Patent no. PCT/RU96/00023 of 31 of December 1996, on invention "Electronic Normalizer"

There is a known stimulator of gastrointestinal tract, where, in order to provide injection of drugs in the field of stimulation, one of the electrodes is equipped with a connection in the form of hollow cylinder with holes on side surface to be connected with a drainage tube. [USSR Author's Certificate No. 1223922 published in 1986]

The main drawback of this system is a pipe, which is connected to the electrostimulator and prevents the electrostimulator from deep introduction and passing, for example, all over gastrointestinal tract.

There is also a known electrostimulator of gastrointestinal tract, which contains two electrodes in the form of two electrically insulated parts of medical capsule containing pulse shaper and power source. [USSR Author's Certificate No. 936931 published in 1982]

However, this electrostimulator has a series of constructive drawbacks decreasing its working reliability. They include impossible provision of organism with deficient microelements making the capsule case, low reliability of multicell power source, insufficient working reliability of this instrument. In addition, the known stimulator contains no controlling and self-regulating bodies; therefore, its application field is limited.

Details of Invention

The basic goal of this invention is the design of the electronic normalizer (EN) providing regular provision of organism with deficient microelements as well as higher constructive reliability and high radiation efficiency of weak low-frequency electromagnetic field.

This problem is solved by the electronic normalizer containing electrodes in the form of two insulated parts of hermetic capsule case, which contains signal shaper and power source inside, where electrodes are made of metal or non-metal current-conducting material with or without a film of microelement, these electrodes are insulated with bushing, signal shaper is a microprocessor; in addition, there is a terminal element contacting one of poles in the power source, while the second pole in the power source is pressed with a spring connected to one of the electrodes.

In addition, acting as antenna vibrators, the normalizer electrodes are designed asymmetrically with the length ratio of 1 : 0.75.

In addition, one or both electrodes can be designed in the form of cone with rounded apex, which sides contain ridges.

The apex of the normalizer electrodes can include ferrite cores.

According to this invention, the processor of the electronic normalizer can contain additionally a switch receiver or timer switching the processor to the generation mode of another output signal.

The essence of this invention is that the proposed design of electronic normalizer eliminated a series of drawbacks of earlier constructions.

In particular, the design of vibrating electrodes provides regular dozes of deficient microelements added from the cap material or film to the organism.

The proposed design provides reliable contact of poles in the power source as well as integral and hermetic capsule case with mechanic gluing.

The signal shaper is designed as a microprocessor, which provides protection of electrodes from shorting and flash-over with static electricity.

According to this invention, the signal shaper has the direct component of current between the electrodes decreased by 2 to 3 times that increases the reliability, shelf life and working time of the electronic normalizer; in addition, the radiation efficiency of weak low-frequency electromagnetic field increases.

The proposed electronic normalizer provides the working time of 150 hours due to reduced level of the direct component of current between the electrodes that, taking into account hermetic nature of the instrument, with higher reliability of construction, as compared to the prototype design, enables to realize re-use.

The proposed electronic normalizer enables to increase the therapeutical efficiency of treatment of gastrointestinal tract, adjacent organs and other hardly accessible organs of live organism, as well as to correct lipid and carbohydrate metabolism, to correct concentration of neurohormones and psychophysiological and immune status of organism.

Summary of Figures

Figure 1 represents the construction of electronic normalizer (EN).

Figure 2 represents one of the EN versions with asymmetric shape of electrodes.

Figure 3 represents the EN construction, where one of the electrodes is designed in the form of cone with rounded apex and ridges.

Figure 4 represents the electronic normalizer with ferrite cores and switch receiver or timer.

Figure 5 represents the shapes of signals designed for therapy of various diseases.

Best Performance Version of Invention

The electronic normalizer represented in Fig. 1 consists of capsule case 1 designed in the form of two electrically insulated rounded caps of current-conducting metal or non-metal materials serving as electrodes 2 and 3.

Electrodes 2 and 3 may be coated with microfilm of deficient microelements making the material or cover of caps, for example, copper, silver, gold, carbon, iron, zinc, or material promoting association and elimination of excess microelement or organic compounds. Electrodes 2 and 3 are insulated with bushing 4, which is fixed to them with such glue as cyacrin EO, and fixed mechanically (punched or pressed); together with the bushing, they form single hermetic and integral case 1.

Case 1 contains microprocessor 5 filled with insulation compound and glued to insulating bushing 4, which is pressed to terminal element 6 contacting one of poles in power source 7, while the second pole in the power source is pressed for good contact with spring 8 fixed on electrode 3 with point laser welding or soldering.

The electronic normalizer in Fig. 4 contains additionally two ferrite cores 9, 10 and switch receiver 11.

Example

The electronic normalizer works as follows: it is introduced to organism with respect to the organ to be treated, by swallowing, or directly in rectum, or in opening of intestine of preternatural anus, or in cut of intestine, or in vagina.

