DEVICE FOR PROTECTING AGAINST ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION

Abstract: A device (10) for mitigating adverse effects of electromagnetic radiation comprises a casing (12) housing a crystal-containing mass (14). The crystal-containing mass (14) comprises two layers: a first layer (20) of lapis lazuli; and a second layer (22) of particles (24) of mica-schist embedded in an acrylic resin matrix (26). In use, the device (10) is believed to operate by attenuating or converting destructive electrical and magnetic emissions from a mobile 'phone or the like.

Description: DEVICE FOR PROTECTING AGAINST ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION DESCRIPTION The present invention relates to a device for mitigating adverse effects of electromagnetic radiation, particularly but not exclusively radiation experienced by users of mobile telephones or cellphones or of VDU monitors . A recent large-scale study of Scandinavian cellphone handset usage (Oftedal, Mild et al . , 1998) revealed that heavy users suffer an elevated incidence of headaches and fatigue, among other symptoms. In most cases these symptoms could be mitigated by decreasing the call time, but a large proportion of U.K. users (presently 24 million and increasing) make use of cellphones for business purposes requiring long conversations. The hands-free kits widely available from cellphone producers have often been regarded by the public as a means of protection from radiation, but this is not so: the Consumers Association recently pointed out that such devices may actually increase radiation levels at the skull surface, and the industry (which officially still denies adverse health effects) only offers such kits as a means of 'phone conversation whilst driving a vehicle. Regulatory authorities use the Specific Absorption Rate ("SAR") as their metric, though this may not be correct if non-thermal effects are taken into consideration. Most handsets comply with this metric, but are not far from the limit and on occasion can exceed the limit according to experts in the field. In an attempt to solve this problem, a number of devices have emerged which claim to mitigate adverse effects of cellphone radiation. One such device is the 'PHON-PULSE' device invented by the present application and developed by Pulse Developments. The PHON-PULSE device comprises a casing with a metallic base portion which houses quartzite-schist crystals. The ability of such a crystal structure to influence bio-energy systems has been investigated by the Coghill Research Laboratories, Pontypool , Gwent by using an established cell model, the human peripheral blood lymphocyte . Samples of the lymphocyte were subjected to radiation from mobile 'phones, to some of which PHON-PULSE devices had been attached. Analysis showed not only that the mobile 'phones had an adverse affect on the number of viable cells in each sample (as compared to a control sample) , but also that the number of non-viable cells was greatest in the samples exposed to radiation absent the PHON-PULSE device. Accordingly, the conclusion reached by the researches was that the study gave some indirect support to the claim that the PHON-PULSE device protects against headaches and fatigue attributed to use of mobile 'phones. The present applicant has developed a novel device for mitigating adverse effects of electromagnetic radiation, which is believed to offer improved performance over the PHON-PULSE device. In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a device for mitigating adverse effects of electromagnetic radiation, comprising particles of mica- schist embedded in a solid matrix. The solid matrix may comprise a plastics material, perhaps an acrylic resin, and which may be a blend of acryonitrite and butadiene. Electromagnetic "smog" affects all biological energy systems by disturbing their natural vector potential and vortex polarities. The passive device of the present invention has been bio-engineered to promote bio- electromagnetic compatibility and to help protect a person's bio-energy field from disturbances caused by emissions from electromagnetic apparatus. It is believed that the mica-schist particles act as a microcrystal resonator, working to clear bio-cellular pollution and possibly to strengthen all bio-energy oscillations. In doing so, the device may increase the body's resilience to potential negative side effects, such as headaches and fatigue . The device may further comprise a layer of lazurite on a surface of the matrix. The lazurite layer may comprise lapis lazuli. The solid matrix may, for example, be disc- like, and the lazurite layer may extend across at least one of the circular surfaces of the disc-like matrix. The mica-schist particles embedded in the matrix may comprise at least two different (and preferably three different) grades according to particle size. At