Abstract:
Apparatus for inducing electrically charged alignment changes in biological tissue includes a generally flat translucent cavity containing a volume of gas that includes water vapor, carbon dioxide and other similarly common molecules that is charged along one surface by a sequence of pulses of electrical charge each of a potential sufficient to excite the common molecules to a higher state. The opposite side of the cavity is then conformed for intimate contact with the skin of a person, thus communicating the right hand spin electromagnetic pulses associated with each excitation level change into the tissue. A pulsed coil is then provided in an alignment generally parallel to the plane of the cavity to polarize the clockwise electromagnetic emissions associated with the changes in the excitation states.

Description:
REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS  
       [0001]     This application is a continuation in part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/798,036 filed 11 Mar., 2004, and benefit of this earlier filing date is claimed for all matter common therewith. 
     
    
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION  
       [0002]     1. The Technical Field  
         [0003]     The present invention relates to pulsed charge devices, and more particularly to charged surfaces coupled to anatomical parts polarized to a right hand clockwise spin by a pulsed electromagnetic field to induce electron state changes in the biological matter.  
         [0004]     2. The Prior Art  
         [0005]     In my prior U.S. Pat. No. 6,328,760 issued on Dec. 11, 2001 I have described a plasma device conformed to ionize certain prevalent biological elements and molecules with the emission spectra of this ionization process then coupling efficiently with the dominant element and molecular structures in living matter. In consequence, repair and reconstruction of living cells is both accelerated and enhanced by the illumination with these selected spectra. Since that time I have discovered that a fully developed ionization process need not be utilized and an electrical potential between the living matter and the charge sufficient to change some of the electron states of the molecular combinations of living tissue may produce the necessary molecular lattice rearrangement to promote growth or healing.  
         [0006]     Earlier I and others have observed that virtually all living functions entail electrical potential balances and the cell itself closely mimics a ‘wet circuit’. Sporadic disruptions of these potential balances, either because of the introduction of some contaminant or as result of some unwanted change in the charge architecture, seem to be the causative events that lead to disease and it is the rearrangement of this charge architecture anomalies that appear to be at the heart of the process that I earlier described in the &#39;760 U.S. patent. Of course, excepting those abnormalities that reach into the genome itself most of these electro-potential effects seem to be at the larger or macro level, such as those affecting the Na+/K+ pump, and the excitation of just some of the more basic molecules appears to be sufficient to assist in rearranging the other charge architectures back to their normal states.  
         [0007]     The foregoing effect appears to have some confirmation in scientific literature. For example, Horwitz, L R, Burke, T J, Carnegie, D, 1999. Augmentation of Wound Healing Using Monochromatic Infrared Energy; Exploration of a New Technology for Wound Management.  Advances in Wound Care  12:35-40 describes the use of 890 nanometer monochromatic light effectively treating recalcitrant dermal lesions and ulcers that sometimes resisted conventional care for more than 39 years. Similarly, living tissue molecular array response to weak electric and magnetic fields has long been recognized. See, e.g., Adey, W R, Bawin, S M Brain Interactions with Weak Electric and Magnetic Fields.  Neurosciences Research Program Bulletin  15(1):1-129. These and other publications clearly establish an interactive relationship between living tissue and weak electromagnetic fields.  
         [0008]     Notably, however, this same effect is also associated with emission of light in unique and distinct spectral patterns with a symmetrical result then obtained by absorption of the light energy in similar molecular structures illuminated thereby. In the bulk tissue structure this interchange is polarity dependent obtainable in an electromagnetic right hand spin polarizing field which may be overlayed over the emitting source. Accordingly, a mechanism for conveniently producing such right hand spin polarized emission fields that induce response in living tissue including electron state changes is extensively desired and it one such mechanism that is disclosed herein.  
       SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION  
       [0009]     Accordingly, it is the general purpose and object of the present invention to provide a pulsed charge field contained in an electromagnetic field conformed for raising the excitation states of molecular bonding in biological molecules.  
         [0010]     Other objects of the invention are to provide a pulsed charge field including frequency spectra in each pulse within the frequency domain of a wet circuit.  
         [0011]     Yet further objects of the invention are to provide a pulsed charge circuit completed through the charge architecture of living matter.  
