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Nervous system manipulation by electromagnetic fields from monitors

Patent 6506148 Issued on January 14, 2003. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject June 1, 2021. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventor

Application

No. 872528 filed on 06/01/2001

US Classes:

600/27, Sensory (e.g., visual, audio, tactile, etc.)600/545With feedback of signal to patient

Examiners

Primary: Winakur, Eric F.
Assistant: Veniaminov, Nikita R

International Classes

A61N 002/00
A61B 005/04
A61M 021/00

Abstract

Physiological effects have been observed in a human subject in response to stimulation of the skin with weak electromagnetic fields that are pulsed with certain frequencies near 1/2 Hz or 2.4 Hz, such as to excite a sensory resonance. Many computer monitors and TV tubes, when displaying pulsed images, emit pulsed electromagnetic fields of sufficient amplitudes to cause such excitation. It is therefore possible to manipulate the nervous system of a subject by pulsing images displayed on a nearby computer monitor or TV set. For the latter, the image pulsing may be imbedded in the program material, or it may be overlaid by modulating a video stream, either as an RF signal or as a video signal. The image displayed on a computer monitor may be pulsed effectively by a simple computer program. For certain monitors, pulsed electromagnetic fields capable of exciting sensory resonances in nearby subjects may be generated even as the displayed images are pulsed with subliminal intensity.

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