least one of the particle size grades may be selected from a group of sieve sizes consisting of 75 microns, 150 microns and 212 microns. In the case of three different size grade, the three sieve sizes may be 75 microns, 150 microns and 212 microns, and the relative proportions (by weight) of the three different grades may be 1:1:1. The mica-schist particles may be homogeneously dispersed in the solid matrix. In the case of mica-schist particles of different grades according to particle size, each grade may be dispersed in a separate layer in the solid matrix. In the device, the solid matrix may further comprise at least one element selected from the group consisting of: silicon, aluminium, calcium, iron, potassium, sodium, magnesium, titanium and nickel. A device according to a certain embodiment of the present invention may be viewed as a scalar electromagnetic device made of a multitude of microcrystals . Such a device produces a scalar potential field that corrects and smoothes applied electromagnetic fields. The application of an electromagnetic potential may induce contraction or expansion of the microcrystals (or spaces therebetween) in certain directions ('shadow' E vector field results in internal charged particles moving themselves to comprise and compose an observable vector field) . The microcrystals also experience a vector field distortion when exposed to an electromagnetic field. The distortion is independent of the field and is generally proportional to the square of the electrical displacement. Each microcrystal may be viewed electrically with an inductance (delay in producing a current from an applied voltage), a crystal's inductance is thus coupled with the capacitance of each crystal cell, and therefore each microcrystal is part of a resonant circuit. The microcrystals' translation to scalar potentials becomes one of magnetostriction. Living systems may be viewed as macroscopic quantum energy systems, allowing possibility of sensing, and in turn responding to, ultra weak (almost vanishingly small) external electromagnetic fields that exist with devices embodying the present invention. Bio-energy systematic actions based on electric or magnetic field intensities may respond readily to properties with obvious scalar gravitational waves within quantifiable fields, in particular to properties connected with their phase relationship. In the context of the present invention, the quantifiable field of significance is known as the quantum vector potential field. The underlying effect may be very significant when the electromagnetic fields are negligibly small - as is the case with device embodying the present invention which makes them fully compatible with human biorhythmic fields . An embodiment of the invention will now be described by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings in which: Figure 1 is a cross-sectional view through a device embodying the present invention; Figure 2 is a cut away view showing centre detail of the device of Figure 1; Figure 3 is a schematic illustration of the device of Figure 1 applied to a mobile 'phone; and Figure 4 is a schematic illustration showing the functionality of the device of Figure 1. Figure 1 illustrates a device 10 embodying the present invention; and comprising a casing 12 and a crystal- containing mass 14 housed in the casing 12. The casing 12 is formed of plastics material in two parts, with a cuplike base portion 16 being a friction fit within a cap-like portion 18. The crystal-containing mass 14 is illustrated in more detail in Figure 2, and comprises two layers, the first 20 of lapis lazuli and the second 22 comprising particles 24 of mica-schist homogeneously embedded in an acrylic resin matrix 26. The particles 24 are a blend of three different grades of ground mica-schist, which are obtained by separating using sieve sizes 75 microns, 150 microns and 212 microns. The three different grades of ground mica-schist are blended in the ratio 1:1:1 by weight. (In an alternative embodiment, the three different grades of ground mica-schist are separately embedded in a different layer in the solid matrix) . The device 10 has a circular base or footprint 30, to which an adhesive pad 32 is applied. The pad 32 is for attaching the device 10 to the source of electromagnetic radiation, the adverse effects of which it is intended to mitigate. In Figure 3, the EM source is a mobile 'phone 40, and the device 10 is affixed to the front face 42, adjacent speaker 44. In use, the device 10 is believed to be able to mitigate effectively adverse effects of electromagnetic radiation from sources such as mobile 'phone 40, by attenuating or converting destructive electrical and magnetic emissions. The device 10 is believed to create manageable coherence upon the mobile 'phone fields of intensity by creating electromagnetic bio-compatibility. This may be achieved