RU2212911C2 - Method and device for applying reflexotherapy - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: medicine; medical engineering. SUBSTANCE: method involves exposing patient body areas to modulated electromagnetic wave action with frequency of 40-70 GHz and intensity of 0.1-5 mW/sq.cm and to permanent magnetic field. Amplitude modulation of electromagnetic waves is carried out with triangular pulses of different duration of the anterior and posterior front. Electromagnetic waves with variable ratio of the anterior and posterior front are used in the range of 0.05-20. Electromagnetic waves treatment is carried out with modulation frequency being in proportional relation to basic organism biorhythm frequencies inherent in pathologically injured organ. Variable low frequency magnetic field of 5- 30 mTesla units intensity with right- or left-hand rotation of its whirl component is applied. The device has electromagnetic waves oscillator, antenna as wave-guide funnel, modulator, low frequency oscillator of triangular pulses, magnet, control unit, clock frequency oscillator and pseudo-stochastic signal oscillator. Antenna has two funnels switchable in electromechanical way having right- or left-hand polarization units of circular frequency polarization. Modulator unit has the primary and the secondary modulators. The modulator is designed as circular circuit having isolated magnets conform to patient body. EFFECT: enhanced effectiveness of treatment combining several physical factors which action is localized in preselected areas. 4 cl, 4 dwg

Description

 The invention relates to medical equipment and can be used for combined ultra-high-frequency (EHF) and magnetic therapy, as well as to study the simultaneous effects of high-frequency electromagnetic waves (EMW) and vortex magnetic fields (VMP) on biological objects.

 A known magnetotherapeutic installation (US Pat. RF 2084247, IPC 6 A 61 N 2/00, Bull. 20, 07/20/97), containing a power supply (control device), to which an inductor is made, made in the form of a frame with a winding, inside which there is a cavity for accommodating a biological object, the inductor being divided into separate telescopic coils entering one another, connected with a lifting device.

 The disadvantage of this device and the method of reflexology that it implements is that it does not use VMP in its work, which limits its therapeutic possibilities.

 There is a method of magnetic reflexology, which uses the impact on the biological object of VMP, as well as a device for its implementation (Zhitnik N.E., Novitski Ya.V. et al. Vortex magnetic fields in medicine and biology // Bulletin of new medical technologies. - 2000 . - T. VII, 1. - P. 46-57; Fig. 2 (p. 48)), which includes the effect on the patient's body of a low-frequency alternating rotating magnetic field with the possibility of right- and left-sided rotation of the field. The device for generating a PMF does not directly contact the surface of the patient’s body, it is a mechanical type device: a vortex field is generated by a system of permanent magnets placed on a rotating disk of non-magnetic material driven by a reversible electric motor; VMP frequency is determined by the rotation speed of the motor shaft. The device provides reliability and repeatability of the results in the study of the effects of VMP on biological objects; it is used in magnetic therapy. The method provides the impact on the patient of a sufficiently wide range of low-frequency magnetic and the electric and electromagnetic fields caused by him, which is necessary to perform biotropy of the acting field to the biological object, that is, to obtain the maximum reflexotherapy effect.

 The disadvantage of this method is the weak localization of the VMP in limited areas of the patient’s body, since the magnetic system generating the VMP is located at a certain distance from the surface of the patient’s body; in addition, the use of mechanical VMP generation limits the VMP frequency to the maximum rotational speed of the motor shaft.

A device for EHF-therapy is known that implements a method of high-frequency reflexology (a.s. USSR 1711920, IPC 5 A 61 N 5/02, Bull. 6, 02/15/92) containing an EHF generator, a horn antenna, a modulator and a control device. In this method of reflexology, a low-frequency (P <10 mW / cm ² ) EHF radiation modulated by a low-frequency monochromatic signal that is adequate to the physiological rhythms of the patient’s body is affected on the patient’s body.

