves, but the device complexity and measurement requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The device integrates multiple measurement functions (impedance measurement, heart rate monitoring, respiratory rate monitoring, EEG monitoring) into a single unified system. This multi-functional approach allows comprehensive patient assessment without proportionally increasing device complexity, as shared hardware and processing resources serve multiple measurement purposes simultaneously.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines impedance measurement electrodes with physiological monitoring sensors into an integrated measurement system. By merging these functions into a unified measurement interface, the system achieves high treatment precision through multiple parameters without requiring separate complex measurement devices for each parameter.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The device provides a repeatable and adaptive treatment that improves compliance with therapeutic requirements, achieving uniform electromagnetic field intensity and personalized waveforms, enhancing treatment effectiveness and patient outcomes for chronic degenerative diseases, rehabilitation, and reducing side effects from chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
Implementation Method 1
at least one electric waveform generator to be connected to at least one Helmholtz coil to be brought close to the person or persons to be treated and producing variable low-intensity and low-frequency magnetic fields
Implementation Method 2
at least one impedance meter, with electrode terminals to be applied to the person in order to assess the effectiveness of the waves of the generator
Implementation Method 3
other apparatuses that take advantage of the phenomenon known as ICR-like, or Ion Cyclotron Resonance-like, in order to increase ion mobility in biological systems
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AI summary
A device for treatments on the human body with variable magnetic fields, which is provided with:at least one electric waveform generator to be connected to at least one Helmholtz coil to be brought close to the person or persons to be treated and producing variable low-intensity and low-frequency magnetic fields. The device further includesat least one impedance meters with electrode terminals to be applied to the person in order to assess the effectiveness of the waves of the generator; andat least one electronic processing unit for the management of the waveform generator or generators as a function of the measurements of the impedance meter and of memory parameters stored in the processing unit.