         [0012]     Further objects of the invention are to provide a conveniently implemented electrical charge field in circuit with the wet circuit charge architecture of living matter.  
         [0013]     Yet additional objects of the invention are to provide a right hand spin polarizing electromagnetic field superposed onto a charge field conformed to raise the excitation state of biological matter.  
         [0014]     Briefly, these and other objects are accomplished within the present invention by providing a direct current powered oscillator circuit transformer coupled to a plurality of voltage doubler stages connected to the positive charge terminal that is shaped in the form of a flat plate. The plate, in turn, is enclosed on the exterior surface of a generally flat gas filled chamber that can be pressed to the selected limb or body area of a person with the local charge differential across the chamber then providing localized electrical potentials which effect an energy state change in the gas along with the associated radiation. By selecting a molecular structure of the gas similar to the molecular structures in the adjacent tissue a part of the emitted radiation is then absorbed in the adjacent molecular arrays of the body, raising the excitation levels in the tissue which propagate until a local equilibrium is reached. This equilibrium includes the ambient setting through which the ground return part of the circuit is completed, with the lack of observable radiation then providing an indication that the circuit impedance may be too high, i.e., that the contact skin area may be too dry. In this manner the polar molecules that are associated with all living tissue are included in the circuit lattice responding both to the electrical potential and to the gas emitted radiation.  
         [0015]     The radiated emissions thus produced can then be further controlled by a superimposed electromagnetic field produced on the interior of a coil surrounding the flat negatively charged plate and the chamber on which it is fixed. A further pulse circuit may then be connected across the coil, thus exciting the electromagnetic field to its selected pulse frequency. As result the emissions in the chamber are uniformly right hand spin polarized along their vectors that coincide with the field vector within the coil, thus insuring a relatively uniform absorption within the generally polar architecture of the molecular lattice that forms the irradiated tissue.  
         [0016]     Those skilled in the art will appreciate that virtually all organic molecules are associated with a distributed electrical charge. Very frequently it is this charge distribution that determines the lobes and foldings of the larger molecules like proteins or peptides and it is the occasional distortions in this charge determined geometry that is often the suspected causative agent associated with disease. Simply, the lobe architecture of a large molecule may be altered by external effects which then alters the molecular interactions with, e.g., receptors, until rearranged to equilibrium state. Of course, the disease consequence associated with distortions in our largest molecules, the chromosomes, are well appreciated at this time and fundamental reasoning dictates that the adjacent smaller molecules will invariably have some effect across the whole range of molecular sizes. It is this effect that is conveniently allowed to resolve itself by the inventive structure disclosed herein. 
     
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS  
       [0017]      FIG. 1  is a perspective illustration of a prior art gas discharge device useful in emitting light in biologically significant spectra;  
         [0018]      FIG. 2  is a perspective illustration, in partial sections, of the inventive system illustrating the positioning thereof adjacent a selected portion of a user&#39;s anatomy;  
         [0019]      FIG. 3  is an exemplary electro-potential lattice approximating the polar nature of human tissue that is exposed both to a charged field and to light stimulation;  
         [0020]      FIG. 4  is a circuit diagram of a pulsed charge circuit useful with the present invention;  
         [0021]      FIG. 5  is a diagrammatic illustration of the pulse shapes provided by the circuit shown in  FIG. 4 ;  
         [0022]      FIG. 6  is a perspective illustration, in partial section, of one physical configuration of the inventive pulse charge system conformed as a manual applicator of a geometry that provides the dominant discharge path across the charged cavity;  
         [0023]      FIG. 7  is yet a further perspective illustration depicting an electrically pulsed coil deployed in a surrounding alignment about the charged electrode of the device shown in  FIGS. 2 through 6  for developing a right hand spin polarizing electromagnetic field useful in aligning the vectors of the emissions associated with the change in the electron states effected by the electrical charge;  
         [0024]      FIG. 8  is a diagrammatic illustration of the combined effects at the inventive intersection of the charge field within the electromagnetic to polarize the light energy emitted in the course of the electron state change along a common vector exemplified in an alignment useful in treating macular degeneration;  
         [0025]      FIG. 9  is a further circuit diagram of a pulse circuit useful in developing the electromagnetic field;  
         [0026]      FIGS. 10   a  and  10   b  are further perspective illustrations of exemplary holding structures for aligning the inventive charge system adjacent selected portions of human anatomy; and  
         [0027]      FIG. 11  is a graphical illustration of the spectral distributions of the electromagnetic wavelength spectra emitted in the course of use of the instant invention. 
