U.S. patent application number 10/419300 was filed with the patent office on 2004-10-28 for pain relief device.
Invention is credited to Pollock, Frederick William.
Application Number | 20040215285 10/419300 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 33298405 |
Filed Date | 2004-10-28 |
United States Patent
Application |
20040215285 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Pollock, Frederick William |
October 28, 2004 |
Pain relief device
Abstract
The Pain relief device uses low voltage DC power sources to
relieve pain and promote faster healing in the bodies of humans and
animals safely. It has long been known that electrical stimulation
to the body can relieve pain. The afflicted area of the body
receives a positive (+) charge while the negative electrode (-) is
placed on a different part of the body. The problem with attaching
electrodes to the body is that if sufficient electricity is applied
to accomplish the task of relieving pain, electrical burns to the
skin can occur at the site of the negative (-) electrode. In the
case of The Pain Relief Device, only the positive (+) electrode
touches the skin as the negative (-) electrode is completely
shielded with insulation. The electrical stimulation occurs
harmlessly, because the shielded negatively (-) charged electrode
or insulated pad, being an insulated sheet of aluminum foil
produces an electric field in the body that is strong enough to
cause a current to flow into the body at the site of the positive
(+) electrode. No current can flow at the site of the negative (-)
electrode because it is insulated and therefore no burns to the
skin.
Inventors: |
Pollock, Frederick William;
(Calgary, CA) |
Correspondence
Address: |
F.W . POLLOCK
9936 OAKRIDGE Rd. S.W.
CALGARY
AB
T2V 4A5
CA
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Family ID: |
33298405 |
Appl. No.: |
10/419300 |
Filed: |
April 22, 2003 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
607/46 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A61N 1/378 20130101;
A61N 1/0492 20130101; A61N 1/205 20130101; A61N 1/36021
20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
607/046 |
International
Class: |
A61N 001/18 |
Claims
What I claim as my invention and discovery is:
1. the Pain Relief Device, which is a therapeutic device using
electrical stimulus in a way that has been previously unrecognized
for its beneficial results, that can relieve pain and promote
faster recovery from injuries in humans and animals and has (a) a
conducting pad that has conducting sheet on one side, an insulated
pad which has a conducting sheet electrically insulated within, and
a low voltage DC power source such as a battery, of from 0.0 volts
to 7.0 volts that charges the device, and the conducting sheets are
thin flat sheets of conducting material such as but not exclusively
aluminum foil, that have a surface area depending on the
application, the lower back case may have a surface area of 75
square inches where as one for the shoulder may only have a surface
area of 18 square inches for both the conducting and insulated
pads, and the device is in operation when the conducting sheet of
the conducting pad is held firmly against the skin of the body at
the site of the injury and the insulated pad is simultaneously
placed on the skin on a location diametrically opposed to or on the
opposite side of the body from the location of the injury charged
by a DC power source (b) a DC power source, using the convention
that the positive (+) and negative (-) discussed in these claims
are the same positive (+) and negative (-) as labeled on the poles
on standard AAA, AA, A, and any other batteries or DC power
sources, is wired into the device such that the conducting sheet of
the conducting pad is electrically connected to the positive (+)
pole of the DC power source and the conducting sheet of the
insulated pad or `core` is connected to the negative (-) pole of
said DC power sources. (c) a conducting pad and an insulated pad
that have one conducting sheet each which become electrodes when
connected, using insulated wire, to a DC power source as above and
(d) an insulated pad that is produced by completely insulating, on
both sides, by sandwiching the conducting sheet electrode between
two sheets of thin flexible insulating material, such as, but not
limited to, vinyl, so that when the conducting sheet is bonded to
the vinyl on each side by contact cement or some other adhesive,
