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WO2001080360A1 - Appareil permettant de generer, de detecter et d'utiliser des champs electriques et/ou magnetiques - Google Patents

Appareil permettant de generer, de detecter et d'utiliser des champs electriques et/ou magnetiques Download PDF

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WO2001080360A1
WO2001080360A1 PCT/ZA2001/000041 ZA0100041W WO0180360A1 WO 2001080360 A1 WO2001080360 A1 WO 2001080360A1 ZA 0100041 W ZA0100041 W ZA 0100041W WO 0180360 A1 WO0180360 A1 WO 0180360A1
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  • the invention relates to a generator of electric _5 and magnetic fields, particularly incorporating a super-toroidal conductor.
  • the invention also relates to a corresponding detector of electric and magnetic fields and to a sample analyser and treatment apparatus incorporating the field generator and/or ilO detector.
  • toroidal windings as electromagnetic .
  • ⁇ radiating antennas is known, e.g. from US4622558,
  • An object of the present invention is the generation 25 of a varying electric and magnetic fields using a super-toroidally wound conductor.
  • a super-toroidal conductor is one in which the windings of a toroidally wound conductor are constituted by helical windings . Further explanation of super- toroidal conductors of various orders will be given 5 later herein.
  • Another object of the present invention is the generation of periodically varying electric and magnetic fields with strong spatial inhomogeneousity, that is fields with high spatial gradients of the
  • a further object of the present invention is the detection of electric and magnetic
  • a still further object of the present invention is the analysis of samples using strongly inhomogeneous fields generated by super-toroidal conductors.
  • a still further object of the present invention is the 20 treatment of specimens using such strongly inhomogeneous periodically varying fields .
  • the present invention provides a field generator comprising at least one super-toroidal conductor and means to energise the super-toroidal
  • the super- toroidal conductor should be, energised with at least one frequency component equal to or greater than 2c/l, where c is the speed of light in free space. Then the
  • the invention also provides a detector for electric and magnetic fields comprising at least one super- toroidal conductor and means responsive to electrical currents generated in said conductor by varying electric and magnetic fields.
  • Examples of -the invention provide a sample analyser comprising a chamber, and a sample holder within the chamber.
  • the chamber contains at least a first super- toroidal conductor having at least the length 1.
  • This super-toroidal conductor is energised to generate oscillating electric and magnetic field in the region of any sample on the sample holder.
  • the electromagnetic field varies with a frequency component equal to or greater than 2c/l to produce a strongly spatial inhomogeneous field. Then the response of the generated field to the presence of a sample on the sample holder is determined, so that an analysis can be made.
  • the invention also provides treatment apparatus for treating a desired component of a specimen.
  • the apparatus comprises a treatment super-toroidal conductor having a length 1.
  • the treatment super- toroidal conductor is energised at a frequency or set of frequencies or continuous band of frequencies greater than 2c/l to produce strongly inhomogeneous electric and magnetic fields .
  • the specimen is exposed to this field and the frequency or set of frequencies or continuous band of frequencies is selected to provide the required treatment of the desired component of the specimen.
  • a sample corresponding to the desired component of the specimen to be treated may be analysed in the above described sample analyser.
  • the treatment frequency or set of frequencies or continuous band of frequencies is then selected in accordance with the response determined in the sample analyser. In this way, treatment of predominantly or only selected components of a specimen can be ensured by incorporating a sample of the desired component in the associated sample analyser.
  • the electromagnetic field may be modulated by a low frequency signal within a band of from 0.001 to 1000 cycles per second.
  • Figure 1 shows a design of a super-toroidal conductor for use in the invention.
  • Figure 2 is a perspective view of an enclosure which may embody the present invention, either for sample analysis or specimen treatment.
  • Figure 3 is a plan view of the interior of the enclosure of Figure 2.
  • Figure 4 is an illustration of part of a second order super-toroidal winding.
