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  Method and apparatus to stimulate the immune system of a biological entityUSPTO Application #: 20070179533Title: Method and apparatus to stimulate the immune system of a biological entity Abstract: A system and method for stimulating the immune systems of biological entities in an environment. Pulsed electrical currents are generated using an electric current generator. The pulsed electrical currents are fed through an arrangement of electrically conductive material such that magnetic energy is emitted from the arrangement into the environment. The arrangement of electrically conductive material is designed such that an intensity of the emitted magnetic energy varies across at least one spatial dimension of the environment. Certain embodiments of the arrangement, which have width-to-length ratios of approximately 0.6, tend to provide variations in the intensity of the magnetic energy field which are very good for stimulating the immune systems of the biological entities. (end of abstract)
Agent: Hahn Loeser & Parks, LLP - Akron, OH, US USPTO Applicaton #: 20070179533 - Class: 607002000 (USPTO) Related Patent Categories: Surgery: Light, Thermal, And Electrical Application, Light, Thermal, And Electrical Application, Electrical Therapeutic Systems The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070179533. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS/INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE [0001] This U.S. patent application is a division of pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/038,781 filed on Jan. 19, 2005, which is a continuation-in-part (CIP) of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/114,656 filed on Apr. 2, 2002, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,902,521 issued on Jun. 7, 2005, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/281,203 filed Apr. 3, 2001, all three of which are incorporated herein by reference. TECHNICAL FIELD [0002] Certain embodiments of the present invention relate to stimulating the immune system of biological entities. More particularly, certain embodiments of the present invention relate to a system and method to stimulate the immune system of biological entities moving in an environment through application of pulsed magnetic energy. BACKGROUND [0003] Use of magnetic energy to increase physiological performance of organisms has long been attempted. However, many of these techniques have been limited to belts, pads or mats which apply magnetic or electromagnetic energy to the person or other organism. Problems inherent in these techniques include the necessity for the organism to wear the belt or pad, and the necessity for a portable power source in order to generate magnetic energy. Furthermore, these techniques do not effect the environment surrounding the organism. Accordingly, there is a demand for an apparatus and method of applying pulsed magnetic energy to an organism (i.e., a biological entity) and its surrounding environment that is without the aforementioned disadvantages. [0004] Further limitations and disadvantages of conventional, traditional, and proposed approaches will become apparent to one of skill in the art, through comparison of such systems and methods with the present invention as set forth in the remainder of the present application with reference to the drawings. BRIEF SUMMARY [0005] An embodiment of the present invention comprises a system for stimulating immune systems of living biological entities in an environment. The system comprises at least one electric current generator providing a source of pulsed electrical current. The system further comprises at least one continuous coil of electrically conductive material having a first end and a second end, both of the ends being connected to the at least one generator to form a closed circuit such that the at least one coil emits a spatially non-uniform pulsed magnetic field into the environment in response to the pulsed electrical current to stimulate the immune systems as the biological entities move within the environment. Also, a configuration of the at least one coil comprises a plurality of turns of the conductive material in substantially a single spatial plane, and wherein the coil has an overall width-to-length ratio of between 0.4 and 0.8. [0006] Another embodiment of the present invention comprises a system for stimulating immune systems of biological entities in an environment. The system comprises at least one electric current generator providing a source of pulsed electrical current. The system further comprises at least one arrangement of electrically conductive material having a first end and a second end, both of the ends being connected to the at least one generator to form a closed circuit such that the at least one arrangement emits a spatially non-uniform pulsed magnetic field into the environment in response to the pulsed electrical current to stimulate the immune systems as the biological entities move within the environment. Also, a configuration of the at least one arrangement comprises a plurality of substantially parallel segments of the conductive material forming a flat, substantially rectangular grid having an overall width-to-length ratio of between 0.4 and 0.8. [0007] A further embodiment of the present invention comprises a method for stimulating immune systems of living biological entities in an environment. The method comprises