such that so assembled produces a thin, flat, shaped, pattern such
as a square or rectangle or any other shape, made of vinyl, with an
insulated wire protruding from its side, that is connected
electrically to the slightly smaller patterned, thin conducting
material of the conducting sheet, spread out perfectly flat within
the vinyl sandwich and that after construction, none of the
conducting sheet can be protruding through the vinyl of the
insulated pad, nor can any exposed wires be permitted on the
insulated pad part of this device and no part of the insulated pad
thus made can conduct electricity through the insulation for
voltages well in excess of the voltages indicated above. (e) a
conducting pad, which is also made from a thin sheet electrode,
such as aluminum foil electrically wired to the positive pole of
the DC power source, requires no insulation as it is to be in
direct contact with the skin, flat across the body at the site of
the injury, can be reinforced on the back of the conducting sheet
by bonding it to a thin flexible material such as vinyl and that
after construction, the conducting pad will be a thin flexible
pattern of vinyl or some other flexible material with one side
covered with exposed aluminum foil or other like material with a
wire leading from the aluminum of the conducting pad to the
positive (+) pole of the DC power source. (f) in its basic form, a
DC power source and separate wires leading to two thin pads, the
conducting pad that has its aluminum electrode showing its
conducting sheet's surface area exposed, the other, the insulated
pad, showing no exposed conducting material at all, the conducting
sheet electrode, or core, within completely electrically insulated,
and two wires leading from the DC power source, one each to the
conducting pad and the insulated pad such that the positive (+)
pole of a DC power source (battery) is wired to the conducting
sheet of the conducting pad and the negative pole of the same DC
power source is wired to the conducting sheet or core within the
insulated pad.
2. the Pain Relief Device in accordance with claim 1. above that
has two pads and a DC power source and (a) the dimensions and shape
of the pads used in a particular therapy is determined by the area
of affliction, such as the lower back of 200 Lb. man of average
height where a conducting pad having a dimension large enough to
cover the whole lower back should be about 14 inches by 41/2 to 5
inches on the side to 6 or seven inches in the middle measured from
the top of the pad when centered horizontally on the lower back,
the conducting sheet within the insulated pad should have roughly
the same surface area or greater than the area of the conducting
sheet of the conducting pad and for this 200 LB man the conducting
sheet within the insulated pad could be 14 inches by 5 or 6 inches
and (b) the two pads and the battery can be attached to a belt used
to hold the pads securely against the skin, conducting pad flat
against the lower back, aluminum side down, insulated pad flat
against the front, stomach, or abdomen, opposite to where the
conducting pad is and (c) similar configurations can be devised for
other parts of the body using different sized pads for different
parts of the body to be treated such as a shoulder that has a
flexible conducting pad of say 6 inches by 4 inches placed on the
shoulder aluminum side down, and an insulated pad the same size,
placed on the lower upper arm, powered by batteries or use a very
large insulated pad, of 14 inches by 5 inches placed against the
abdomen wired to the same power source and the same shoulder
conducting pad and the shoulder will receive positive therapeutic
results including pain relief and faster recovery and (d) if one
large insulated pad placed on the abdomen similar to the lower back
pain device such as above is used, several conducting pads can be
used simultaneously, by wiring the conducting pads into the same
battery in series and the various sized conducting pads placed on
different afflicted parts of the body at the same time such as a
shoulder-knee, elbow-ankle or even, knee-elbow-shoulder-ankle would
create a positive therapeutic affect on these afflicted areas
simultaneously as there would still be the same electrical response
set up between the many conducting pads and the single insulated
pad as the more awkward, one on one approach, or method using
separate pads and power source for each individual affliction all
affixed by some sort of harness, or tape, etc.