 The disadvantage of the method implemented by the known device is a rather narrow spectrum of emitted electromagnetic waves, explained by the monochromaticity of the modulating signal, as well as its incompatibility with exposure to the patient’s body of a magnetic field, which limits its therapeutic capabilities.

There is also known a method and device for the implementation (prototype) of reflexology by simultaneous exposure to the patient’s body of EHF EMF and a magnetic field (US Pat. 19645 A, IPC 6, 5 A 61 N 5/02, Bull. 25.12.1997), including irradiation of limited parts of the body patient modulated electromagnetic wave with a wavelength of 7.05 ... 8.5 mm and an intensity of 1 ... 20 mW / cm ² and a magnetic field with induction of 40 ... 100 mT, while the amplitude modulation of electromagnetic waves is carried out by triangular pulses with different durations leading and trailing edges, the ratio of which is 20 ... 30, mode frequency lyatsii proportional to the frequency of pulsation of blood in the blood vessels, and a device for carrying out the method of reflexotherapy comprises EME generator, an antenna in the form of a wave speaker, a modulator, generator of low frequency triangular wave, a magnet and a control device.

 The disadvantage of the prototype is that they act only with a constant magnetic field, they affect the EHF EMW with a fairly narrow spectrum of the modulated signal, the polarization of the acting EMF is not used, and the device for reflexology does not provide sufficient localization of the field in the spatial region of the patient’s body with the right and left-side rotation of electromagnetic and magnetic fields, which is extremely important for ensuring biotropy of fields - maintaining the identity of the spectral and simple time-wise characteristics of the acting fields and the body's own fields.

 The problem to which the invention is directed, is to provide simultaneous exposure to the patient’s body of EHF EMF and VMP with variable right- and left-hand polarization of both radiations with simultaneous expansion of the field spectrum in the spatial region of localization in a limited area of the patient’s body.

 The technical result achieved by solving the problem is the right- and left-handed rotation of the magnetic field and the electromagnetic field of the EHF while maintaining the identity of their spectral and spatio-temporal characteristics immanent to the structure of living matter, that is, obtaining a biotropic field.

The specified technical result is achieved by the fact that in the reflexology method, which includes irradiating limited areas of the patient’s body, modulated electromagnetic waves with a frequency of 40 ... 70 GHz and an intensity of 0.1 ... 5 mW / cm ² and a magnetic field, the amplitude modulation of electromagnetic waves carry out triangular pulses with different durations of the leading and trailing edges, the action is carried out by electromagnetic waves with variable right- and left-hand circular polarization and with pseudo-noise amplitude modulation of pulses with variable during air action by the ratio of the leading and trailing edges of the pulses; exposure to electromagnetic waves is carried out with a modulation frequency proportional to the frequencies of the main biorhythms of the body inherent in the organ with pathology; the effect is carried out by an alternating low-frequency magnetic field with right- or left-side rotation of its vortex component.

 In addition, the ratio of the leading and trailing edges of the pulses varies from 0.05 to 20, and the shape of the leading and trailing edges is described by an exponential function. Influenced by a magnetic field with an induction of 5 ... 30 mT.

 The specified technical result is also achieved by the fact that in the created device for the implementation of reflexology, comprising an electromagnetic wave generator, an antenna in the form of a wave horn, a modulator, a low-frequency triangular pulse generator, a magnet and a control device, the device further comprises a clock generator and a pseudo-random signal generator, the antenna contains two electromechanically switched horns with right- and left-handed circular polarizers installed in them, a modulator with it is made up of primary and secondary modulators, the magnet is made in the form of a circular chain of individual electromagnets conforming to the patient’s body, switched with a control device, and the control device contains a switch for waveguide horns, a regulator of the frequency and intensity of electromagnetic waves, an electrical circuit for alternately connecting electromagnets to a power source direction of right- or left-hand sweep, magnetic field induction magnitude regulator, leading and trailing edges duration regulator pulses modulating electromagnetic wave signal.