by the creation of vanishingly small bio-electric and bio-magnetic fields which clear bio- cellular pollution, strengthen bio-energy oscillations and correct the bio-polarity to restore/maintain equilibrium balance. The fundamental operating principles are illustrated schematically in Figure 4 which includes two beams of energy, the first 50 representing the mobile 'phone and the second 52 representing the person operating the electromagnetic device. When the device is operative, the anchors are energised, and the stationary combs 54 become activated (bio-compatibility) . Motion is exerted onto the oscillating mass 56 creating viable pulsed fields against the aggressing field, providing selective discrimination against the field. It is believed that the well-being of an individual is linked to the fourth dimensional (geopathic) field and the fifth dimensional (universal) field experienced by the individual . Harmonisation of the two fields - represented by constructive interference therebetween - is required for optimum activity within the body. However, harmonisation is readily disrupted on encountering an electromagnetic field, giving rise to destructive interference which may manifest itself as fatigue, headache or feeling low in the individual . A device embodying the present invention may help to prevent destructive interference, or if already existing, may help to restore constructive interference. By maintaining a subtle interface between each bio-energy field and the aggressing (EM) field, the device may actually strengthen and maintain the coherence of the alpha and perhaps also beta activity of the brain. By influencing the scalar field - changes within man-made electromagnetic fields or radiation deuces - the device's pulsed magnetic flux generated through its scalar resonance - may help to correct scalar delta properties of any negative field. Such an influence may maintain ion-protein links etc. against the disruptive effects of external radiation fields.

Claims: CLAIMS 1. A device for mitigating adverse effects of electromagnetic radiation, comprising particles of mica- schist embedded in a solid matrix. 2. A device according to claim 1, in which the solid matrix comprises a plastics material . 3. A device according to claim 2, in which the plastics material comprises an acrylic resin. 4. A device according to claim 3, in which the acrylic resin is a blend of acryonitrite and butadiene. 5. A device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising a layer of lazurite on a surface of the solid matrix. 6. A device according to claim 5, in which the lazurite layer comprises lapis lazuli. 7. A device according to any one of the preceding claims, in which the mica-schist particles include at least two different grades according to particle size. 8. A device according to claim 7, in which one of the at least two different grades is selected from a group of sieve sizes consisting of 75 microns, 150 microns and 212 microns . 9. A device according to claim 7 or 8 in which the mica- schist particles comprise three different grades according to particle size. 10. A device according to claim 9, in which the three different grades are sorted according to sieve sizes 75 microns, 150 microns and 212 microns. 11. A device according to claim 10, in which the relative amounts by weight of three different grades are used in the ratio 1 (largest sieve size) : 1 (medium sieve size) : 1 (smallest sieve size) . 12. A device according to any one of claims 1 to 11, in which the mica-schist particles are homogeneously dispersed through the solid matrix. 13. A device according to any one of claims 1 to 12, in which the mica-schist particles of different grades are arranged in different layers in the solid matrix. 14. A device according to any one of the preceding claims, further comprising a non-metallic casing for housing the solid matrix. 15. A device according to claim 14, in which the non- metallic casing comprises a plastics material. 16. A device according to claim 14 or 15, in which the non-metallic casing has means for attaching the device to a source of electromagnetic radiation. 17. An assemblage comprising a source of electromagnetic radiation and a device according to any one of claims 1 to 16, the device being attached to the source of electromagnetic radiation. 18. An assemblage according to claim 17, in which the source of electromagnetic radiation is selected from the group consisting of a cellular telephone, a graphic display and a microwave cooker. 19. A device for mitigating adverse effects of electromagnetic radiation, substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to and as illustrated in the attached drawings .

Inventors: WALSH PATRICK ARTHUR, WALSH, PATRICK, ARTHUR
Applicants: WALSH PATRICK ARTHUR, WALSH, PATRICK, ARTHUR
Application year: 2001
Main classification: A61N1
IPC codes: A61N1