3. the Pain Relief Device in accordance with claim 1, and claim 2.
above is a device developed for harmlessly providing electrical
stimulus to an afflicted area of the body to relieve pain, which
sprang from the discovery (a) that by bringing a positively (+)
charged electrode powered by a low voltage DC power source such as
a battery, in contact with the skin at the site of an injury and
using an insulated negatively (-) charged conducting sheet powered
by the same DC power source as the positively charged electrode,
which is a large sheet like conductor, such as aluminum foil,
within insulating material to form the insulated pad which is
completely insulated and allows no current to flow from the
conducting sheet within to the outside of the insulation of the
insulated pad and the negatively (-) charged insulated pad when
placed on the other side of the body from the positively (+)
charged electrode sets up an electric field which flows through the
body and causes a weak current to flow from the positively (+)
charged electrode through the skin and to the injury causing the
relief of pain and promoting faster recovery (b) that the total
current flowing into the body at the site of the positively (+)
charged electrode is absorbed by the body, as the insulated pad,
having its electrode completely insulated allows no current flow
from the skin where it is located to the electrode of the insulated
pad (c) that a positively charged (+) single point electrode, or
even multiple point electrodes will work therapeutically when used
in conduction with a negatively (-) charged non conducting or
insulated pad. (d) that the conducting pad, using a sheet of
aluminum foil to act as the positive (+) electrode, as a sheet of
conducting material such as aluminum foil can cover much more
surface area allowing larger injured areas such as the lower back
to be treated. (e) that the insulated pad is best placed on the
other (opposite) side of the body from the injury, but regardless
of where it is placed, the electric field set up between it and the
conducting pad through the body will still exist and some current
will still flow from the positive electrode into the injury
providing some positive therapeutic affects. (f) that if a larger
insulated pad is used, such as in the lower back device, on the
stomach or abdomen, and the conducting pad, placed remotely on a
different part of the body, an electric field will still be set up
causing current to flow from the conducting pad to the injury. (g)
that for animals such as dogs or cats that have fur, the conducting
pad with a conducting sheet can be replaced by a conducting pad
made like a flexible metal brush with each prong of the brush being
positively (+) charged such that the prongs are individual point
electrodes long enough to penetrate through the fur and come in
direct contact with the skin of the animal and will act as a type
of conducting sheet and will have a positive therapeutic affect
when used in conjuction with the insulated pad in the same manner
as above.
4. the Pain Relief Device in accordance with claims 1, 2, and 3
above which is a therapeutic device to relieve pain in humans and
animals that can be constructed using a variety of materials as
long as the conducting material used to construct the conducting
sheets is thin, flexible, and conducts electricity, and the
insulating material used to insulate the conducting sheet of the
insulated pad is also thin, flexible and does not conduct
electricity and (a) the conducting sheets used in both the
insulated and conducting pads can be made of aluminum foil or any
thin flexible material as long as it conducts electricity and can
include iron, copper, aluminum, gold, silver and all other metals
and their alloys or other composite materials which can conduct
electricity and (b) the insulated material used to insulate the
conducting sheet within the insulated pad can be made of any thin
flexible material as long as the material will not conduct any
electricity, including, but not limited to, vinyl, leather, rubber,
latex, plastic, tape, fabric, cloth, paper, felt, etc., and (c) a
metal brush used as a conducting pad as in 3 h above can also be
made of any material as long as the prongs on the brush conduct
electricity and are anchored to a flexible material, such that the
prongs are all wired to a positive (+) DC charge and the prongs are
long enough to penetrate the fur and come in contact with the skin
of the animal.
5. the Pain Relief Device, in accordance with claims 1, 2, 3 and 4
above, which can be worn under the clothing if attached in place by
straps and or tape or a harness designed for the purpose and can be
completely portable in that the subject can be completely mobile if
a battery pack is used for the DC power source and, (a) since only
low voltage DC (0.0 to 7.0 volts) power sources are required to
power the device and no current is flowing through the body, which
allows the use of alkaloid battery power sources, the device can be
worn as long as desired and the subject can be completely mobile at
the same time, and (b) With four AA batteries, it is simple to
produce a charge of approximately 1.5, 3.0, 4.5, or 6.0 volts DC by
wiring the batteries in series with a switch that brings from 1 to
4 of the batteries on line. Switches like these are readily
available and are also small and light weight. The subject could
decide which voltage is working best for them and set the switch
accordingly, and (d) any DC power source that produces a voltage
anywhere in the range of 0.0 and 7.0 volts used with an insulated
pad and any type of electrode on the positive (+) pole will produce
a beneficial therapeutic result.