 The method of reflexology and a device for its implementation are illustrated in figures 1-4.

 Figure 1 shows a General view of the inventive device and the principle of the implementation of reflexology. Figure 2 presents a view of type A. Figure 3 shows a functional diagram of a device for generating modulated EHF EMF, and Fig. 4 shows diagrams of signals in the device.

 On a localized area of the surface 1 of the patient’s body 2 (FIGS. 1, 2), conformally to this surface, there is an annular chain of individual electromagnets 3, the power supply terminals 4 of which are switched in an annular casing 5 of flexible dielectric material and connected by a cable 6. The casing 5 is fixed to the surface body of the patient with a belt 7.

 At a distance ΔZ from surface 1, a housing 9 is mounted on a tripod 8, in which an EHF EMF generator, a modulator, a low-frequency triangular pulse generator and a control device are placed. Panel 10 displays the controls for the radiation modes of the EMF EHF and VMP. To the housing 9 is connected to the connector 11 of the cable 6.

 A rack 12 with an electromechanical switch of ± x waveguide horns is installed on the top cover of the housing 9: 13 — with an installed EMP polarizer 14 for right-handed rotation (D) and 15 — with an installed EMC left-hand polarizer 16 (L). The horns 13 and 15 are mounted on a moving ± x bar 17; in each of the two fixed positions of the horns, the axis of one of them (D or L) coincides with the Z axis, which is the axis of the through holes in the bar 17 and in the rack 12, and a waveguide 18 from the EHF generator is connected to the output of this hole in the rack 12, installed in the housing 9.

In the functional diagram shown in Fig. 3, the modulator 19 consists of a primary modulator 20 and a secondary modulator 21, and the antenna 22 (one of the horns of the emitters 13 and 15) is powered by a waveguide 18 from the secondary modulator 21. A high-frequency signal is supplied to the secondary modulator 21 EME EHF generator 23, as well as S _mode signal from the primary modulator 20. primary modulator 20 inputs a signal S _and from low frequency triangular wave generator 24 and the signal S _nc from a dither signal generator 25; the latter is triggered by a signal S _ty from the clock 26.

 Figure 4 shows the plot of the signals in the device (27 - the front and 28 - the trailing edges of the triangular pulse).

 The method is as follows.

On a circular chain of electromagnets 3 through the switching conductors 4 and cable 6 from the control device, each voltage solenoid is supplied with alternating voltage, as a result of which a volumetric rotating magnetic field is created in the patient’s body 2, the magnitude of the induction of which is regulated within 5 ... 30 mT. When sequentially switching electromagnets in the + α direction, we have a right-handed field {Н _D }, and when switching in the -α direction, we have a left-handed field {H _L }.

Simultaneously with VMP, the patient’s body in a limited area of the body (this area is approximately limited by a circle with a diameter of (0.25-1.5) D _c , where D _c is the average diameter of a circular chain of electromagnets) are modulated by EHF EMF with a frequency of 40 ... 70 GHz (discretely switched and smoothly tunable in the sub-bands of this range 40 ... 70 GHz) and with an adjustable intensity of 0.1. ..5 mW / cm ² . In the process of exposure to EMF EHF, the direction of polarization can change: EMF (D) and EMF (L). The affected electromagnetic field of EHF creates an adequate electromagnetic field in the surface layer of biological tissue (skin). Thus, a complex field is created on the surface of the patient’s body, including dispersive, spatiotemporal, and polarization components of an alternating magnetic field and electromagnetic field of EHF.

 A device for implementing the method of reflexology works as follows.

The electromagnets 3 through the conductors 4 of the switching and cable 6 from the switch in the control device are alternately supplied with an adjustable current strength by supply voltage pulses, providing the right {N _D } or left {N _L } field rotation - a running magnetic field, creating the effect of VMP.