positioning at least one arrangement of electrically conductive material below a surface of the environment and connecting the at least one arrangement of electrically conductive material to at least one electric current generator to form a closed circuit through the arrangement. The method further comprises generating a pulsed electrical current with the generator such that the pulsed electrical current propagates through the arrangement from a first end of the arrangement to a second end of the arrangement. The arrangement emits pulsed magnetic energy into the environment in response to the pulsed electrical current such that an intensity of the pulsed magnetic energy is non-uniform across at least one spatial dimension of the arrangement to stimulate the immune systems as the biological entities move within the environment. [0008] Another embodiment of the present invention includes a system for stimulating the immune systems of biological entities in an environment. The system comprises at least one electric current generator providing a source of pulsed electrical current. The system further comprises at least one continuous coil of electrically conductive material having a first end and a second end where both ends are connected to the generator to form a closed circuit such that the coil emits a spatially non-uniform pulsed magnetic field into the environment in response to the pulsed electrical current to stimulate the immune systems as the biological entities move within the environment. A configuration of the coil includes a plurality of parallel straight segments of the conductive material, being substantially of the same length, and a plurality of curved segments of the conductive material. The continuous coil spirals outward from a central position of the coil in substantially a single spatial plane. [0009] A further embodiment of the present invention includes a system for stimulating the immune systems of biological entities in an environment. The system comprises at least one electric current generator providing a source of pulsed electrical current. The system further comprises at least one continuous coil of electrically conductive material having a first end and a second end where both ends are connected to the generator to form a closed circuit such that the coil emits a spatially non-uniform pulsed magnetic field into the environment in response to the pulsed electrical current to stimulate the immune systems as the biological entities move within the environment. A configuration of the coil comprises a first plurality of parallel straight segments of the conductive material and a second plurality of parallel straight segments of the conductive material being substantially perpendicular to the first plurality of segments. The continuous coil winds outward from a central position of the coil in substantially a single spatial plane. [0010] These and other advantages and novel features of the present invention, as well as details of illustrated embodiments thereof, will be more fully understood from the following description and drawings. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0011] FIG. 1 illustrates a first exemplary embodiment of a system for applying pulsed magnetic energy to an aquatic environment, in accordance with various aspects of the present invention. [0012] FIG. 2 illustrates a first exemplary embodiment of a flat coil used to generate magnetic energy, in accordance with various aspects of the present invention. [0013] FIGS. 3A-3C illustrate various views of an embodiment of the flat coil of FIG. 2, clearly showing the spacing between the coil turns, in accordance with various aspects of the present invention. [0014] FIG. 4 illustrates an exemplary simulated graph of how a magnetic field intensity generated by the coil of FIG. 2 may be expected to vary non-linearly across a spatial dimension of the coil of FIG. 2, in accordance with various aspects of the present invention. [0015] FIG. 5 illustrates an exemplary graph of measured data of how a magnetic field intensity generated by the coil of FIGS. 3A-3C varies across three spatial dimensions of the coil of FIGS. 3A-3C, in accordance with various aspects of the present invention. [0016] FIG. 6 is a flowchart of an embodiment of a method to stimulate immune systems of biological entities in an environment, in accordance with various aspects of the present invention. [0017] FIG. 7 illustrates a second exemplary embodiment of a flat coil used to generate magnetic energy, in accordance with various aspects of the present invention. [0018] FIG. 8 illustrates a second exemplary embodiment of a system for applying pulsed magnetic energy to a stock pen environment, in accordance with various aspects of the present invention. [0019] FIG. 9 illustrates a third exemplary embodiment of a system for applying pulsed magnetic energy to a garden environment, in accordance with various aspects of the present invention. Continue reading... Full patent description for Method and apparatus to stimulate the immune system of a biological entity Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Method and apparatus to stimulate the immune system of a biological entity patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. Sign up (takes 30 seconds). 2. Fill in the keywords to be monitored. 3. Each week you receive an email with patent applications related to your keywords. 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