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The invention known as `The Pain Relief Device` referred to
as the `device` in this document allows for the production and
manufacture of therapeutic devices that, when placed on the injured
part of the body can safely relieve pain, particularly in joints
and muscles to promote faster recovery from injuries in the bodies
of humans and animals. The invention uses a low voltage, 0.0-7.0
volts, DC (direct current) electrical power source to power the
devices that are to be worn by a subject experiencing pain. These
devices may be made portable if an attachable battery pack is used
as a power source.
BACKGROUND
[0002] In the year 2000, it was discovered that a large flat sheet
of aluminum foil, insulated on both sides could be used to induce
an electric field in the body. This basic sheet of aluminum foil
turned into a large flat electrode when wired to the negative (-)
pole of a battery is in contact with, but insulated from the body.
This part is called the insulated pad. When an electrode, connected
to the positive (+) pole of the same battery, is placed on the skin
on a different part of the body, a weak current will be produced in
the electrode connected to the positive (+) pole. When this
electrode, thus wired, is placed on the skin at the site of an
injury, a beneficial therapeutic affect occurs, relieving pain and
promoting faster healing. This affect occurs at low (0.0-7.0 volts
DC) voltages and is gradual requiring about a two hour session per
application. The device was further refined by using a sheet of
aluminum foil for the electrode connected to the positive (+) pole
of the battery with the whole sheet of aluminum foil laid across
and covering the skin over the injury providing a uniform charge
across a larger skin surface relieving pain from a larger area.
With a little reinforcement on the back of the aluminum foil
electrode for durability, the conducting pad is produced. The
conducting pad's size depends only on the size of the injury being
treated and can even be a point electrode, however the insulated
pad as it is the most important component of the device must
contain the largest flat sheet electrode practical, completely
insulated on each side and the edges so that none of its conducting
material is exposed or able to come in contact with the skin. The
key to the functioning of the device is the large flat insulated
pad that when charged up by the negative (-) pole of a weak DC
power source, produces an electric field in the body that causes a
weak current to flow from the positively (+) charged conducting pad
electrode into the body at the site of an injury causing a gradual
decrease in pain and a gradual healing affect. The major part of
the discovery is that it works.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF INVENTION
[0003] The device invented creates a type of electrotherapy for
people who have a sore joint or muscle and want relief from pain.
The device consists of two pad-type electrodes, or pads, wired to a
DC power source such as a battery; one pad to the positive (+) pole
and the other pad to the negative (-) pole. The pads are broad,
flat, and thin, and could be any shape or size above a square inch
in area, (See FIG. 1A) and are placed flat against the body. One
pad, the conducting pad, is placed on the skin of the body at the
site of the injury. This pad consists of a single sheet of aluminum
foil or other like material only, and this sheet of aluminum foil
is large enough to completely cover the area of the injury. This
sheet of aluminum foil is converted into a flat sheet like
electrode after it is electrically connected to the positive (+)
pole of a low voltage DC power source by insulated electrical wire.
When on the body, in full contact with the skin of the injured
area, and wired as above, the positive (+) charge of the DC power
source is distributed equally throughout the sheet of aluminum foil
as aluminum is an excellent conductor of electricity. Where the
aluminum foil, thus charged up, is in contact with the skin, the
positive (+) charge of the aluminum foil sets up a positive charge
on the skin around the site of the injury. This affect, and how it
is used will be explained below following the description of the
insulated pad.
[0004] The insulated pad is also a flat sheet like electrode such
as a sheet of aluminum foil and has roughly the same area or is
larger than the above mentioned conducting pad's conducting sheet.
This electrode of aluminum foil is hard wired to the negative (-)
pole of the same DC power source as the conducting pad above.