The EHF EMF generator 23 in the operating mode generates a narrow-band (quasimonochromatic) signal with a frequency from 40 to 70 GHz (tunable) and with an adjustable intensity from 0.1 to 5 mW / cm ² - reduced to the surface of the patient's body. This signal is fed to a secondary modulator 21, where it is modulated by a low-frequency signal S _mode , and then fed through the waveguide 18 to the antenna 22 and radiated, depending on the command of the control device, through a waveguide horn 13 with right circular polarization or through a waveguide horn 15 with left circular polarization.

The signal S _mode is generated in the primary modulator 20. The signal S is _also supplied to the primary modulator 20 from the low-frequency triangular pulse generator 24. The pulse repetition period is T _mode , and the ratio of the pulses of the leading 27 and trailing edges of the 28 pulses varies in the range: τ _n / τ _s = 0.05-20 (adjustable when choosing a patient irradiation mode). In addition, at the output of the triangular pulse generator there are differentiating circuits that give the leading and trailing edges of the pulse a shape described by an exponential function.

The clock generator 26 generates a rectangular pulse, the number of which for each period of time T _mod is 2 ⁿ , where n is a given integer. The pulsed signal S- _ty starts a pseudo-random pulse generator 25, which generates a pseudo-random signal S _pc , that is, a signal that is alternating in a certain order (determined by the circuit design of a generator - a digital shift register with a feedback system) of pulses and pauses in each next period T _{modes are} repeated in the same order. The total number of unit (that is, equal in length to the pulses and pauses in the signal S _ty ) pulses and pauses in the signal S _pc is equal for the time period T _mod • 2 ^n-1 For example, if n = 9, then 2 ^n-1 = 511.

Further _ps signals S and S _and supplied to the primary modulator 20, where the triangular pulse S _and S _ps modulated signal, the result is a signal S _mod - triangular pulse signal modulated by a pseudo-random signal.

 Comparative analysis shows that the inventive reflexology method and device for its implementation differs from the prototype in that it provides right- and left-side rotation of the magnetic field in the area of limited areas of the patient’s body, provides right- and left-hand polarization of the EHF EMF affecting the patient, as well as pseudo-noise modulation EMF EHF with a triangular impulse signal with exponentially changing leading and trailing edges. The irradiation modes are different from those used in the prototype. In addition, the magnetic field emitters are conformal to the surface of the patient's body.

 The proposed method of reflexology and a device for its implementation provide the creation of a combined area of the patient’s body with a combined magnetic and electromagnetic field with a common set of spectral, dispersion, polarization and spatio-temporal characteristics, from which the body (in the state of pathology of a particular organ or system) "selects "necessary to activate the processes of eliminating pathology, that is, recovery (the principle of N. Wiener).

 In this case, the magnetic field most effectively affects the dynamics of blood microcirculation and enzyme formation in the stomach, duodenum, liver, pancreas, and low-energy EHF radiation affects the focus of pathology at the cellular and subcellular levels, creating optimal conditions for activating the processes of free energy redistribution by generating adenosine triphosphate (ATP), an influx of free energy to parts of the body with pathology, which leads to the recovery of the body at the cellular level.

 A change in the direction (polarization) of rotation of the magnetic and electromagnetic fields takes into account the essential biological moment that different biomolecules (enzymes, etc.) have different spatial orientations (chirality), that is, right- or left-sided symmetry. Therefore, choosing the appropriate direction of rotation of the HFM and EMF of the EHF, we obtain the effect of “chiral resonance” - coincidence of the direction of rotation and symmetry or, on the contrary, mismatch, which allows intensifying or, conversely, slowing down processes, for example, enzyme formation.

 So, acting on the right-handed VMP and / or EHF EMF on the gastric tract, we stimulate the production of the pension enzyme; with left-side rotation of the fields - the production of pensin slows down, which is used in the treatment of stomach ulcers.

