Electrotherapeutic treatment head

Claim 2

A treatment head utilizing electromagnetic energy delivered from an electrotherapeutic drive circuit for electrotherapeutically applying said energy to organic matter comprising a hollow housing including a support means; conducting and radiating means for transferring said electromagnetic energy to said matter, said conducting and radiating means being mounted within said housing means and spiraling in one place around an axis approximately from said axis to a point located not farther away from said axis than the periphery of said housing means, at least a portion of the conducting and radiating means being substantially flat in the plane of the spiral, the width in the plane of the spiral of at least part of said conducting and radiating means being greater than half the pitch of said conducting and radiating means; a primary coil connected to said drive circuit for coupling said energy to said conducting and radiating means, said primary coil having a loop-shape and being flat in the plane of its loop and substantially parallel to spiral-shaped conducting and radiating means; and means for adjusting and spacing between said conducting and radiating means and said primary coil.

Claim 3

A treatment head as in claim 1 where the spacing between said flat conductor means and said primary coil is approximately 1/2 of an inch.

Claim 4

A treatment head utilizing electromagnetic energy delivered from an electrotherapeutic drive circuit for electrotherapeutically applying said energy to organic matter comprising a hollow housing including a support means; conducting and radiating means for transferring said electromagnetic energy to said matter, said conducting and radiating means being mounted within said housing means and spiraling in one place around an axis approximately from said axis to a point located not farther away from said axis than the periphery of said housing means, at least a portion of the conducting and radiating means being substantially flat in the plane of the spiral, the width in the plane of the spiral of at least part of said conducting and radiating means being greater than half the pitch of said conducting and radiating means; a primary coil connnected to said drive circuit for coupling said energy to said conducting and radiating means, said primary coil having a loop-shape and being flat in the plane of its loop and substantially parallel to spiral-shaped conducting and radiating means; and a plurality of interleaving support members, said interleaving support members being fixedly positioned with respect to said housing and being placed alternately above and below successive conductor elements of the said conducting and radiating means with respect to a changing distance from said axis of said housing means, the number of said interleaving support members being odd thereby causing the said conducting and radiating means to have an undulating shape.

Claim 5

A treatment head utilizing electromagnetic energy delivered from an electrotherapeutic drive circuit for electrotherapeutically applying said energy to organic matter comprising a hollow housing including a support means; conducting and radiating means for transferring said electromagnetic energy to said matter, said conducting and radiating means being mounted within said housing means and spiraling in one place around an axis approximately from said axis to a point located not farther away from said axis than the periphery of said housing means, at least a portion of the conducting and radiating means being substantially flat in the plane of the spiral, the width in the plane of the spiral of at least part of said conducting and radiating means being greater than half the pitch of said conducting and radiating means; a primary coil connnected to said drive circuit for coupling said energy to said conducting and radiating means, said primary coil having a loop-shape and being flat in the plane of its loop and substantially parallel to spiral-shaped conducting and radiating means; and a plurality of interleaving support members, said interleaving support members being fixedly positioned with respect to said housing and being placed alternately above and below successive conductor elements of the said conducting and radiating means with respect to a changing distance from said axis of said housing means, the number of said interleaving support members being odd thereby causing the said conducting and radiating means to have an undulating shape.

Claim 6

A treatment head as in claim 1 including a further support member fastened to said housing, said conductor means and interleaving support member being mounted upon said further support member, and where said interleaving support members take the form of a plurality of spokes spaced apart around said axis of the housing means.

Claim 7

A treatment head as in claim 1 where the number of said interleaving support members is seven.

Claim 8

A treatment head utilizing electromagnetic energy delivered from an electrotherapeutic drive circuit for electrotherapeutically applying said energy to organic matter comprising a hollow housing including a support means; conducting and radiating means for transferring said electromagnetic energy to said matter, said conducting and radiating means being mounted within said housing means and spiraling in one place around an axis approximately from said axis to a point located not farther away from said axis than the periphery of said housing means, at least a portion of the conducting and radiating means being substantially flat in the plane of the spiral, the width in the plane of the spiral of at least part of said conducting and radiating means being greater than half the pitch of said conducting and radiating means; a primary coil connected to said drive circuit for coupling said energy to said conducting and radiating means, said primary coil having a loop-shape and being flat in the plane of its loop and substantially parallel to spiral-shaped conducting and radiating means; where said conductor means includes a plurality of protuberances (1) disposed on the flat surface of said electrical conductor means, (2) directed toward the said surface of the housing, and (3) disposed in groups periodically spaced along the length of the said spiral-shaped conductor means; and a plurality of interleaving support members, said interleaving support members being fixedly positioned with respect to said housing and being disposed alternately above and below successive conductor elements of the said spiral-shaped conductor means.