  • Figure 5 is an illustration of part of a third order super-toroidal winding.
  • Figure 6 is a circuit diagram illustrating how the windings in the enclosure of Figure 3 may be connected together to provide sample analysis.
  • Figures 7a and 7b are graphical representations of radio frequency spectra obtained for a sample of distilled water at different centre frequencies.
  • Figures 8a and 8b are graphical representations of the spectra at frequencies corresponding to those in
  • Figure 9 is a circuit diagram illustrating the connections of the windings of a combined analysis and treatment apparatus.
  • Figure 10 is a view in elevation of the interior of an alternative form of the present invention.
  • FIG 11 illustrates the super-toroidal winding assembly used in the assembly of Figure 10.
  • Figure 12 is ,a circuit diagram illustrating how the components of the embodiment of Figure 10 are connected in a treatment application.
  • the super-toroidally wound conductor shown in Fig. 1 is an example of field generator for effecting the method proposed in ' the invention.
  • a toroidal winding comprises a conductor wound helically around a toroidal former.
  • the conductor of the toroidal winding is replaced by a long helically coiled conductor which is itself wound around the toroidal former.
  • the conductor of the first order super-toroidal winding is replaced by a long helically coiled conductor.
  • a third order super-toroidal winding the conductor of the second order super-toroidal winding is replaced by a long helically coiled conductor, and so forth up to higher orders .
  • super-toroidal windings of second and third order are included.
  • one or more such super-toroidal conductors are energised to produce an electromagnetic field having two different frequencies: a high frequency component in the band from 1 kHz to 1000 GHz modulated by a low frequency component between 0.001 and 100 Hz.
  • Efficiency ⁇ operation can* improve, if the low frequency modulating signal is chopped at a predetermined phase angle.
  • the low frequency modulating signal should be chopped at a phase angle 0.33 x 2 ⁇ r r and to provide a field having an inhibiting effect, the low frequency signal should bed chopped at a phase angle 0.25 x 2 ⁇ .
  • FIG. 2 is an external view of an enclosure used in a sample analyser embodying the present invention.
  • the enclosure comprises a box 10 having a removable lid 11 constituting one face of the box.
  • a hatch 12 is provided in the lid for easy access to the interior of the enclosure.
  • the enclosure is made of metal and is intended to provide electromagnetic screening of the interior of the box.
  • Feedthroughs 13 are provided for electrical signals through a front face 14 of the box and include coaxial electrical sockets 15 for selective engagement with corresponding coaxial plugs 16 on coaxial connecting cables 17.
  • FIG 3 illustrates the interior of the box 10 with the lid 11 removed.
  • the box contains four super- toroidal conductor assemblies 20, 21, 22 and 23.
  • the toroidal conductor assemblies 20 and 21 are mounted on respective dielectric mounting blocks 24 and 25, so as to be essentially parallel to opposite upright end faces 26 and 27 of the box 10.
  • Sample tray 28 is mounted on the bottom face of the box 10.
  • Sample tray 28 provides a flat base with an upstanding rim 29 sized so as accurately to locate a removable sample holder on the tray 28 within the ' box.
  • the toroidal conductor assembly 22 is located around the base of the sample tray 28, so that any sample placed in a container upon the tray 28 lies substantially on the axis of the super-toroidal conductor 22.
  • the fourth super-toroidal conductor assembly 23 is mounted so as to be parallel to the rear face 30 of the enclosure, and midway between the opposed conductor assemblies 20 and 21.
  • Each of the super-toroidal conductor assemblies 20 and 21 comprises a combination of a second order super- toroidal conductor and a third order super-toroidal conductor.
  • the third order super-toroidal 5 conductor is formed on a toroidal former constituted by a second order super-toroidal conductor.
  • a toroidal former 31 for each of the assemblies 20 and 21 comprises a second order super-toroidal conductor such as illustrated in Figure 4.