     
    
     DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT  
       [0028]     By reference to  FIG. 1  my prior U.S. Pat. No. 6,328,760 teaches a pulsed plasma radiation tube RT excited by a pulse circuit PC to ionization potential of the gases contained therein selected to emit radiation RA in biologically significant spectra onto the treated body area BA of a user. To achieve this radiation the gas within the plasma tube RT included molecules like water vapor or H2O, carbon dioxide CO2, molecular nitrogenN2 and perhaps carbonic acid H2CO3 all driven to ionization by the pulse circuit PC. The resulting radiated spectra were then useful in exciting illuminated tissue containing corresponding molecules, or loosely bound components of larger molecules like peptides or proteins, and the higher energy states of these excited elements and molecules would induce, in the manner of a cascade, further state changes propagated through the wet circuit of a cell. In this propagation process any molecular distortions or electrical charge misalignments would be freed up to return to their preferred state. These molecular rearrangement by this negatively ionized gas spectral illumination process have resulted in substantial molecular responses, both useful in promoting healing and in the maintenance of proper homeostasis.  
         [0029]     While suitable for the purposes intended and widely useful in the care of various diseases I have since found that the higher potentials of full ionization are not necessary and, in stead, only a sufficient charge difference to obtain an electron state response need be applied. Although not fully understood, it appears that the lattice of polar molecules that are included in all living tissue provides its own charge distributions at the body surface and this distribution may be used to advantage in producing sufficient electric potential to effect an electron state change. Of course, this is associated with a release of radiation which then raises the state of other electrons and this state change then cascades down into the treated tissue through its molecular lattice until all the available state changes can be effected, and so on. In this manner large body areas can be influenced with relatively low electric potentials.  
         [0030]     This lower level of charge differential can be conveniently effected by modifying the pulse circuit of my earlier U.S. Pat. No. 6,328,760 and the teachings thereof are incorporated herein. By reference to  FIGS. 2 through 5  and by further reference to the teachings of my prior &#39;760 patent, like numbered parts functioning in the like manner to that previously described, the inventive system generally designated by the numeral  110  includes a generally rectangular gas impervious chamber  120  defined by a flat transparent front panel  121  peripherally bonded to the edges of a mating concave rear panel  122  to form a closed cavity  123  therebetween. A conductor  125  is then extended along the exterior of the rear panel  122  deploying a flat sheet electrode  126  over chamber  120  under a sealing membrane  124  adhered to the edges of rear panel  122 .  
         [0031]     Similar to the teachings of my prior &#39;760 patent chamber  120  may be filled with a gaseous mixture of common molecules like water vapor, carbon dioxide, carbonic acid and the like, each readily brought to a higher excitation state by electrical charge of electrode  126 . To develop this charge potential the other end of conductor  125 , in turn, connects to a pulsed power source generally designated  140  comprisng a pulse stage  60  of similar construction to that shown by the same numeral in my prior &#39;760 patent, gated by a voltage controlled oscillator  61  set in its oscillation frequency by a potentiometer  62  in a voltage divider circuit between the positive signal E− and ground. The output of oscillator  61  drives to saturation at both limits of an operational amplifier  63  which is then amplified by a power amplifier  65  that is tied to the primary of a transformer  45  the secondary thereof driving a voltage multiplier  150  comprising a lattice of diodes  51 - 1  through  51 - m  interconnected by capacitors  52  with the last doubler stage at diode  51 - m  then connecting to the conductor  125 .  
         [0032]     In accordance with the present invention the pulse potential EF of conductor  125  is well below the ionization level of the gases in cavity  123  but is sufficient to exceed the bonding potential of the typical outer electrons of organic molecules, e.g., voltages less than  50  volts. Thus only singular electromagnetic wavelengths A associated with electron state change are emitted, particularly those containing the spectra of the common molecular states.  
