Apparatus and a non-invasive technique are disclosed for the control of glucose levels in living animals afflicted with hyperglycemia. The apparatus is used to apply a uniform, monopolar pulsed magnetic field to cause electric currents and field generation in the animal. The pulsed magnetic fields are obtained by transmitting individual pulses of direct current to Helmholtz coils located on opposite sides of the animal. The optimum pulse train configuration for the test animals, which were a breed of white rats, is a pulse repetition rate of 15 hertz, a pulse amplitude of 60 millivolts, and a pulse width of 350 microseconds. The generated field in the preferred embodiment was about 15 gauss. Although the treated rats did not have a normal serum glucose level, the depicted serum glucose levels are significantly lower than those of the control animals.
A method of controlling cellular influx and efflux of ionic calcium to modulate the functioning of biological entities comprising subjecting such entities to both resonant and non-resonant fields. Representative of the synergistic application of these two types of fields in their use in controlling blood glucose levels in living animals afflicted with hyperglycemia. This method comprising subjecting at least the liver and pancreas area of an animal having a blood glucose level of at least 180 mg/dL to a resonant electromagnetic field applied post-prandially until the animal's blood glucose level is reduced to about 150 mg/dL then stopping application of said resonant frequency electromagnetic field and subjecting said animal to a non-resonant frequency electromagnetic field to further reduce the animal's blood glucose level.
Human blood glucose levels can be altered by the application of electric charge. The application of electric charge to the human body results in decreased in vivo blood glucose levels.
An apparatus for treating a patient which induces an electric current in the body through external application of an electromagnetic field. The apparatus includes means for controlling the magnitude of the induced electric current by sensing the electromagnetic field and automatically controlling its strength. The sensing may be accomplished through time multiplexed use of the field inducing coil or through the use of a separated, dedicated coil.
Process involves treating skin by subjecting it to magnetic therapy by an annular coil energized by pulsed D.C. voltage having a rectangular wave from pulsing at the rate of 1-30 CPS, the coil producing a field of under 20 gauss.
A method of treating animal tissue with a time-varying, magnetic field and a device for producing such a field wherein a substantially unipolar, rectangular electro-magnetic treatment signal having pulses of a predetermined frequency and amplitude is generated. The signal is transmitted to a coil wherein it induces a magnetic flux. The magnetic flux so produced is applied to a treatment site to promote healing of tissue. A biasing circuit is provided in the device to prevent the occurrence of a reverse polarity pulse upon the fall of the magnetic flux induced by the fall of the generated pulse and to diminish high frequency ringing at the beginning of a treatment signal.