  • a toroidal former 31 for each of the assemblies 20 and 21 comprises a second order super-toroidal conductor such as illustrated in Figure 4.
  • the second order super-toroidal conductor may be formed from a tightly wound helical spring of insulated wire, which is itself then wound round in a helix of greater diameter. The resulting double helical form is then wound around a toroidal (ring
  • the second order super-toroidal winding is stabilised by wrapping in a heat shrinkable material and then used as the
  • Figure 5 20 toroidal former for a third order super-toroidal • ⁇ winding such as illustrated in Figure 5.
  • the winding of Figure 5 may be formed from a tightly wound helical spring of insulated wire, which spring is itself wound into a helix of greater diameter. This doubly wound
  • helical formation is then wound around a helical dielectric former which is in turn wound around the toroidal former of the third order super-toroidal conductor .
  • the super-toroidal conductor; assembly 22 comprises a 30 simple third order super-toroidal conductor wound on a dielectric toroidal former
  • the super-toroidal conductor assembly 23 is a second order super-toroidal conductor also wound on a dielectric toroidal former.
  • the various windings of the -super-toroidal assemblies within the enclosure formed by the box 10 are illustrated diagrammatically in Figure 6.
  • LI represents the third order super-toroidal 5 winding of super-toroidal assembly 20
  • L2 represents the second order super-toroidal winding forming the toroidal former of the third order winding in assembly 20.
  • L6 represents the third order winding of assembly 21 on the toroidal former0 constituted by the second order winding L5.
  • L3 represents the third order super-toroidal conductor winding 22 and L4 represents the second order super- toroidal conductor winding 23.
  • the outer third order winding LI of5 the assembly 20 is connected in parallel with the inner second order winding L5 of assembly 21 and fed via a feedthrough 35 from the box 10 to the input of a broad band rf amplifier 36.
  • the output of the br'oad band amplifier 36 is fed back through a second 0 feedthrough 37 into the box 10 to the third order winding L3 , forming the assembly 22 connected in parallel with the second order winding L4 forming the assembly 23.
  • the inner second order winding L2 of the assembly 20 5 is connected in parallel with the outer third order winding L6 of the assembly 21 and fed via a further feedthrough 38 to an analyser 39.
  • the windings within the box 10 together with the high gain broad band radio 0 frequency amplifier 36 form a closed loop. If the gain of the rf amplifier is sufficient, the loop gain at particular frequencies will exceed unity producing oscillation at these frequencies. Also, oscillation at other frequencies may be generated due to non- linearity of the circuit.
  • the frequencies at which oscillation is occurring can be monitored by the analyser 39 which is preferably a spectrum analyser.
  • the broad band radio frequency amplifier is type HP8347A from Hewlett- Packard and the spectrum analyser 39 is type 8599E also from Hewlett-Packard.
  • the arrangement disclosed above produces rf oscillations over a wide spectrum extending from a relatively low frequency up to 3 GHz or more .
  • the system produces a spectrum of oscillations, detected by the analyser 39.
  • the spectrum has peaks at discrete frequencies over this frequency range or comprises of a combination of discrete frequencies and continuous bands of frequencies . It has been found that the distribution of these frequency peaks and/or bands is dependent on the nature of a sample material located in a container on the tray ! '-_8 in the centre of the box 10.
  • the sample may be a fluid sample and the quantity (volume) of the fluid sample and the dimensions of the container to be located on the tray 28 are maintained constant so that the features in the output spectrum dependent on the internal geometry of the enclosure 10 remain consistent for different samples .
  • the following example illustrates the different spectra which may be obtained from the above described instrument for different sample materials .
  • the various samples were all liquid and were placed in identical polyethylene containers having internal diameter 30mm, external diameter 32mm, and height
  • Figures 7a and 7b respectively show the traces obtained from the spectrum analyser 39 for distilled water, over the spectral regions 0 to 60 MHz and 470 to 530 MHz.
