Patent ID: 7130698

Claim:
A pulsed charge applicator useful in inducing an increase in the electrical charge state of a biological molecule in human tissue, comprising: a generally rectangular hollow chamber defined by a transparent front wall and an opposed rear wall enclosing a volume of gas including water vapor and carbon dioxide confined therebetween, said chamber being conformed for intimate contact with the tissue of a person at the front surface thereof; a planar electrode affixed to the exterior of said chamber in contiguous alignment adjacent said rear wall, said electrode including a conductor connected thereto; an insulating handle attached to said chamber and conformed to enclose said conductor therein, whereby the preferred path of electrical discharge between said conductor, said electrode and said tissue is across said chamber; and means for producing an electrical pulsed charge connected to a free end of said conductor for producing a sequence of electrical charge pulses of an electrical potential relative the ambient charge level sufficient to excite one or more of the molecules comprising said volume of gas to a higher level of excitation, each occurrence of excitation change producing a discrete electromagnetic pulse, said means for producing an electrical pulsed charge completing the other part of its circuit across ambient space.