         [0033]     It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the foregoing pulse circuit is configured substantially like the pulse circuit in the &#39;760 patent. By reducing the number of multiplication stages, however, the effective potential is substantially below that resulting in ionizing disassociation and the effect is primarily one of electric potential or charge. By particular reference to  FIG. 3  this charge effect couples with the polar molecules like water WA- 1  through WA-r, other polar organic molecules like peptides PE- 1  through PE-s, proteins PR- 1  through PR-t and so on. In the presence of an electric charge field these will arrange in lattices or arrays AR where the polar difference across this molecular array in the tissue and the molecular lattice of the gas within cavity  123  is less than the potential EF at the electrode  126 . The excess electrode potential is then useful to effect an electron state change along with the associated shedding of light that may then cascade to excite corresponding molecules WA- 1  through WA-r in the tissue structure.  
         [0034]     Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the foregoing inventive system includes inherent discharge preferences that seek out the shortest discharge paths. To confine these discharge effects to a path across chamber  120 , and preferably not across the conductor  125  to ground, an applicator structure is illustrated in  FIG. 6  under the generally numbered designation  210  in which like numbered parts function in like manner to those previously described. More precisely, applicator  210  is characterized by a generally cylindrical handle  211  of a substantial radial and longitudinal dimension and a dielectric material selected to insulate the pulsed power source  140  including all the operative components thereof. An electrical lead  212  then extends into handle  211  to provide the power signal E+ to circuit  140  which then generates the sequence of pulses on the output conductor  125  and the rectangular sheet electrode  126 . Chamber  120  is formed on the interior of an offset rectangular piece  221  extending in cantilever from handle  211  with the electrode  126  mounted on the rear surface  222  thereof and thereafter sealed by an exterior membrane  224  in this deployment. The front surface  223  of piece  221  can then be manipulated into any desired contact alignment with the skin SK of the user. By selecting the material dielectric coefficients and geometric spacing dimensions this structure insures that the minimal discharge path is across chamber  120 , thus insuring that the user&#39;s hand UH does not by-pass the desired effect. In this manner the primary result is the one previously described, a result that assists in realigning the various molecular lobe structures of the biological molecules affected.  
         [0035]     I have further found that the foregoing effect can be greatly enhanced by concurrently polarizing the common vectors of each of the emitted light energy in cascade into an alignment along with the charge field vector. To provide this right hand spin polarization an electromagnetic field is developed in accordance with the illustrations in  FIGS. 7-9 , wherein like numbered parts function in like manner to that previously described. More precisely, a coil  161  is wound around the interior periphery of chamber  120  in a plane generally parallel to the plane of the sheet electrode  126  in either one of the two applicator forms  10  and  210 , with the ends  162  and  163  of the coil then connected across yet another pulse circuit  160  exemplified by the implementation shown in  FIG. 9 , wherein an oscillator circuit is formed by cross coupling the collector to base connections between two transistors  181  and  182  with the base bias of transistor  182  controlled by a potentiometer  183  which, in combination with the other resistors R 1 , R 2  through Rs and capacitors C 1  and C 2 , set the desired oscillation frequency. The collector of transistor  182  then drives the base of a transistor  184  in a switching circuit formed by gating a transistor  185  in and out of conduction in a circuit connection between the coil end  163  and ground, with the other end  162  of coil winding  161  connected to the power source E+. In this manner a generally square wave pulse sequence is developed across the coil, producing an electromagnetic field vector EMF aligned generally orthogonally to the plane of the sheet electrode  126  and cavity  120  and coinciding with the emitted radiation field vector EF.  
         [0036]     By particular reference to  FIG. 8 , the electromagnetic field vector EMF imposes a corresponding uniformly aligned right hand spin to the spectra A emitted by the constituent elements like O, C, H and N both within chamber  120  and also in the adjacent tissue, shown symbolically as the electromagnetic wavelengths right hand spin vectors AS 1  through ASm. By well known principles of physics this coherent realignment of the spin vectors is obtainable without any energy exchange, thus promoting a generally uniform, polarized cascade through the tissue array AR in the course of their emission and absorption that has little or no collateral energy exchange associated therewith. I have found that electromagnetic field levels as low as 0.7 Gauss are sufficient for effective penetration of the field EMF through the adjacent tissue. Thus the major risks associated with high energy irradiation are minimized by limiting both the magnetic flux and the relative electric potential of the electrode  120  to 50 volts. In this manner irradiation of sensitive biological elements, like those in the human eye, is rendered safe allowing for the charge realignments and correction of all-trans retinal molecules, peptides, proteins and chromosomes.  
