Pulsating Magnetic Field Device for Accelerated Tissue Healing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current devices for influencing biological processes with electromagnetic fields do not always achieve optimal healing rates, requiring frequent treatments and resulting in patient stress and higher costs, due to the lack of an optimized pulse sequence that effectively addresses a broad range of electromagnetically activatable molecular structures.
Innovation Solution
A device generating a pulsating electromagnetic field with a pulse generator that produces individual pulses composed of superimposed subpulses with specific amplitude and chronological sequences, including secondary pulses with a phase shift, to enhance metabolic processes and physiological exchange in tissues, thereby improving tissue excitation and healing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional electromagnetic field devices are used for tissue treatment, then therapeutic effects are achieved, but treatment frequency must be high which causes patient stress and increased costs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies parameter changes by optimizing the pulse sequence characteristics including frequency (1-1000 Hz), amplitude modulation, and duty cycle to achieve maximum biological effect per treatment session. The pulse generator varies these parameters dynamically to target different molecular structures and physiological processes, thereby reducing the number of treatments needed while maintaining healing effectiveness.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention employs periodic pulsed electromagnetic fields with specific duty cycles and repetition rates to stimulate tissue regeneration. The periodic nature of the pulses creates cumulative biological effects that enhance healing between treatment sessions, allowing for reduced treatment frequency compared to continuous or conventional pulsed fields.
2Adaptability or versatility
If conventional pulse sequences are used, then treatment is delivered, but the pulse sequence does not effectively address a broad range of electromagnetically activatable molecular structures
Solution Approach 1:
The pulse sequence is segmented into multiple distinct pulse types with different frequencies, amplitudes, and durations within each treatment cycle. This segmentation allows selective targeting of different molecular structures and cellular processes simultaneously, broadening the range of biological effects achieved in a single treatment while accelerating overall healing.
Solution Approach 2:
The pulse generator dynamically adjusts pulse parameters including frequency sweeping, amplitude modulation, and variable duty cycles during treatment. This dynamic adaptation enables the system to address multiple molecular targets and physiological responses throughout the treatment session, enhancing both versatility and healing efficiency.
3Ease of operation
If treatment frequency is reduced for patient convenience, then patient stress decreases, but healing effectiveness may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The optimized pulse sequence maintains continuous biological stimulation during treatment by using overlapping pulses and appropriate duty cycles, ensuring that therapeutic effects are maximized during each session. This continuous action allows for longer intervals between treatments while maintaining healing effectiveness, thereby improving patient convenience without compromising results.
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 achieves rapid and broader physiological effects by targeting selective physicochemical reaction mechanisms, enhancing O2 utilization, connective tissue formation, and bone metabolism, leading to accelerated healing and reduced treatment frequency.
Implementation Method 1
a pulse generator (1) and a field generation device (2) for generating a pulsating electromagnetic field
Implementation Method 2
An alternating voltage for generating an external magnetic field was induced at implanted electrodes with the aid of a so-called secondary element
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AI summary
A device for influencing biological processes in living tissue, in particular a human body, for applying a pulsating magnetic field to at least a part of the tissue, includes a field generation device for generating the pulsating magnetic field and a pulse generator for actuating the field generation device. The pulse generator is designed such that the pulsating magnetic field includes a sequence of primary pulses, the pulse repetition rate of which is between 0.01 and 1000 Hz. The primary pulses are formed by a plurality of superimposed subpulses, wherein the primary pulses are overlaid by secondary pulses. The secondary pulses have a phase shift φ in relation to the primary pulses of −0.5>φ>0.5 and the phase shift φ is not equal to 0.