Besides the polarity differences in wiring, to this point, the
electrodes being used in the insulated pad and the conducting pad
are basically the same, being flat sheets of aluminum foil with the
same general shape and area. The insulated pad is fabricated by
taking the negatively (-) charged, aluminum foil electrode and
completely covering it, on both sides, of the aluminum foil sheet,
by insulation. The flat, aluminum foil sheet electrode becomes
completely shielded electrically, in that no current can pass from
the electrode within the insulated pad to the outside of the
insulated pad, thus earning its name. When the insulated pad is
placed on the skin of the body, it produces a negatively (-)
charged electric field in the body centered at the location of the
insulated pad and radiating outward through the body.
[0005] When these two pads, wired as above, are placed on the body
simultaneously, an electric field is set up flowing through the
body from the positively (+) charged pad to the negatively (-)
charged pad. At the location of the insulated pad, no current can
flow from the body to the negative (-) electrode within as it is
completely electrically insulated. The negative (-) electric field
created by the electrode will still, however, flow through the
insulation and flow throughout the body. When the positively (+)
charged conducting pad is placed on the skin on the injured region
of a body when it is being charged by an insulated pad from the
opposite side of the body from the injury, there is an interaction
of the electric fields at the site of the conducting pad. The
excess positive (+) charge build up in the conducting pad is drawn
to the negative (-) field in the body produced by the insulated
pad. When this negatively (-) charged field is set up in the body,
charged particles in the body will be attracted to the appositely
charged electrodes, or pads. Although none of these charged
particles can pass from the body through the skin into the
insulated pad, there is nothing to stop the appositely charged
particles from passing through the skin of the body at the location
of the conducting pad as it is a bare aluminum foil electrode on
exposed, bare, skin. This minute flow of current at the site of the
conducting pad creates an environment that relieves pain and
promotes faster healing in the joint or muscle being treated.
[0006] The effectiveness of the device will vary depending on the
voltage used, the surface area of the pads, and the placement of
the pads on the body, all which will affect the electric field set
up between the two pads through the body. The best results occur
when the pads are as close as they can be to each other on the body
while being on the opposite side of the body from each other. The
electric field is perpendicular to the surface created by the flat
pads. Having the pads directly facing each other from opposite
sides of the body is ideal. The reason for this is because we are
trying to focus the electric field so that it flows through the
location of the injury to maximize the affect of the conducting
pad.
[0007] A large insulated pad placed on the stomach can be used as
alternative way to create the negative (-) field in the body. From
the stomach, it will cause a negatively (-) charged electric field
to flow throughout the whole body. If the conducting pad is placed
elsewhere on the body, (back, knee, elbow, hip, shoulder, etc.), to
treat an injury, the electric field produced by the insulated pad
on the stomach will produce an electric current in the conducting
pad and produce a positive therapeutic affect on the injury being
treated.
[0008] The voltages being used for all these devices has ranged
from 0.0 volts up to 7.0 volts DC. Devices using 1.5-3.0 volts are
universally well tolerated and produce excellent results.
[0009] Once the pads are positioned on the body as described above
they should be left in this manner as long as is possible and
comfortable to the subject, until the pain goes away. FIG. 3.
demonstrates the placement, configuration, and general dimensions
of a device designed to treat lower back pain as one of many
examples.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS
[0010] FIG. 1 is a view of the configuration of the Pain Relief
Device showing the pads and their conducting sheets and how they
are connected electrically to the DC power source or battery
used.
[0011] FIG. 2. shows how the pads are constructed in more detail
(insulated pad) and how the conducting sheets of the pads are
connected electrically to the DC power source or battery.
