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US3169524A
US3169524A US111566A US11156661A US3169524A US 3169524 A US3169524 A US 3169524A US 111566 A US111566 A US 111566A US 11156661 A US11156661 A US 11156661A US 3169524 A US3169524 A US 3169524A
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61MDEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M15/00Inhalators
    • A61M15/02Inhalators with activated or ionised fluids, e.g. electrohydrodynamic [EHD] or electrostatic devices; Ozone-inhalators with radioactive tagged particles
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01KANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61MDEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M11/00Sprayers or atomisers specially adapted for therapeutic purposes
    • A61M11/06Sprayers or atomisers specially adapted for therapeutic purposes of the injector type
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61MDEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M16/00Devices for influencing the respiratory system of patients by gas treatment, e.g. mouth-to-mouth respiration; Tracheal tubes
    • A61M16/10Preparation of respiratory gases or vapours
    • A61M16/14Preparation of respiratory gases or vapours by mixing different fluids, one of them being in a liquid phase
    • A61M16/16Devices to humidify the respiration air
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61MDEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M16/00Devices for influencing the respiratory system of patients by gas treatment, e.g. mouth-to-mouth respiration; Tracheal tubes
    • A61M16/10Preparation of respiratory gases or vapours
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    • A61M16/107Filters in a path in the inspiratory path

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  • the present invention relates to an apparatus for acting upon living organisms in order to regularize and promote their physiological and biological, animal or vegetable activity.
  • this invention provides an apparatus comprising a device adapted to producenegatively-ionized aqueous aerosols adapted to be sprayed onto the living organisms tobe treatedQthis device comprising on appararus for producing water droplets of relatively large (llmensions and an ionizing apparatus adapted. to produce negative ions which fix themselves on the water droplets, he latter having dimensions sufficient to develop relatively large negative ions.
  • a device adapted to producenegatively-ionized aqueous aerosols adapted to be sprayed onto the living organisms tobe treatedQthis device comprising on appararus for producing water droplets of relatively large (llmensions and an ionizing apparatus adapted. to produce negative ions which fix themselves on the water droplets, he latter having dimensions sufficient to develop relatively large negative ions.
  • the apparatus 'producing the negatively-ionized aqueous aerosols may comprise an ionizing device operatingaccording to the basic principle of bubbling ionization or, desired, according to any of the conventional or known ionization methods, for example the ionization obtained by using high produce relatively large negat ive ions having a very-,
  • tive ions produced by the apparatus arecapable of exerting a very efiicient' actionof'physiological and biological character onthe'living organisms.
  • l v :Howevenjit' is also knovvhfthat high frequency fields are also capable of exerting a favorable .actioiion living x organisms and on the otherijhandftheyl have already been yearsfin "medicinejfor treating the. f
  • FIGURE 1 conslstsiofthe 'combination of an atomizer 1 witha bubble type 'ioniza with wa-ter inwhich isimmerseda pipe died with compressed air'fronr'fa compressor 4 providedwith 'an air physiological order.
  • a 7 3,169,524 Patented Feb. is; ress with that of a magnetic field or of a current having a more or less high frequency, the first action being strongly intensified by the second action.
  • the present'invention contemplates the use of a polyvalent action of the magnetic field or electric current of more or less high frequency produced by the apparatus.
  • the action of fields characterized by a sinusoidal oscillation have been used, the single frequency of ,these fields being selected from the range appearing to be the most favorable for treating a given disease.
  • the treatment apparatus comprises, in combination With the device for producing negatively ionized aqueous ions, an electrical device for producing a magnetic field or current characterized by successive pulses.
  • this apparatus advantageously combines the action of negative ions with that of fields or currents of more or less high frequencies, the first action being of physical and biological order, and the second action of
  • this apparatus is also advantageous in that it improves the action exerted by the field or current of more or less high frequencies. This'improvement is ascribable to the fact that this action is renderedpoly-f valent in the apparatus of this invention for the latter produces a field or current in the form of pulses.
  • the elec trical device for producinga' pulse field or current may be of different types.
  • FIGUREE I is a diagrammatic. elevational View showing an apparatus for producing ionized aerosols
  • FIGURE 2 is an axial section showingia complementary ion selector.
  • device adapted to be: associated with the device for producing ionized aqueous areosolsj 1
  • FIGURE 3 is an axial section showing a modified em-' bodiment of the ionization apparatus of the device for' producing ionized aqueous areosolsg-i anouaasa m .6f illustrategelectrical dag-ants of a few typical efrarnples "of electrical devices for producing- "tiionapparatus.
