Abstract:
Gold alloys are provided that offer therapeutic benefits to a biological organism by enhancing thermoregulation, metabolism, and improving blood circulation. In addition to the therapeutic benefits, the alloys retain their metallurgical properties, thereby allowing the alloys to be utilized with conventional lost-wax casting techniques as both jewelry items and therapeutic instruments. The alloys contain 88% to 95% gold, 2% to 10% platinum, 0.1% to 0.9% silver, 0.01% to 1.5% rhodium, and 0.01% to 1.5% iron.

Description:
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION 
       [0001]    This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/610,733, filed on Mar. 14, 2012, entitled “Health Frequency Thermoregulatory Interactive Gold Alloys With Therapeutic Features.” The above identified patent application is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety to provide continuity of disclosure. 
     
    
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
       [0002]    The present invention relates to alloys for use in the manufacture of jewelry. More particularly, the present invention pertains to alloys that provide therapeutic benefits to an organism by enhancing thermoregulation and metabolism, while also improving blood circulation. 
         [0003]    Homeostasis is the tendency of an organism to regulate its internal environment in order to stabilize health and function despite changes external to the organism. If an organism is unable to maintain its internal environment within a specified range of parameters its health may be compromised, which can eventually lead to reduced health and even death. An emerging field of science evaluates the resonance and vibrations of living organisms and their surrounding environment, and how this impacts homeostasis. 
         [0004]    As can be appreciated, all molecules vibrate as a result of the periodic motion their atoms, as well as the translational and rotational motion of the molecules themselves. Individual atoms also vibrate because of the makeup of their subatomic particles. The oscillations caused by this periodic motion and vibration are known as the molecule or atom vibration frequency. All matter vibrates at a particular rate, where that type of matter&#39;s specific rate distinguishes it from all other matter, resulting in a specific “signature frequency” or “quantum state” that represents the energitical condition of matter. All organisms, including humans, have measurable signature frequencies on various levels, from the entire body down to the cellular level. The signature frequencies of the body, amongst other things, express the density of the body&#39;s chemical compounds, define the ionic and other small particle conditions within the compounds of the body, power the orientational behavior of atoms and molecules, and further influence the features of valence electrons between atoms. 
         [0005]    Vibration frequency is altered when an atom or molecule absorbs a quantum state of energy that corresponds to its vibration frequency, which then changes the frequencies of these fundamental building blocks. The human body has a small range of frequencies at which it can carry out its many processes without serious consequences. When the body operates outside of this quantum state, it can trigger chemical changes that force the body to divert internal biological and biochemical resources in order to adapt to the out-of-range, or “negative” frequencies. Each material in the immediate environment has a specific quantum state that transmits their quantum condition to living objects nearby. This interferes and influences the living object&#39;s electrochemical behaviors. 
         [0006]    The proper frequency range of the body is constantly interrupted by incoming quantum pollutants that influence the valence electrons at the atomic level, in turn affecting biochemical interactions of atoms at the molecular level. Over time, this interrupts the normal range of frequencies at the genetic and cellular level, triggering toxic biochemical reactions that cause changes in and around the cells. New evidence suggests that frequency changes in the body can occur in response to the quantum frequencies emitted by clothing, bedding, dental materials, and other external environmental items around the body, which cause a damaging effect on intracellular systems and deviations from the normal range of frequency. 
         [0007]    When incompatible frequencies emitted by various materials interfere and mix with healthy cellular frequencies, they begin altering the body at the subatomic level and eventually cause changes at the cellular level, leading to a variety of health issues. This occurs because the normal range of natural frequencies found inside and around the cells provides a barrier to the occurrence of many diseases. A proper cellular frequency helps resist the development of many pathogenic bacteria, increases the intensity of tissue oxidation, and helps to maintain a proper functioning metabolism. When the nature of normal frequency range is interrupted, the cells weaken and become susceptible to the occurrence and development of various bacteria and diseases. The body is then forced to direct considerable resources towards survival and adaptation to counteract the influencing polluting frequencies. 
         [0008]    The present invention helps to correct and in some cases reverse the negative influences caused by incompatible environmental frequencies within the body. The disclosed gold alloys enhance an organism&#39;s thermoregulation and metabolism, while also improving blood circulation. The alloys contain 88% to 95% gold, 2% to 10% platinum, 0.1% to 0.9% silver, 0.01% to 1.5% rhodium, and 0.01% to 1.5% iron. The alloys are adapted to emit a vibration frequency that corresponds to the normal frequency range found in many living organisms, including humans. 
