Device for stimulation by means of electric and magnetic fields, and field applicators for this purpose

US8750984B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Actegy Limited · GB

Inventors

• Stewart Penny · Maroochydore, AU
• Manfred Krauss · Jena, DE
• Roland Fischer · Trostberg, DE
• Werner Schmidt · Chemnitz, DE
• Mario Mobius · Linz, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 31, 2006
• Grant date: Jun 10, 2014
• Expiry date: May 27, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61N1/32
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A device for stimulation via electric and magnetic fields is provided. The autonomic/vegetative nervous system can be controlled by signals in the frequency ranges of 0.05 to 0.15 Hz and 0.15 to 0.30 Hz, respectively. By addition of characteristic sinusoidal oscillations between the head and a peripheral area with the corresponding low-frequency sympathetic or parasympathetic control frequency as base oscillation and with application-typical EEG frequencies and higher-frequency sinusoidal oscillations in the range of ca. 250 to 1500 Hz, characteristic stimulation programs are established. These are applied by field applicators in the upper body area and in the lower body. The associated mat applicators distribute field energy. The field applicator is equipped with a combination of a magnetic-field-generating coil arrangement and an electrode arrangement generating the electric field. The electrode generating the electric field can at the same time be designed as a magnetic-field-generating coil.