 The use of pseudo-noise modulation, in which the spectrum of the total (modulated) EHF EMF signal expands, corresponds to real natural signals that the body is “tuned” to initially: that is, receiving a signal useful to the body against a background of quite strong noise. Therefore, the effect of adapting the body to the radiation is achieved.

 The use of modulating pulses with exponentially changing leading and trailing edges creates the effect of the organism adapting to the acting radiation, because the exponential law is universal, general biological, that is, in the living world all the processes of influence obey this law.

The change in the ratio of the durations of the leading and trailing edges of the pulses is aimed at optimizing the process of reflexology: a rapid increase in the fronts of the pulses creates a sedation effect, and a slow rise - a sedative effect. By adjusting the rate of rise and fall of the pulse amplitude, it is possible to find the optimal ratio τ _n / τ _s corresponding to the individual sensitivity and mental structure of the body, as well as the nosology of the disease.

 The ranges of changes in the radiation parameters of the electromagnetic field of EHF and UHF, specified in the claims, are determined on the basis of the experience of reflexology and experimental studies, are, on the one hand, optimal, on the other hand, they cover all possible variations of the modes depending on the nosological groups of the disease and the individual characteristics of the patient’s body .

 Based on the foregoing, it can be argued that the technical solution meets the patentability criterion of "novelty."

 The procedure for reflexology is taken as follows.

 The procedure is taken when the patient is standing, sitting or lying down, depending on the disease and the exposed part of the body. A casing with electromagnets is applied to the irradiated surface and secured with straps. The power cable is connected to the control device, and the latter is mounted on a tripod in the position corresponding to the irradiated area of the patient’s body. The initial irradiation modes are set by the adjustment bodies on the dashboard according to the guidelines for reflexology procedures. The same instructions are used in the process of a therapy session or from session to session with the required change in radiation regimes. To assess the optimality of the modes used, the subjective sensations of the patient (comfort, the effect of "warmth", etc.), as well as objective readings of the ECG, EEG, heart rate, external respiration rate, etc., are also used.

 The installation is easy to maintain and does not require special training of a doctor-operator (in technical terms), its manufacture is possible at the instrument-making enterprise, and the manufacture of an EHF EMV generator is possible at a specialized enterprise of a radio-technical profile.

 The installation can be used in physiotherapy rooms, chambers of medical institutions and for scientific research of biomedical nature to create new medical technologies.

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1. The method of reflexology, including irradiating portions of the patient’s body with electromagnetic waves of EHF with amplitude modulation by triangular pulses with different duration of the leading and trailing edges, characterized in that the exposure to electromagnetic waves is carried out with a frequency of 40-70 GHz and an adjustable intensity of 0.1-5 mW / ^cm2 variable right- or left-hand circular polarization and with a pseudonoise pulse amplitude modulated with a variable ratio during exposure durations front and rear FRO comrade triangular pulses from 0.05 to 20, wherein the exposure is carried right- or left-hand rotating low-frequency alternating electromagnetic field.  2. The method according to p. 1, characterized in that the shape of the leading and trailing edges of the pulses is described by an exponential function.  3. The method according to p. 1, characterized in that they are affected by an electromagnetic field with induction of 5-30 mT.  4. Device for reflexology, comprising an electromagnetic wave generator, an antenna, a modulator, a low-frequency triangular pulse generator and a control device, characterized in that the device further comprises a clock pulse generator and a pseudo-random signal generator, the antenna contains two electromechanical switchable wave horns with the right installed - and left-handed circular polarizers, the modulator consists of the first and second modulators, the switching control device but with electromagnets located in a casing in the form of a circular chain, the control device includes a switch of wave horns, a regulator of the frequency and intensity of electromagnetic waves, an electrical circuit for alternately connecting electromagnets to a power source for the right- or left-side direction of rotation of the electromagnetic field, a magnetic induction magnitude regulator field, the regulator of the duration of the leading and trailing edges of the pulses of the signal modulating electromagnetic waves.

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