  • the spectra were averaged over five readings each using the analyser's built-in averaging function and then hard copied at the end of each acquisition period.
  • the frequency span in each trace is 60 MHz
  • the analyser resolution bandwidth is 1 KHz
  • the sweep time is 100 seconds.
  • the frequency scales in all spectra are linear.
  • the vertical scales show spectral power density of the signal in arbitrary logarithmic units.
  • Figures 8a and 8b show corresponding spectra at similar frequency ranges for sea water.
  • the sea water siarrfple has an additional line at B at about 12 MHz and a more pronounced line D at about 36 MHz.
  • the 25 MHz line C for sea water is narrower than the equivalent for distilled water.
  • sea water shows a new line B at .approximately 491 MHz while line D which can be seen in distilled water appears suppressed for sea water .
  • the sample analyser instrument described above can therefore produce spectra which can distinguish one sample from another. By comparing the spectrum obtained for an unknown sample with a library of previously recorded spectra, the nature of an unknown sample may be determined. The comparison may be performed using correlation techniques known in the art .
  • the spectrum obtained from the instrument may be used to control the electric and magnetic fields produced in a material treatment apparatus (to be described later) in such a way as to confine the effect of the electromagnetic field specifically or predominantly to a desired component " in a material or body being treated.
  • inter resonator laser spectroscopy an absorbing sample to be analysed is located inside the resonator of a laser. Absorption by the sample has the effect of removing or suppressing some of the resonator modes so that the resulting spectral content "of the light output from the laser is changed in a way which is specific to the nature of the absorbing substance under test. It should be understood that for this laser spectroscopy technique, a laser which has a large number of resonator modes, or natural output frequencies in 'laser emission, may be used. The missing or ou par ⁇ eo ⁇ d.
  • lines in fc a output gpa ⁇ tru ⁇ an be indicative of the nature of the absorbing substance located in the resonator region of the laser.
  • the box 10 containing the super-toroidal conductors may be equivalent to the resonator region of a laser.
  • the closed loop comprising the windings in the box and the rf amplifier 36 will cause resonant oscillation at a larger- number of frequencies over the frequency range for which the amplifier 36 has sufficient gain.
  • the different frequencies of resonance correspond to a multiplicity of resonant modes within the box, in combination with the phase delays represented by the leads to and from the rf amplifier 36 together with delays in the amplifier itself. Therefore it also can be expected that the material located in the box will cause a change in the pattern of the resonant oscillation frequencies due to the phase delay in the material. Nonlinearities in the loop may also cause, through redistribution of the energy circulating in the loop, appearance of new spectral components as a reaction to the suppression of other spectral components or/and shift of their frequencies.
  • the super-toroidal windings of the , conductors within the box 10 can operate over a very° broad frequency band, since the length of wire m any one ' super-toroidal winding may be many times the free space wavelength of the relevant frequency.
  • the length of wire in a first order super- toroidal winding having a diameter (of the toroidal former itself) of say 10 cms may be 20 metres or more.
  • the length of wire in a super-toroidal . winding in the instrument may be several times the free space wavelengths for frequencies above about 5 Mhz .
  • the super-toroidal windings of the conductors within the box 10 ' can operate over a very broad frequency band, because, due to the complexity of the winding the supertoroidal antennas have remarkably low inductances and capacitances at high frequencies .
  • the instrument illustrated would produce an output spectrum from feedthrough 38 to the spectrum analyser 39 containing a large number of peaks over a wide frequency range .
  • the presence of a sample in a container on the sample tray 28 within the instrument is believed to change the output spectrum from the instrument .
  • the super-toroidal windings used in the above instrument when energised at frequencies greater than 2c/l, where 1 is the length of wire in a super- toroidal winding, generate electromagnetic fields which are strongly spatial inhomogeneous, at least in the near field region close to the torus of the winding.