The work of EN introduced in gastrointestinal tract is as follows. Being swallowed, EN appears in electroconducting acid or basic environment. The conductivity changes in the electric circuit: positive pole of power source 7 -electrode 3 - conducting medium - electrode 2 - microprocessor 5 - negative pole of power source 7. The trigger starts, the working mode is switched on, microprocessor 5 starts to generate series of signals received by electrodes 2 and 3 contacting the intestinal walls. The electric signals affect the intestinal walls and result in response in the form of peristaltic wave, which moves EN and intestinal contents to distal sections, where the next series of signals are generated, and the process goes on.

Microprocessor 5 is designed so that its circuit changes, as compared to the scheme of shaper in the prototype, provide protection of the circuit from shorting and flash-over with static electricity and decreased by 2 or 3 times level of direct component of current between the electrodes in order to increase the EN reliability and service life.

The microprocessor can generate signals of any shape, which parameters are selected on the basis of analysis of the known methods and procedures in treatment of any diseases with pulse modulated electric current and low-frequency electromagnetic field, taking into consideration the data in Russian and foreign literature, as well as coincidence of stimulating pulses with the positive phase of the own quasistationary bioelectric oscillations of various organs in the body.

The normalizing signals in Fig. 5 are designed for general stimulation of organism, intestinal detoxification, improvement of lipid and carbohydrate metabolism, regeneration of myelin shells of nerves, elimination of intestinal paresis and strengthening peristalsis in the case of atonia, rehabilitation of parietal digestion, correction of immunity, improvement of psychological status of organism, clearance of duct systems of pancreas and prostate and urinary system, clearance of porous hepatic and renal structures, stimulation of sexual activity, prevention of oncological diseases.

The normalizing signals in Fig. 6 are designed for increase in organism resistance to tumors.

The pulses in Fig. 7 are designed for therapy of ureters, duct systems of pancreas and prostate, destruction and elimination of calculus from kidneys and ureters, stimulation of sexual activity.

The pulses in Fig. 8 are designed for clearance of porous hepatic and renal structures from contaminants.

The pulses in Fig. 9 are designed for therapy of fine duct systems. The pulses in Fig. 10 are designed for activation of vaginal secretory zones.

In order to switch the microprocessor to the generation mode of certain signal, the normalizer is provided with the switch receiver designed in the form of single unit with the microprocessor.

In order to obtain the uneven diagram of radiation distributed in the parallel and perpendicular planes with respect to the instrument axis, one or both electrodes may be designed in the form of cone with rounded apex, which sides are provided with ridges, and, in order to improve the radiation efficiency, the electrodes acting as antenna elements (vibrators) contain additional inductance in the form of ferrite cores, which vary the effective length of antenna.

The spring fixed on the cap electrode by soldering or point welding as a special contact element pressed to the insulation bushing provides good contact of poles in the power source.

The electrodes designed in the form of two rounded caps of current-conducting metal and non-metal materials insulated from each other with the insulation bushing, where the caps may be coated with deficient microelements making the cap material or film (for example, copper, silver, or gold), enable to achieve atraugrip introduction of the instrument to organism and regular distribution of deficient microelement in blood and tissues on the account of electrochemical effect caused by current between the electrodes through the conducting media and tissues of the organism, as well as enable to provide integral construction and hermetic case of the electronic normalizer with design and gluing of its parts.

Therefore, the proposed electronic normalizer has higher reliability due to protection against shorting and flash-over with static electricity of electrodes and decreased by 2 or 3 times level of direct component of current between the electrodes; it provides good contact between the poles of the power source, integral and hermetic case, enables to increase the radiation efficiency of weak low-frequency electromagnetic field.

The said improvement of the electronic normalizer enables to increase significantly the working reliability and therapeutical efficiency in treatment with the electronic normalizer.

Formula or Invention

1. The electronic normalizer containing electrodes in the form of two insulated parts in hermetic case of the capsule with signal shaper and power source inside is distinguished by the facts that the electrodes are made of metal or non-metal current-conducting material with or without film of microelement, electrodes are insulated with a bushing, signal shaper is a microprocessor, an additional terminal element contacts one of the poles in the power source, while the second pole is pressed with a spring connected to one of the electrodes.

2. The electronic normalizer according to paragraph 1 is distinguished by the fact that the electrodes serving as antenna vibrators are designed asymmetrically with the length ratio of 1 : 0.75.

3. The electronic normalizer according to paragraphs 1 and 2 is distinguished by the fact that one or both electrodes are designed in the form of cone with rounded apex, which sides contain ridges.

4. The electronic normalizer according to paragraphs 1 to 3 is distinguished by the fact that the electrode caps contain additionally ferrite cores.

5. The electronic normalizer according to paragraphs 1 to 4 is distinguished by the fact that the capsule contains additionally a switch receiver or timer.

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