Patent No. 4641633 Electronic system for the activation, inhibition and/or modification of the development and functioning of cells, organs and organisms of living beings
Patent No. 4641633
Electronic system for the activation, inhibition and/or modification of the development and functioning of cells, organs and organisms of living beings (Delgado, Feb 10, 1987)
Abstract
Instrumentation and methodology for the application of non-invasive electromagnetic fields characterized by sharp, unidirectional square waves with rising and falling times below 0.1 microseconds and frequencies below 120 pulses per second. The waves are applied through antennas which produce magnetic fields. The magnetic fields are applied to living beings with the purpose of producing predictable modifications of determined structures, functions and manifestations.
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Description
The present invention concerns an electronic system for the activation, inhibition,
and/or modification of the development and functioning of cells, organs, and
organisms of living beings, applicable from unicellular organisms up to human
beings.
The above mentioned system is based on the generation and application of local
electrical fields, induced remotely by electromagnetic means, with biological
effects which depend on the programming and on preselected parametric characteristics.
Since 1947 the inventor and some of
his collaborators have performed and published a large series of experiments
to investigate morphological, physiological, and pathological effects produced
in cells, organs, and organisms of different animal species from bacteria and
insects up to humans, produced by electrical stimulae of special characteristics,
applied directly or by electromagnetic induction. Results of these investigations
have been published successively through the years to describe each new discovery.
The following provides a list of some of these investigations published by the
inventor:
Reference 1: Delgado, J. M. R. and R. B. Livingston. SOME RESPIRATORY, VASCULAR
AND THERMAL RESPONSES TO STIMULATION OF ORBITAL SURFACE OF FRONTAL LOBE. J.
Neurophysiol., 11:39-55, 1948.
Reference 2: Mihailovic, L. and J. M. R. Delgado. ELECTRICAL STIMULATION OF
MONKEY BRAIN WITH VARIOUS FREQUENCIES AND PULSE DURATIONS. J. Neurophysiol.,
19:21-36, 1956.
Reference 3: Delgado, J. M. R. MULTICHANNEL TRANSDERMAL STIMULATION OF THE BRAIN.
Tech. Doc. Rep. #ARL-TR-70-1. Holloman AFB, New Mexico, 24pp. 1970.
Reference 4: Delgado, J. M. R. PHYSICAL CONTROL OF THE MIND: TOWARD A PSYCHOCIVILIZED
SOCIETY. Vol. XLI, World Perspectives Series, R. N. Anshen (Ed.), New York:
Harper & Row, 280pp., 1969.
Reference 5: Delgado, J. M. R. RADIOCOMMUNICATION WITH THE BRAIN. (10p. brochure
for exhibit). Gold Medal Award, Amer, Psychiat. Assoc. Meeting, May 3-6, Washington,
D.C., 1971.
Reference 6: Delgado, J. M. R. COMMUNICATION WITH THE CONSCIOUS BRAIN BY MEANS
OF ELECTRICAL AND CHEMICAL PROBES. Pp. 25-40 in: "Biological Diagnosis
of Brain Disorders". Proc. V. int. Conf. on the Future of Brain Sciences.
New York: Spectrum-Wiley, 1973.
Reference 7: Delgado, J. M. R., V. Lipponen, G. Weiss, F. del Pozo, J. L. Monteagudo,
and R. McMahon. TWO WAY TRANSDERMAL COMMUNICATION WITH THE BRAIN. Amer. Psychologist,
30:265-273, 1975.
Reference 8: Delgado, J. M. R. TRANSDERMAN COMMUNICATION WITH THE BRAIN IN ANIMALS
AND MAN. Invited lecture, XXVI int. Congr. physiol. Sci., New Delhi, October,
1974. Proc. int. Union physiol. Sci. XI: 27, 1974.
Reference 9: Delgado, J. M. R. NEW ORIENTATIONS IN BRAIN STIMULATION IN MAN.
Pp. 481-503 in: "Brain-Stimulation Reward", Proc. 1st int. Conf.,
A. Wauquier and E. T. Rolls (Eds.), Amsterdam North Holland Publ. Co., 622 pp.,
1976.
Reference 10: Delgado, J. M. R. INSTRUMENTATION, WORKING HYPOTHESES, AND CLINICAL
ASPECTS OF NEUROSTIMULATION. Appl. Neurophysiol., 40:88-110, 1977/78.
Reference 11: Delgado, J. M. R., J. L. Monteagudo, M. Garcia Gracia and J. Leal.