  • a quadrupolar molecule for example, is substantially unaffected by a dipole field, such a molecule can be rotated (excited) by a strongly inhomogeneous magnetic and electric fields.
  • some molecules may have no electric dipolar moment, or not only dipolar moment, but also show electric and magnetic multipolar moments which interact with strongly inhomogeneous electric and magnetic fields created within the device.
  • the super-toroidal windings used in the above instrument can generate highly inhomogeneous fields which should be absorbed/refracted in samples comprising molecules with electric and magnetic multipolar moments. 5 In this way, liquid samples which would produce only uninformative broad radio frequency absorption spectra in purely dipole electromagnetic fields, can produce much more informative absorption spectra in the strongly spatially inhomogeneous fields generated ino the instrument described above .
  • a desired specimen may be treated by exposing the j specimen, to ..the electromagnetic fields generated by super-toroidal windings in an enclosure similar to that described above with ref rence to Figure 3.
  • a second enclosure here show schematically at 40 is connected to the enclosure 10 as illustrated.
  • the second enclosure 40 may have the identical components as described above for the sample analyser enclosure0 and illustrated in Figure 3.
  • the left hand super- oroidal assembly (corresponding to assembly 20 in enclosure 10) is formed by an outer third order super-toroidal winding L7 on an inner second order super-toroidal winding L8.
  • the right hand super-toroidal assembly (corresponding to assembly 21 in the enclosure 10) is formed of a third order super-toroidal winding L12 on a second order super-toroidal winding Lll.
  • the super- toroidal windings L9 and L10 correspond to the windings L3 and L4 of the enclosure 10.
  • the enclosure 40 for treatment of a specimen further includes conductive foil plates 41 and 42 on opposite sides of the toroidal assembly comprising windings L7 and L8 , and 43 and 44 on opposite sides of the toroidal assembly comprising the windings Lll and L12.
  • conductive foil plates 41 and 42 on opposite sides of the toroidal assembly comprising windings L7 and L8 , and 43 and 44 on opposite sides of the toroidal assembly comprising the windings Lll and L12.
  • the conductive plates 41, 42 and 43, 44 may be made of flexible copper film and are annular in form having an inner radius similar to the inner radius of the super- toroidal assembly and an outer radius which is rather less than the outer radius of the super-toroidal assembly.
  • the pair of plates 41, 42 and 43, 44 function to couple energy capacitatively to the windings of the assembly located between the respective pairs, so that the windings may be energised more uniformly.
  • a broad band rf noise generator 45 produces pulses of broad band rf noise on an output line 46.
  • the modulation may comprise pulses at either 1Hz or 4Hz repetition rate, with a duty cycle of 1:3. These pulses are used to modulate the wide band rf noise signal on line 46.
  • the outer third order and inner second order conductors L7 and L8 of the left hand super-toroidal assembly are connected in parallel with each other and with the inner second order and outer third order conductors Lll and L12 of the right hand assembly, and - all together fed directly from the sample analysing enclosure 10.
  • the signal from the sample analysing enclosure 10 which is supplied to the spectrum analyser in Figure 6 is, in the specimen treatment example illustrated in Figure 9, fed to the windings L7, L8 and Lll, L12 of the treatment " enclosure 14.
  • the outer plate 41 and 43 on each of the super- toroidal assemblies is connected to ground and the inner plate 42 and 44 are supplied with the pulsed wide band rf noise signal on line 46 from the generator 45.
  • the treatment' enclosure 40 may be fed to a spectrum analyser 48 for monitoring.
  • a specimen to be treated is located on the specimen tray (corresponding to the tray 28 of enclosure 10) in the treatment enclosure 40.
  • a liquid sample is made up of the component in the specimen which is particularly to be treated and this sample is located on the tray 28 in the analyser enclosure 10.
  • the rf amplifier 36 is then energised to produce an rf spectrum on the line 49 from the analyser chamber 10, which is in turn supplied to energise the windings L7, L8 and Lll, L12 in the treatment chamber 40.