  • This;ionizat1on apparatus consists of a vessel 2 filled filter. 5 on its. suction side 'iConnected to the .orificeofdropletsqofrelatively large diameter;
  • the lODiZfi-r tion'apparatus producesin the pipe 6 an air stream loaded with light negative ions having a considerable mobility.
  • These ions are thus caused to fix themselves on the water droplets produced by the atomizer, the size of these droplets being adequate to produce an assembly constituting relatively large ions having a moderate mobility.
  • the device will finally produce'an aqueous aerosol loaded with large negative ions which can be directed at will onto the living organisms to be treated.
  • the compressor contemplated in this device may be replaced by a turbine or a fan of a power sufiicient to deliver air under pressure into the bubbling vessel of the ionization apparatus.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates a complementary device adapted to be associated with the main aerosol-producing device illustrated in FIGURE 1 with a view to effect an ion selection at the output end of the device, so that the aerosols carry along only negative ions to the outside.
  • the main device produces always positive ions in more or less great quantity, at the same time as negative ions.
  • negative ions exert a favorable action on living organisms.
  • Thiscomplementary device consists essentially of a metallic chamber 8 of cylindrical configuration, which may consist for example of brass. One end of this chamber is closed by a wall 9 carrying an inlet nozzle 10. The opposite end of this chamber is closed by a cover 11 of insulating material carrying a pipe 12 also of insulating material which projects from either side of this cover.
  • a cylinder 13 mounted within the chamber 8 is a cylinder 13 made of wire gauze, for example brass wire gauze, which has a considerably smaller diameter.
  • the sides of the meshes constituting this wire gauze may be about 4 millimeters long.
  • This cylinder is secured on the inner end of the insulating tube 12.
  • the wire gauze cylinder 13 is shorter than chamber 8 and its end registering with the end Wall 9 carries a thin perforated metal plate 14.
  • the wire gauze cylinder 13 which is to constitute an electrode, is electrically connected to a high-voltage terminal 15. This terminal is also used for securing an intermediate portion of the cylinder on the cylindrical wall of chamber 8, adequate electrical insulating means being interposed therebetween.
  • the terminal 15 consists of a screw engaging a nut 16 welded on the cylinder 13. This nut is clamped against a block 17 of insulating material fitting in a corresponding aperture formed in the Wall of chamber 8.
  • the screw is formed with a cavity 18 adapted to receive a pin 19 for connecting thereto a conductor 20 leading from a suitable high-voltage source.
  • der 13 constitutes a positive electrode and the wall of chamber 8 constitutes a negative electrode.
  • the above-described complementary device of this invention is associated with the device for producing ionized course, if the aerosol producing device is provided with an outlet pipe, theinozz-le 10 is connected to this pipe.
  • the inner wall of chamber 8 comprises an aperture having secured along its edges a receptacle 23 for collecting the moisture produced by the positive ions eliminated by the apparatus, a suitable drain cook 24 being provided in the lower wall of this receptacle.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates a modified embodiment of the bubbling-type ionization apparatus incorporated in the device for producing ionized aqueous aerosols. This alternate embodiment is designed with a view to increase the number of ions produced by the ionization apparatus.
  • this alternate embodiment aims at multiplying the number of orifices through which air is released within this liquid mass.
  • the ionization apparatus consists essentially of a glass or plastic vessel 2a for example of substantially cylindrical configuration.
  • a transverse parof a compressor or any other suitable device opens into this space.
  • Welded on the top of vessel 2a is an outlet nozzle 26 comprising a lateral orifice having a discharge pipe 6a welded on its edge.
  • This pipe 6a is preferably of the bafile type, for example similar to those used for cooling columns in which volatile organic products are distilled.
  • the purpose of the bafiies in this pipe 6a is to prevent the droplets of the liquid contained in the vessel from being carried along by the air stream escaping through this pipe.
  • the level of the liquid 27 contained in the vessel is above the porous partition 25. This level should be determined as a function of the air throughput.
  • the apparatus of this invention is not limited
  • the porous partition 25' extending transversely near the bottom ofthe vessel may be replaced by a partition also of porous material which is disposed on one side of the vessel and having its edges welded to the inner wall of this vessel in orderto-constitute a compartment receivrng theoutlet end of the compressed air supply line 3a.
  • a cylindrical sleeve of porous material having a diameter inferior to that of the vessel, may
  • FIG. 4 illustrates the wiring diagram of an extremely simple electrical device for producing successive pulses, this device being combined, inathe treatment apparatus of this invention, with the device producing the aqueous ionized aerosols.