TERATOGENIC EFFECTS OF WEAK MAGNETIC FIELDS. IRCS med. Sci., 9:392, 1981.
Reference 12: Delgado, J. M. R., J. Leal, J. L. Monteagudo and M. Garcia Gracia.
EMBRYOLOGICAL CHANGES INDUCED BY WEAK, EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC
FIELDS. J. Anat., 134:533-551, 1982.
Reference 13: Delgado, J. M. R., J. Leal, A. Parreno, M. Garcia Gracia and J.
L. Monteagudo. DIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF WEAK ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS. En Proc. 5th
Europ. Neurosci. Conf. Liege, September, 1981.
Reference 14: Monteagudo, J. L., M. Garcia Gracia, J. Leal, C. Hernandez-Ros,
E. Ramirez, J. Ortega Klein, J. Palacios Carvajal y J. M. R. Delgado. APLICACION
BIOMECANICA DE ESTIMULOS MAGNETICOS. Abstr. en Proc. IV Simp. Soc. iber. Biomecanica,
Valencia, November, 1981.
Reference 15: Garcia Gracia, M., J. L. Monteagudo, E. Ramirez and J. M. R. Delgado.
ELECTROMAGNETIC MODIFICATIONS OF THE BRAIN. In Proc. 1st World Congr. IBRO,
Lausanne, April, 1982.
Reference 16: Leal, J., A. Ubeda, A. Trillo, J. L. Monteagudo and J. M. R. Delgado.
MODIFICATION OF EMBRYOGENESIS BY MAGNETIC FIELDS. In Proc. 1st World Congr.
IBRO, Lausanne, April, 1982.
Reference 17: Ubeda, A., M. A. Jimenez, M. A. Trillo, J. Leal, and J. M. R.
Delgado. FAVORABLE AND TERATOGENIC EFFECTS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS ON CHICK
EMBRYOGENESIS. In Proc. EDBO Conf., Strasburg, June, 1982.
Reference 18: Delgado, J. M. R. ELECTROMAGNETIC EFFECTS: FROM INSECTS TO HUMANS.
In Proc. Symposium on "Biomagnetism in Psychophysiology" 1st. Int.
Conf. on Psychophysiology, Montreal, August, 1982.
Reference 19: Ramirez, E., J. L. Monteagudo, M. Garcia Gracia and J. M. R. Delgado.
ELECTROMAGNETIC EFFECTS IN DROSOPHILA. In Proc. 6th Europ. Neurosci. Congr.,
Torremolinos, September, 1982.
Reference 20: Paino, C. L. and J. M. R. Delgado. RUNWAY PERFORMANCE MODIFIED
BY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS. In Proc. 6th Europ. Neurosci. Congr., Torremolinos,
September, 1982.
One of the objectives of all these studies has been the activation, inhibition,
and modification of cells and organisms by means of their electrical stimulation
which may be programmed and applied by remote control through the intact skin
in such a way that different effects have been obtained by choosing different,
specific electrical parameters.
The importance of codification of signals and parameters of electrical currents
to obtain specific biological effects was studied and demonstrated by the inventor
and others in the above identified References 1 and 2. Many of these findings
are summarized in the above Reference 4. In the recent published investigations
referred to above References 12 and 18, there has been shown that some parameters
of electromagnetic waves may have detrimental teratogenic effects. These references
show the importance of the shape of the magnetic waves in producing beneficial
results. It is shown in these references, that it is essential to have suitable
experimental knowledge about which parameters have beneficial, neutral or detrimental
effects.
All this previous research led to the
development and construction of the system which is the object of the invention,
constituting a new system in its electronics, biological effects, and possible
scientific and therapeutic applications.
The system, developed according to the invention, consists of a generator of
signals produced electronically and one or several antennas which radiate electromagnetic
energy over a tissue or biological organism.
The use of electromagnetic coils applied to the skin for transdermal stimulation
of tissues, and retaining methods for this purpose, are described in great detail
in the above identified references. These include studies performed on monkeys,
chimpanzees, and in human patients. These are described in the above identified
References 4, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 9.
It should be emphasized that the use
of inductive coils to provide electrical current is not new. The use of two
coils separated by a distance smaller than their diameter constitutes the configuration
known as "Helmholz coils", honoring the memory of the illustrious
German physics professor, H. L. F. von Helmholtz (1821-1894) who studied the
properties of these coils which from his time have been described in many textbooks
on electricity.
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