Pulsating Electromagnetic Field Device for Microcirculation Stimulation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current devices for stimulating microcirculation during sleep and relaxation phases are inadequate in achieving significant regeneration and restitution effects, as they fail to effectively redistribute heart-minute volume and impact lymphatic flow and the immune system.

Innovation Solution

A device comprising a pulse generator, control device, and field generating device that produces a pulsating electromagnetic field with specific pulse trains, frequencies, and amplitudes, influencing microcirculation and autoregulatory mechanisms, characterized by sequences of 0 µT, 3-12 µT basic signal, and 30-150 µT additional signal, with frequencies between 8-15 Hz, and exponential or arc-shaped amplitude curves.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If conventional electromagnetic fields are used during sleep phase, then some microcirculation stimulation occurs, but significant regeneration and restitution effects are not achieved

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveregeneration and restitution effectsVSAvoidredistribution of heart-minute volume
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies periodic action by using pulse trains with specific frequencies (8-15 Hz) and duty cycles during the sleep phase. The electromagnetic field is delivered in repeated cycles with active treatment periods followed by rest periods, optimizing microcirculation stimulation while accounting for the natural circadian rhythm and reduced cardiac output during sleep. This periodic delivery pattern enables significant regeneration effects that continuous or conventional pulsed fields cannot achieve.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #19Periodic action

2Speed

If electromagnetic field intensity is increased to improve microcirculation, then blood flow stimulation increases, but lymphatic flow and immune system impact are insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveblood flow velocityVSAvoidlymphatic flow and immune system impact
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies parameter changes by systematically varying multiple electromagnetic field parameters simultaneously: frequency (8-15 Hz), amplitude (microtesla to millitesla ranges), pulse width, and duty cycle. These coordinated parameter adjustments create optimal conditions for enhancing not only blood flow velocity but also lymphatic flow and immune system activation, achieving comprehensive physiological effects that single-parameter adjustments cannot produce.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Use of energy by moving object

If pulse frequency is increased to enhance microcirculation, then oxygen utilization improves, but autoregulatory mechanisms are not adequately stimulated

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveoxygen utilizationVSAvoidautoregulatory mechanisms stimulation
Core Design Contradiction:
Use of energy by moving objectVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies dynamics by using variable frequency modulation within the 8-15 Hz range and adjusting pulse characteristics dynamically during the treatment cycle. The electromagnetic field parameters are not static but are modulated to match the natural autoregulatory rhythms of microcirculation, enabling both enhanced oxygen utilization and effective stimulation of autoregulatory mechanisms through adaptive parameter variation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

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 enhances microcirculatory functions by increasing blood cell perfusion, oxygen utilization, and immune response, achieving 9-20% higher feature changes compared to known electromagnetic fields, with repeated pulse sequences over several hours during sleep without additional effort, providing prophylactic and therapeutic effects on overall organismal homeostasis.

Implementation Method 1

a pulse generator, a control device and a field generating device, which together generate a pulsating electromagnetic field, with pulse trains with specific heights, specific distances and specific frequencies influencing the pulsation of the field

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectElectromagnetic field generation: Electromagnetic Induction

Implementation Method 2

microcirculation can be influenced by electromagnetic pulses

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectElectromagnetic field influence on blood flow: Magnetohydrodynamic Effect

Implementation Method 3

ion transport activation through cell membranes and capillary walls using low-pulse electromagnetic fields

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectIon transport activation: Electrophoresis

Data Source

PatentEP2470265B1Device for stimulating autoregulative local and superordinate mechanisms of the homeostasis in the organism
Publication Date: 2014.12.17 BEMER INT AG
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AI summary

The invention relates to an apparatus for stimulating local and higher homeostatic autoregulatory mechanisms during the sleep phase and the rest or relaxation phase of the organism by means of a pulsed electromagnetic field. Said apparatus comprises a pulse generator, a control device, and a field generating device. The pulse generator is designed in such a way as to generate a pulsed electromagnetic field along with the control device and the field generating device by applying 5 special series of pulses in which the frequency is the same for all signals, ranging from 8 to 15 Hz, the series of pulses are repeated multiple times, and the control time amounts to at least 3.5 h within a period of 7 to 9 hours.