Claim 9

A treatment head utilizing electromagnetic energy delivered from an electrotherapeutic drive circuit for electrotherapeutically applying said energy to organic matter comprising a hollow housing including a support means; conducting and radiating means for transferring said electromagnetic energy to said matter, said conducting and radiating means being mounted within said housing means and spiraling in one place around an axis approximately from said axis to a point located not farther away from said axis than the periphery of said housing means, at least a portion of the conducting and radiating means being substantially flat in the plane of the spiral, the width in the plane of the spiral of at least part of said conducting and radiating means being greater than half the pitch of said conducting and radiating means; a primary coil connected to said drive circuit for coupling said energy to said conducting and radiating means, said primary coil having a loop-shape and being flat in the plane of its loop and substantially parallel to spiral-shaped conducting and radiating means; where said conductor means includes a plurality of protuberances (1) disposed on the flat surface of said electrical conductor means, (2) directed toward the said surface of the housing, and (3) disposed in groups periodically spaced along the length of the said spiral-shaped conductor means; and a plurality of interleaving support members, said interleaving support members being fixedly positioned with respect to said housing and being disposed alternately above and below successive conductor elements of the said spiral-shaped conductor means.

Claim 10

A treatment head as in claim 6 where said periodically spaced groups of protuberances are disposed at the intersections of the said interleaving support members with said spiral-shaped conductor means.

Claim 11

A treatment head as in claim 7 where said groups of protuberances are disposed at the intersections where the said interleaving support members pass above the said spiral-shaped conductor means.

Claim 12

A treatment head as in claim 8 where there are three bolts per group.

Claim 13

A treatment head as in claim 8 including a plurality of bolts connected through said conductor means, the heads of said bolts corresponding to the said protuberances.

Claim 14

A treatment head as in claim 10 where said housing has a substantial center axis and where the slots in the said heads of said bolts are directed approximately towards the said center axis.

Claim 15

A treatment head as in claim 9 where the length of said bolts extends substantially beyond the surface of said flat conductor means and away from the said surface of the housing.

Claim 16

A treatment head utilizing electromagnetic energy delivered from an electrotherapeutic drive circuit for electrotherapeutically applying said energy to organic matter comprising a hollow housing including a support means; conducting and radiating means for transferring said electromagnetic energy to said matter, said conducting and radiating means being mounted within said housing means and spiraling in one place around an axis approximately from said axis to a point located not farther away from said axis than the periphery of said housing means, at least a portion of the conducting and radiating means being substantially flat in the plane of the spiral, the width in the plane of the spiral of at least part of said conducting and radiating means being greater than half the pitch of said conducting and radiating means; a primary coil connected to said drive circuit for coupling said energy to said conducting and radiating means, said primary coil having a loop-shape and being flat in the plane of its loop and substantially parallel to spiral-shaped conducting and radiating means; where said conductor means includes a plurality of protuberances disposed on the flat surface of said electrical conductor means and where said protuberances include a plurality of bolts or the like, the heads of said bolts being directed toward the surface of the housing, and the shafts of said bolts extending through said conductor means, the bolts located at the center portion of said conductor means being of different length than the bolts at the outer portion of said conductor means, thereby causing the intensity of the radiation adjacent the center portion to be different from the intensity of the radiation at the outer portion; and a plurality of webs radially extending from the center of said spiral, the said center portion of said conductor means being disposed entirely above said webs.

Claim 17

A treatment head utilizing electromagnetic energy delivered from an electrotherapeutic drive circuit for electrotherapeutically applying said energy to organic matter comprising a hollow housing including a support means; conducting and radiating means for transferring said electromagnetic energy to said matter, said conducting and radiating means being mounted within said housing means and spiraling in one place around an axis approximately from said axis to a point located not farther away from said axis than the periphery of said housing means, at least a portion of the conducting and radiating means being substantially flat in the plane of the spiral, the width in the plane of the spiral of at least part of said conducting and radiating means being greater than half the pitch of said conducting and radiating means; a primary coil connected to said drive circuit for coupling said energy to said conducting and radiating means, said primary coil having a loop-shape and being flat in the plane of its loop and substantially parallel to spiral-shaped conducting and radiating means; where said conductor means includes a plurality of protuberances disposed on the flat surface of said electrical conductor means and where said protuberances include a plurality of bolts or the like, the heads of said bolts being directed toward the surface of the housing, and the shafts of said bolts extending through said conductor means, the bolts located at the center portion of said conductor means being of different length than the bolts at the outer portion of said conductor means, thereby causing the intensity of the radiation adjacent the center portion to be different from the intensity of the radiation at the outer portion; and a plurality of webs radially extending from the center of said spiral, the said center portion of said conductor means being disposed entirely above said webs.

Claim 18

A treatment head, as in claim 13, where the three outer turns of said spiral shaped conductor means are disposed above and below the said webs.

Claim 19

A treatment head, as in claim 14, where the outer coil of said spiral shaped conductor means is disposed entirely above all of said webs, the second outermost turn of said spiral shaped conductor is disposed above or below successive adjacent webs and the third outermost turn is disposed entirely above all of the said webs.