  • the generator 45 is energised to apply modulated wide band noise to the windings by 5 capacitative coupling.
  • this process can provide effective treatment of the designated component of the specimen located in the treatment chamber 40.
  • the generator 45 is selected to produce pulses of wide 0 band rf noise at 1Hz, the treatment appears to be beneficial to the designated component of the specimen, so that if the component is a living organism, growth of the organism in the specimen is promoted.
  • the wide band rf noise applied 5 by the generator 45 is modulated at 4Hz, then the treatment is deleterious to the designated component, with the effect that the component can be destroyed or inactivated in the specimen.
  • Treatment has been performed of biological samples 0 whereby only selected biological components of the sample have been effected by the treatment with no apparent effects on the remaining components of the sample .
  • Apparatus using super-toroidal windings was used in an 2 experiment for the treatment in vitro of cells chronically infected with HIV-1. Samples were made up for the analyser enclosure comprising p24 antigen, pl20 antigen (proteins contained in HIV virus) and also genetically engineered pro viral HIV DNA.
  • Non infected cells including fresh peripheral white blood cells and human T-cells.
  • the cell suspensions of the treated and non treated chronically infected cells were spun separately at 1500 rpm for ten minutes. The supernatant was collected separately, followed by a serial ten-fold dilution and titration for virus yield in the non infected T-cells, which are highly susceptible to the HIV-1 strain used. Following titration, the cell culture was monitored for cytopathic effect (CPE) over the following ten days. It was then established that while the HIV-1 yield in the non exposed cell culture fluid was 10 6 infectious particle per ml, in the fluid of the exposed cells there was only a yield of 10 5 infectious particles per ml. Thus, treatment for chronically infected cells had led to ten-fold reduction in HIV-1 yield of the chronically infected cells.
  • CPE cytopathic effect
  • Figures 10, 11 and 12 illustrate an embodiment of apparatus which can be used for the treatment of specimens externally of a screened container.
  • a super-toroidal assembly 50 is located -against a front wall 51 of a container.
  • the container comprises rear and bottom walls 52 and 53 made of metal, and upper and front walls 54 and 51 made of dielectric material.
  • the super-toroidal assembly 50 is located against the front wall 51 by means- of a dielectric retaining plate 55.
  • the assembly 50 is secured between the plate 55 and the wall 51 by dielectric foam material 56 and 57.
  • a single wire helical antenna 58 is also mounted within the enclosure on the front wall 52.
  • a feedthrough 59 enables radio frequency energy to be supplied to the helical antenna 58.
  • Connections to the super-toroidal conductor assembly 50 are provided through side walls of the container which are not illustrated in Figure 10.
  • the side walls are also made of dielectric material.
  • FIG 11 illustrates the form of the super-toroidal conductor assembly 50 shown in Figure 10.
  • the assembly 50 comprises a second order super-toroidal winding which forms the toroidal former for a third order super-toroidal winding 61.
  • the toroidal former 62 of the second order winding 60, and the helical former 63 of the third order winding 61 are themselves sufficiently flexible to allow the assembly 50 to be twisted into a figure of eight as illustrated in the drawing. This figure of eight arrangement is then mounted in the container illustrated in Figure 10 against the front wall 51 as described above. Separate connections can be made to the inner second order and the outer third order toroidal windings of the assembly 50.
  • two treatment assemblies such as illustrated in Figure 10 may be used, e.g. by placing one on opposite sides of the body to be treated, with the body located between respective front faces 51 of the treatment assemblies.
  • Figure 12 illustrates the electrical connections for the elements in the treatment assemblies, with LI and L2 representing the inner second order and outer third order toroidal windings of the toroidal assembly in one container, and L3 and L4 representing respectively the inner second order and outer third order windings of the other container.
  • the helical antenna 58 in each treatment container is represented in Figure 12 at 65 and 66 for the two containers respectively.