         [0037]     The usefulness of this irradiation process has had received extensive verification in the course of Phase Two clinical trials recently conducted to verify the therapeutic efficacy of the inventive device in treating Age-Related Macular Degeneration [AMD], Diabetic Retinopathy and Retinitis Pigmentosa, all retinal diseases with few known treatment modalities. Periodic irradiation of the retina of AMD patients, for example, directly through the eye lens, in 20 minute intervals, has shown measurable improvement in visual acuity as measured by the Vector Vision LogMar instrumentation with one improvement as high as 57% and an improvement average of 16%. Even higher treatment averages were obtainable with a patient population that was limited to early-stage AMD, with visual acuity improvement averages as high as 33%.  
         [0038]     By reference to  FIGS. 10   a  and  10   b  this irradiation treatment of the retina can be rendered convenient by a holding structure generally designated by the numeral  310 , comprising a generally circular strap  311  provided with overlapping ends  312  and  313  engageable to each other by opposing hook and pile segments, like those sold under the mark “VELCRO”, respectively shown as end segments  312   h  and  313   p , to form a hoop of various peripheral dimensions. A holding bracket  315  may then be selectively clipped to the strap  311  by interlaced engagement thereof between offset tines  316  extending therefrom to deploy the applicator structure  210  over and adjacent to the anatomical area that is to be irradiated. As exemplified in  FIGS. 8 and 10   a  strap  311  is positioned about the circumference of a head of a patient with the holding bracket  315  then clipped to the strap  311  over the forehead to extend over the patient eyes EY with the irradiation then focused by the eye lens EL onto the retina ER. With this assistance the applicator structure  210  can be conveniently held right over the eyes for the necessary durations determined by any treatment regimen. Alternatively, as illustrated in  FIG. 10   b  the bracket is clipped to the strap  311  in alignment over the anterior surfaces of the skull SA containing the visual cortex.  
         [0039]     It is believed that by way of this polarized irradiation small biological structures like the walls of the 0.8 micron diameter capillary bed of the retinal macula RM are charged to an equal polarity, thus promoting wall separation for an increased flow. In consequence, circulation for nourishment and removal of by-products is re-established, resolving the principal source for the pathology of macular degeneration. I have further observed that this process is rendered particularly effective in the spectral emission and reabsorption of hydrogen in the 450 nanometer emission band, suggesting the involvement of the hydrogen atom via the All-trans-Retinal in the cones of the macula RM. This is consistent with the generally observed deterioration with age in the retinal perception of the blue color, now regenerated by this inventive process, thereby restoring the full visual range from the ultraviolet to the infrared. Of course, similar benefits should follow in other biological structures.  
         [0040]     By this simple expedient the device can be variously deployed over the body of the patient, resolving most degenerative molecular malformations in the targeted tissue. Of course, other shapes of the applicator structure  210  may be devised with particular attention to the body shape that is intended for exposure, such as cavities convolved into toroidal shapes to surround a digit or limb or similar adaptations. In each instance, however, the geometric constraint that needs to be met is one that assures that the minimal discharge path is across the cavity.  
         [0041]     By reference to  FIG. 11  the spectral distribution of the emissions from chamber  120  has been confirmed by actual measurement including the several spectral peaks SP 1 -SPq associated with biological matter and also the very pronounced hydrogen emission spectrum peak HSP at 450 nanometer emission band referenced above. Thus the theoretically inferred results are directly confirmed by measurement which has been thereafter further confirmed by clinical trials. Thus a conveniently deployed, relatively safe treatment mechanism is devised which is broadly useful in realigning the molecular architecture, and therefore the local charges, of living matter  
         [0042]     Obviously, many modifications and variations can be effected without departing from the spirit of the invention instantly disclosed. It is therefore intended that the scope of the invention be determined solely by the claims appended hereto.