         [0009]    When the frequencies emitted from the disclosed gold alloys interact with the negative frequencies in the body, they cause the organism&#39;s electrochemical mechanisms to alter their frequency. This corrects the thermoregulative vibrations within the cellular and genetic infrastructures in the organism, and helps to improve blood circulation and metabolism. This also assists with eliminating toxins from the body, and coordinates healthy biochemical metabolic processes. The compositions can be formed into articles of jewelry, including rings, bracelets, piercings, as well as other wearable products that optimize the thermoregulative vibrations of homeostasis in a biological organism&#39;s informational system. 
       DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART 
       [0010]    A variety of alloys are known in the art containing gold, platinum and silver. These include alloys that have been patented and published in patent application publications. These alloys consist essentially of varying relative amounts by weight of gold, platinum, silver, and other metals. The present invention pertains to a therapeutic and wearable gold alloy that assists human thermoregulation over time. The following is a list of alloys deemed most relevant to the present disclosure, which are herein described for the purposes of highlighting and differentiating the unique aspects of the present invention. 
         [0011]    Specifically, U.S. Published Application Publication No. 2008/0152535 to Bauer discloses a dental alloy with a high gold content that is devoid of palladium and copper, containing between 75% and 95% gold, between 5% and 20% platinum, between 0.5% and 3.5% zinc and/or tin and/or indium, between 0.1% and 0.8% of an element of a group I, in addition to a single particle refiner of a group II. The weight fraction of the element of group I is between 2 and 6 times that of the single particle refiner of group II, and one element of group I is represented by niobium or tantalum or titanium or vanadium, and the particle refiner of group II is represented by iridium or rhodium. 
         [0012]    U.S. Pat. No. 7,153,375 to Weinstein discloses platinum, silver and gold solder compositions for repairing, assembling, or sizing jewelry. The platinum composition has about 90% to about 95% by weight platinum; the silver composition has at least 92.5% by weight silver; and the gold composition has about 25% to about 91.6% gold. The platinum and silver solder compositions further consist of about 8.3% to about 75% by weight of an alloy consisting essentially of gallium, indium and copper in respective ratios of 6:3:1, while the gold solder compositions further consist of about 2% to about 14% by weight of an alloy consisting essentially of gallium, indium, and copper in respective ratios of 6:3:1. 
         [0013]    In addition to the &#39;375, patent, U.S. Pat. No. 6,620,378 to Weinstein discloses platinum, silver and gold solder compositions for repairing, assembling, or sizing jewelry, with platinum compositions having about 90% to about 95% by weight platinum, silver compositions having at least 92.5% by weight silver, and gold solder compositions having about 25% to about 91.6% by weight gold. The platinum and silver solder compositions further consist of about 8.3% to about 75% by weight of an alloy consisting essentially of gallium, indium and copper in respective ratios of 6:3:1. The gold solder compositions further consist of about 2% to about 14% by weight of an alloy consisting essentially of gallium, indium, and copper in respective ratios of 6:3:1. 
         [0014]    U.S. Pat. No. 4,132,830 to Tsai discloses a gold alloy for use in dental restorations, consisting essentially of 83 to 87% gold, 7 to 12% platinum, 1.5 to 3.0% rhodium, and less than 1.0% copper. Other elements are included for grain refining, strength, formation of bonding, and the like are also disclosed. 
         [0015]    Finally, Kropp, U.S. Pat. No. 4,255,191 discloses gold-silver alloys for the dental arts that contain 33 to 48% gold, 0 to 5% platinum, 1 to 10% palladium, 0 to 0.2% iridium and/or ruthenium, 3 to 9% copper, 1 to 6% zinc, 0.5 to 4% tin and 2.5 to 10% indium, wherein the mass ratio of copper to zinc is between 1:1 and 4:1, the content of copper is not higher than the sum of zinc, tin and indium, and the content of palladium is at most three times as great as that of indium and does not exceed the sum of zinc, tin and indium. 
         [0016]    The alloys presently known and disclosed in the art are used as dental fillings and for soldering jewelry. These alloys do not contain the proper ratio of metals to enhance an organism&#39;s thermoregulation and metabolism, or improve blood circulation. Currently, there are no known alloys containing gold, platinum and silver that have a content of 88% to 95% gold, 2% to 10% platinum, 0.1% to 0.9% silver, 0.01% to 1.5% rhodium, and 0.01% to 1.5% iron. Accordingly, the present invention substantially diverges from the prior art, and consequently it is clear that there is a need in the art for alloys that enhance thermoregulation and metabolism, and improve blood circulation. In this regard the instant invention substantially fulfills these needs. 
       SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
       [0017]    The object of the present invention is to provide gold alloys that elicit therapeutic benefits in an organism by enhancing thermoregulation and metabolism and improving blood circulation. In addition to the aforementioned therapeutic benefits, another object of the present invention is to provide gold alloys that retain their metallurgical properties, thereby allowing them to be utilized with conventional lost-wax casting techniques for jewelry making purposes. 
         [0018]    The main elements used in the present invention are known in the jewelry industry and are formulated in unusual amounts and ratios, and additionally include uncommonly found elements. This allows the alloys to be cast and formed with conventional jewelry techniques and equipment, while providing alloys that can be polished to a lustrous, smooth, and durable finish. The alloys and their characteristics may be obtained by the following composition by weight:
       Gold: about 88% to about 95%   Platinum: about 2% to about 10%   Silver: about 0.1% to about 0.9%   Rhodium: about 0.01% to about 1.5%   Iron: about 0.01% to about 1.5%       
 