[0012] FIG. 3. shows how the invention can be adapted to relieve
pain in the lower back.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0013] The basic invention may be constructed with ordinary DC
batteries, two pieces of insulated wire, two sheets of flexible
conducting material such as aluminum foil, and thin flexible
insulating material such as vinyl, plastic, paper, duct tape,
leather or dense fabric. Thin flat, flexible pads connected to a
low voltage DC power source such as a battery are used in this
device (see FIG. 1). There are two types of pads used. Both pads
have a thin sheet of conducting material such as aluminum foil as
their electrodes. One pad is made by insulating both sides of one
of the conducting sheets so that it is completely insulated. The
conducting sheet within shall be called the core and the pad thus
made will be called the `insulated pad` (see FIGS. 1 and 2). The
sheet of aluminum foil and its electrical contact with an insulated
wire has overlapping sheets of vinyl bonded to each side so that no
aluminum or electrical contact is exposed. See FIG. 2. The other
end of the protruding insulated wire is connected to the negative
(-) pole of a two AA battery pack, as an example, providing
approximately 3 volts DC.
[0014] The conducting pad is made by insulating only one side of
the conducting sheet leaving one side exposed. The insulation in
this case is used for structural support, strengthening the
delicate sheet of aluminum foil only, and really has no electrical
function. This pad shall be called the `conducting pad` (see FIGS.
1 and 2). The insulated wire electrically connected to the
conducting sheet of the conducting pad is connected to the positive
(+) pole of the same battery pack as the above mentioned insulated
pad. Both pads thus constructed are flat very thin and flexible as
they have been made out of flexible materials. These pads will have
a surface area according to the application which will determine
their size and shape. This particular device has the voltage set at
a constant 3.0 volts DC.
[0015] As an example, if the lower back is injured and one wishes
to treat it with this device using this principle. The pads of the
device and the electrical wiring would be constructed and put
together exactly as described and seen in FIG. 2. This example is
for a 200 LB. man of average height, the x-y and x'-y' dimensions
of the respective pads (see FIG. 2), would be 5 in. by 14 in. for
both the conducting sheet of the conducting pad and the core of the
insulated pad. This particular device uses two AA batteries in a
battery pack wired in series providing approximately 3 volts DC.
This device can be affixed easily to someone if the pads and
battery pack wired as above are held in place by a wide belt. (See
FIG. 3). The exposed conducting surface of the conducting pad is
placed against the skin of the lower back while the insulated pad
is placed against the skin of the stomach or abdomen. (See FIG. 3.)
This configuration will relieve pain in the lower back and promote
faster healing. Rather than using a separate belt, a large belt
made from the insulating material can be used instead of separate
pieces of insulation for each pad as seen in FIG. 3.
[0016] It should be noted that the system will not work at all
unless the device is wired and used exactly as described above.
That is, no reduction of pain or any other therapeutic affect will
result. It will not work if the poles on the battery are reversed
going to the conducting and insulated pads or if the insulated
negative (-) pad is placed over the injury. It only works if the
positive (+) pole of the DC power source or battery is wired to the
conducting sheet of the conducting pad and placed on the site of
the injury while the negative (-) pole of the DC power source or
battery is connected to the insulated pad and positioned opposite,
or on another location of the body as described above. The
conductive side of the conductive pad must also be in contact with
the skin and not its insulated side. No pain relief will occur
unless the exposed aluminum foil in this case, of the conducting
pad is in direct contact with the skin at the site of the
injury.
[0017] Devices based on this principal have been adapted to ease
pain and speed healing in the knee, shoulder, wrist, elbow, ankle,
feet, and neck with positive results. Indeed any injured or
strained muscle or joint in the body could benefit from this
treatment. It has been used to treat the sore hip of a dog as well
using a metal brush type adapter for the conducting pad with each
tooth of the brush charged with the same voltage used in the
insulated pad. The brush is used so that the fur on the animal can
be penetrated so that the electrodes in the brush are in contact
with the animal's skin. There is no reason why this technology
wouldn't work just as well on any other mammal.
[0018] Patent Protection Requested
[0019] 1) Protection is requested against the manufacture and sale
of these devices constructed in the manner herein described
specifically for the purpose of being placed on the bodies of
humans or other animals to provide therapy is being requested.
Description of the construction of the device is explained in the
specifications of this application however the essence of the
device and how it is used are as follows:.