  • This device comprises a gas-discharge lamp 28 filled with neon or other suitable gas, which is mounted in series with a resistor 29 and one or more reactors 30 adaptedto produce a magnetic field of same shape as the current flowing through the circuit 31.
  • the lamp 28 is selected to have a glow voltage lower than the voltage of the supply network or mains. Thus, if the voltage of the supply network or mains is 110 volts, the lamp 28 will be selected to have a 90-volt glow voltage. Thus, no current can flow through the reactor or reactors 30 during that fraction of the mains alternation during which the voltage is inferior to 90 volts and when the voltage attains this value the current fiows suddenly if the reactor or reactors 30 have a moderate self-induction inserted in the circuit. Under these conditions, a current discontinuity is obtained which corresponds to a current pulse, so that the device produces a magnetic field of nearly pulse shape.
  • an electrical device which comprises an arrangement such as a lamp flip-flop, a monostable multivibrator, a Schmidt multivibrator or the like.
  • FIG. 5 illustrates by way of example only a device of this character comprising a multivibrator provided with capacitors 32 interconnecting the grid and plate of the two triodes 33, the circuit also comprising suitable resistors 34.
  • This device is adapted to deliver across the output terminals 35 a high voltage current with rectangular pulses, and by changing the value of the capacitors 32 it is possible to alter at will the frequency of the current pulses.
  • a device which comprises a relaxation oscillator of the type used for oscillograph scanning (see FIG. 6) by associating therewith a capacitor-resistor derivation device adapted to transform the sawtooth voltage delivered by the relaxation oscillator into pulses the'frequency of which can be adjusted by modifying the value of the capacitor C incorporated in the relaxation oscillator.
  • the pulse width or duration may be adjusted by modifying the value of the time constant of the discharge circuit of capacitor C of the relaxation oscillator, for example by modifying the value of the resistor inserted in the discharge circuit of this capacitor.
  • a derivation device comprising a capacitor and resistor unit, and
  • the highvoltage (H-T) supply connected to the apparatus'charges its curve of variation constitutes the ascending portion of a sawtooth voltage curve.
  • the impedance of the t spark gap consisting of a gas-filled, triode or thyratron tube 38 drops suddenly to' a. verylow value causing a -very rapid discharge of thecapacitor and producing in V the curve of its potentialdilference across the terminals the vertical descending portion of the sawtooth voltage.
  • the priming voltage of this sudden discharge may be modified by means of a potentiometer 39 whereby the biasing value of the thyratron grid may be changed at will.
  • the ampli- The strength of the current flowing through the pentode 36 mounted as a constant current impedance may be modified at will through an automatic biasing potentiometer 40 modifying the potential of the control grid of pentode 36. On the other hand, this current strength is measured by the milliammeter 41.
  • the adjustment of the current fiowing'through the pentode'36 may be combined with the use or operation of the set of capacitors 3'7. When the capacitor set is fully discharged the'impedance of the thyratron 38 is no more zero and capacitor 37 begins to recharge itself so that another cycle of fast charge and discharge is resumed.
  • the sawtooth voltage variation obtained across the terminals of one of capacitors 37 may be derivated, that is, converted into pulses with the assistance of a mounting incorporating a capacitor 43 and a resistor 44 in series.
  • the commonterminal 42 of capacitors 37 which is the seat of the sawtooth potential difference
  • the input terminal of the assembly comprising the capacitor 43 and resistor 44 in order to produce across the terminals of resistor 44 V a potential difference having the shape of the derivative of the mathematical function representing a sawtooth.
  • An apparatus for producing negatively ionized aqueous aerosols for treating living organisms which comprises first means for producing 'a stream of gas under pressure, second means for bubbling said gaseous stream in a liquid partially filling a closed container in order to ionize said gaseous stream, third means for atomizing a liquid in the form of a jet of droplets ofvariable size,
  • Apparatus according to claim l' wherein said cor1- v tainer is provided with a lining of porous material impervious to liquids so located as to permit saidi stream'of gas to pass therethrough prior to the'entry of said stream 7 into said liquid,fwhereby the number of ions produced in line comprises a serpentine tube whereby said liquid is prevented from benig carried away by said. gaseous stream.
  • a ion selector device comprising a metal-walled chamber having a first end communicating through an orifice with said outlet pipe of the vessel of said
  • An apparatus for treating living organisms as set forth in claim 6 which comprises, in addition, a receptacle for liquid extending from the bottom of said chamber directly below said cylinder, and means for draining said receptacle.

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