         [0024]    These and various other advantages and features of the present invention are pointed out with particularity in the claims. For a better understanding of the invention, its advantages, and the object obtained by its use, reference should be made to the accompanying descriptive matter, in which there are illustrated and described preferred embodiments of the present invention. 
     
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
       [0025]    For the purposes of presenting a brief and clear description of the present invention, the preferred embodiment will be discussed as gold alloys that provide therapeutic benefits for an organism by enhancing thermoregulation and metabolism while improving blood circulation. However, it is to be understood that the disclosed embodiments are merely exemplary of the present invention, which may be embodied in various systems. Therefore, specific details disclosed herein are not to be interpreted as limiting, but rather as a basis for the claims and as a representative basis for teaching one of skill in the art to variously practice the invention. 
         [0026]    The gold alloys of the present invention are visually indistinguishable from gold alloys that are currently known and exist in the art. The compositions are based on the use of pure metals with a purity of 99.9% or better, and can be formed in a standard crucible melt. Once thoroughly mixed into a homogeneous compound, they can be formed into articles of jewelry using conventional techniques. The elements by weight are: 
       General Range 
       [0000]    
       
         
           
             Gold: about 88% to about 95% 
             Platinum: about 2% to about 10% 
             Silver: about 0.1% to 0.9% 
             Rhodium: about 0.01% to 1.5% 
             Iron: about 0.01% to 1.5% 
           
         
       
     
         [0032]    A first preferred composition of the alloy by weight is as follows: 
       First Preferred Range 
       [0000]    
       
         
           
             Gold: 88% to 92% 
             Platinum: 7% to 9.5% 
             Silver: 0.4% to 0.9% 
             Rhodium: 0.01% to 0.9% 
             Iron: 0.01% to 0.9% 
           
         
       
     
         [0038]    A second preferred composition of the alloy by weight is as follows: 
       Second Preferred Range 
       [0000]    
       
         
           
             Gold: 88% to 95% 
             Platinum: 3% to 10% 
             Silver: 0.1% to 0.9% 
             Rhodium: 0.01% to 1.5% 
             Iron: 0.02% to 1.5% 
           
         
       
     
         [0044]    It has been found that gold alloys containing the constituent elements in the ratios disclosed herein produce a vibration frequency that has therapeutic benefits for the user and corresponds to the normal frequency range found within humans. When the undesirable frequencies of the body come into contact with the frequencies produced by the alloys of the present invention the frequencies interact, causing the organism&#39;s electrochemical mechanisms to resonate at an ideal frequency. The vibration frequency represents a quantum state of the alloys that transfer physical information in the form of oscillations to the quantum conditions of the organism, which resonate within the crystalline structures of the organism&#39;s DNA and other structures. When the thermoregulation mechanisms of the organism meet and receive the oscillations, the mechanisms react via the quantum entanglement effect, causing the frequency within the organism to take on the appropriately correlated value, which normalizes the quantum state vibration frequency. 
         [0045]    The vibration frequency of the organism is further normalized when the emitted oscillations react with the organism&#39;s weak wave fields of low electromagnetic frequency, causing the organism to correct the quantum state of thermoregulative vibrations in the DNA, molecules, cells, and other infrastructures. The response generated by the frequencies from the alloys additionally reduces the amount of free radicals in the organism and improve the functions of the electrochemical sensory system. 
         [0046]    The present invention also improves the organism thermoregulation and circulation. If the organism is experiencing a fever, inflammation, or restricted blood flow, the present invention can help return the organism to its normal level. To demonstrate the ability of the present invention to improve blood circulation and thermoregulation, a first experimental series was carried out to evaluate the temperature change of the skin with an article of jewelry formed with a gold alloy of the present invention. A gold alloy ring was placed on the middle finger of a patient suffering from poor circulation for thirty minutes, while thermographic pictures were taken to demonstrate the change in skin temperature, as identified and characterized below: 
         [0000]    
       