[0020] a) Two pads connected to a low voltage DC power source such
as a battery are used. Both pads are made of a sheet of thin
flexible conducting material such as aluminum foil, that has a
surface area suited to the area of the injury to be treated. One
pad has the conducting surface of the pad exposed completely on one
side, herein known as the `conducting pad`, while the other pad's
conducting surface, known as the `core`, is completely covered by
thin flexible insulating material and is herein known as the
`insulated pad`. See FIGS. 1 and 2.
[0021] b) Low voltage DC (1.5-7.0 volts DC) power are used to power
these devices.
[0022] c) Both pads on the devices will have the same voltage
applied to them which is between 1.5 and 7.0 volts DC.
[0023] d) The positive (+) pole of the battery or other DC power
sources is connected to the conducting sheet of the conducting pad.
The conducting sheet of the conducting pad is placed against the
skin of the body at the site of an injury to be treated.
[0024] e) The core of the insulated pad is connected to the
negative (-) pole of the battery or other DC power source. This pad
is placed on the skin of the body opposite to the location of the
conducting pad.
[0025] f) Both pads must be directly connected to the battery such
that the both pads are charged and be in contact with the skin on
the body as described above at the same time for the therapeutic
affect to occur.
[0026] g) If a location opposite the placement of the conducting
pad is unavailable or difficult for the placement of the insulating
pad, the device will also work if the insulated pad is placed
against the skin of the abdomen even though the injury may be the
shoulder, neck etc. The devices will work as long as the conductive
sheet of the conducting pad is connected to the positive (+) pole
of a battery and is in contact with the injured area and the core
of the insulated pad is connected to the negative (-) pole of the
same battery and the insulated pad is placed on another part of the
body preferably but not necessarily opposite to the placement of
the conducting pad.
[0027] 2) Protection is requested against the manufacture and sale
of these devices using the above construction and circuitry
regardless of how it is intended to be used or how or where it is
placed on the body.
[0028] 3) Protection is requested against the manufacture and sale
of these devices using any thin sheet-like flexible conducting
materials and any thin sheet-like flexible insulating materials
that could be used to construct a device with the specifications
described in the specification above, as the actual materials used
in the construction of the devices as long as the conducting pad is
connected to the positive (+) pole of a battery or other DC source,
and the core of the insulated pad is connected to the negative (-)
pole of the same power source. Any flexible conducting material
such as aluminum, copper, silver, gold, platinum, or any other
alloy of these or other metals shaped into a foil or screen or
multiple thin layers can be used for the conducting pad and the
core of the insulated pad. Any flexible thin insulating material
such as vinyl, latex, plastic, duct tape, fabric, cloth, leather,
paper, felt, etc. can be used to cover and insulate the core of the
insulated pad.
[0029] 4) Protection against the manufacture and sale of these
devices regardless of the pad size and shape is requested as the
pads are custom designed to fit the aerial size and shape of the
injured area which will vary greatly depending on the size of the
injury and the size of the subject's body.
[0030] 5) Protection against the manufacture and sale of these
devices for the purpose of treating any ailment of the bodies of
humans and animals not specifically mentioned here. The device was
originally used in the treatment of sore muscles and joints,
however the possible uses are far reaching and protection against
any use of this device for healing any ailment of the body of
humans or other animals is also requested.
[0031] 6) Protection against the manufacture and sale of these
devices regardless of what type of power supply is used to put the
DC charge on the conducting sheet of the conducting pad and core of
the insulated pad in the range between 0.0 and 7.0 volts DC is
requested.
[0032] 7) Protection against the manufacture and sale of devices
that use a conducting pad or an insulated pad as described above
connected to any type of power source whatsoever used as a
therapeutic device on humans or other animals is requested.
[0033] 8) Protection against the manufacture and sale of devices
that use an insulated pad as described above and any type of
positively (+) charged electrode used as a therapeutic device on
humans or other animals is requested.
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