  • the outer third order winding L2 of one assembly and the inner second order winding L3 of the other assembly are connected together in parallel and supplied with the rf spectrum signal generated by an analyser assembly such as illustrated in Figure 6.
  • the Diagnostic Module 67 illustrated in Figure 12 may be constituted by a sample analyser assembly as described with reference to Figure 6 and as illustrated in the upper part of Figure 9.
  • the signal supplied by the Diagnostic Module 67 on line 68 in Figure 12 corresponds to the signal supplied via feedthrough 38 to the spectrum analyser in Figure 6, and the signal supplied along lines 49 to the treatment chamber 40 in Figure 9.
  • the wide band rf noise generator 69 provides a pulsed wide band rf noise signal on lines 70 and 71 to each of the helical antennae 65 and 66.
  • the rf noise signal on each of lines 70 and 71 may be pulsed at 1Hz or 4Hz as described above.
  • the pulses on line 71 are phased to occur during the spaces between pulses on line 70.
  • the pulse signal itself is supplied from the generator 69 on line 72 directly to windings L2 and L3 in parallel.
  • the above apparatus has been found effective in the treatment of relatively larger bodies of material.
  • a sample of the component which is to be specifically treated in the body is prepared and placed in the sample analyser enclosure .
  • the apparatus is then activated with the body to be treated located between the super-toroidal assemblies 50 of the two treatment units shown in Figure 12.
  • an rf spectrum is obtained from a sample analyser, by the use of an rf resonator comprising a high gain wide band rf amplifier feeding output and input windings in a resonator region.
  • a wide band signal could be generated externally of the sample analyser chamber and fed to one or more super-toroidal winding within the chamber.
  • a second sensing winding or windings would then be used to monitor the effect on the electromagnetic field produced by the first winding by a sample to be analysed.
  • the externally generated wide band rf signal might comprise a series of relatively closely spaced rf frequencies, and the detection arrangement could monitor changes in amplitude of these rf frequencies as a result of the presence within the electromagnetic field generated of a sample to be analysed.
  • a single super-toroidal winding could be used, energised by an externally generated rf signal.
  • the impedance of the super- toroidal winding could then be monitored and changes in that impedance detected resulting from the presence within the electromagnetic field generated by the winding of a sample to be analysed.
  • the super-toroidal winding could be supplied with a wide band rf signal comprising a range of frequencies, simultaneously, instead the antenna could be energised at a single rf frequency which is swept over a desired band. Alternatively, a predetermined selection of rf frequencies could be generated one after the other and supplied to the super-toroidal winding .
  • a further method of energising the super-toroidal winding would be to apply a pulse to the winding and monitor modifications to the frequency content of the resulting electromagnetic field due to the presence in the field of a sample to be analysed. It will be understood that a short duration pulse (impulse) is in effect a wide band signal.
  • super-toroidal windings are energised by direct connection of rf signals across the ends of the windings.
  • any other method could be used for energising the windings, including multy-terminal connections, capacitive links, inductive links etc.
  • the invention may also be applicable to in vivo treatment .
  • a large scale chamber has been constructed containing super-toroidal windings as discussed above, with the chamber being large enough to accommodate a human being.
  • radio frequency signals having spectral content determined by a sample analyser, e.g. of the kind described above with reference to Figure 11, it has proved possible to treat an entire human patient and substantially reduce, if not eliminate infection, specifically including HIV-1.

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Selon l'invention, on génère des champs magnétiques et électriques au moyen d'un conducteur supra-toroïdal alimenté à des fréquences supérieures à 2c/l, c étant la vitesse de la lumière et l la longueur du conducteur en enroulement supra-toroïdal. Les champs ainsi générés sont spatialement très hétérogènes dans la région de rayonnement proche, et peuvent interagir avec des molécules présentant des moments électriques et magnétiques multipolaires mais pas de moment dipolaire important.
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