         
               
               
               
             
               
               
               
               
             
           
               
                   
                 TABLE I 
               
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 Time 
                 Temperature Range ° F.* 
               
               
                   
                   
               
             
             
               
                   
               
             
          
           
               
                   
                 0 
                   
                 77.8-80.7 
               
               
                   
                 5 
                 minutes 
                 80.1-84.4 
               
               
                   
                 10 
                 minutes 
                 84.3-86.9 
               
               
                   
                 15 
                 minutes 
                 88.2-88.6 
               
               
                   
                 20 
                 minutes 
                 89.8-89.9 
               
               
                   
                 25 
                 minutes 
                 90.1-90.2 
               
               
                   
                 30 
                 minutes 
                 91.2-91.4 
               
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 *spatial temperature of entire hand 
               
             
          
         
       
     
         [0047]    As shown in Table 1, the temperature range of the hand increased from a range of 77.8° F.-80.7° F. to a range of 91.2° F.-91.4° F. This denotes a change of 10.5° F.-10.7° F., and additionally demonstrates that the spatial temperature of the entire hand decreased from 2.9° F. to 0.2 ° F. As can be appreciated, the temperature increase demonstrates that the gold alloy increases blood flow to the hands, while the decrease in spatial range shows that the blood circulation is more evenly distributed. A second experimental series was carried out to evaluate the temperature change of the skin with an article of jewelry formed with a gold alloy of the present invention. A gold alloy ring was placed on the middle finger of a patient suffering from inflammation for thirty minutes, while thermographic pictures were taken to demonstrate the change in skin temperature, as identified and characterized below: 
         [0000]    
       
         
               
               
               
             
               
               
               
               
             
           
               
                   
                 TABLE II 
               
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 Time 
                 Temperature Range ° F.* 
               
               
                   
                   
               
             
             
               
                   
               
             
          
           
               
                   
                 0 
                   
                 87.6-87.9 
               
               
                   
                 5 
                 minutes 
                 89.3-89.8 
               
               
                   
                 10 
                 minutes 
                 89.5-89.5 
               
               
                   
                 15 
                 minutes 
                 86.8-86.9 
               
               
                   
                 20 
                 minutes 
                 85.4-85.6 
               
               
                   
                 25 
                 minutes 
                 83.0-83.9 
               
               
                   
                 30 
                 minutes 
                 82.7-82.8 
               
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 *spatial temperature of entire hand 
               
             
          
         
       
     
         [0048]    Similar to the results obtained when placed on the finger, Table II shows a drop in temperature of 4.9° F. to 5.1° F., and additionally demonstrates that the spatial temperature of the entire hand decreased from 0.3° F. to 0.1° F. Table I and II demonstrate that the gold alloy can help to both increase and decrease body temperature based on the symptoms of the patient. As can be appreciated, a temperature change of less than 1 degree in the body effects biochemical reaction processes and indicates changes in the health condition of different organs and other parts of the body. Small changes of frequency and temperature in the body can lead to chronic diseases that cause systemic problems and can lead to death. The gold alloys of the present invention raise the temperature of the fingers and toes so they are equivalent to the rest of the hands and feet. Over time, this temperature change spreads throughout the body as further frequency adjustments take place, which helps normalize a variety of functions, thereby stabilizing the body. 
         [0049]    The alloy of the present invention provides therapeutic benefits to a user when worn as a conventional article of jewelry, such as in the form of a ring, toe ring, earring, piercing, bracelet, or other common jewelry article. Additionally, the present invention can be presented in the form of a laminated picture with a quantity of the gold alloy in the form of a powder and metallic strips. The gold from the poster distantly improves the vibration of the space the poster is contained therein, and equalizes the internal and external environments of the organism. As a result, the gold containing poster significantly reduces energetic conflicts between an organism and incompatible dental fillings or other materials. The high concentration of the alloy produces a sufficient frequency to interact with the weak wave fields of low electromagnetic frequencies that exist in nearby organisms. This optimizes the temperature and metabolic processes within an organism without the use of drugs or vitamins in a very short period of time. 
         [0050]    It is therefore submitted that the foregoing discussion, description, and examples refer to what is considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiments of the present invention. It is recognized, however, that the formulations are illustrative of some embodiments of the present invention, but are not meant to be limitations upon the practice thereof. Changes may be made in the details, particularly in matters of size, shape, and arrangement of parts, without exceeding the scope of the invention.