Subject: A device to monitor and alter brain waves (Gordon)...
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 022322 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Roy L. Beavers"
To: emfguru
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......Jeff has forwarded the following as a matter of possible interest,
and I forward it on because I believe it ought to be filed in our arhives.
....Though its "application" in the real world escapes me.
I note that the information is dated 1974-1976..... Evidence of an
interest in the consequences of EMF bioeffects at that date --
approximately ten years after the date of the use of EMF against the U.S.
Embassy in Moscow, and three years prior to the Wertheimer-Leeper study of
childhood leukemia in Denver....
(BTW, Robert Bedard has updated our archives to include all of July....)
Roy Beavers (EMFguru)......
rbeavers@llion.org.......
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Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 02:47:35 -0400
From: jeff.gordon@wellnow.com
To: rbeavers@llion.org
Subject: (patent) To monitor and alter brain waves
Hi, Roy --
I'm making no assertions -- though I am doing a lot of wondering -- about
the following info. (Beam it to the list, or withhold it, as you see
fit.)
-- Jeff --
(From another list; information -not- verified with published patent
info.)
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United States Patent 3,951,134
Malech
April 20, 1976
Apparatus and method for remotely monitoring and altering brain waves
Abstract
Apparatus for and method of sensing brain waves at a position remote
from a subject whereby electromagnetic signals of different frequencies
are simultaneously transmitted to the brain of the subject in which the
signals interfere with one another to yield a waveform which is
modulated by the subject's brain waves. The interference waveform which
is representative of the brain wave activity is re-transmitted by the
brain to a receiver where it is demodulated and amplified. The
demodulated waveform is then displayed for visual viewing and routed to
a computer for further processing and analysis. The demodulated waveform
also can be used to produce a compensating signal which is transmitted
back to the brain to effect a desired change in electrical activity
therein.
Inventors:
Malech; Robert G. (Plainview, NY)
Assignee:
Dorne & Margolin Inc. (Bohemia, NY)
Appl. No.:
494518
Filed:
August 5, 1974
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Medical science has found brain waves to be a useful barometer of
organic functions. Measurements of electrical activity in the brain have
been instrumental in detecting physical and psychic disorder, measuring
stress, determining sleep patterns, and monitoring body metabolism.
The present art for measurement of brain waves employs
electroencephalographs including probes with sensors which are attached
to the skull of the subject under study at points proximate to the
regions of the brain being monitored. Electrical contact between the
sensors and apparatus employed to process the detected brain waves is
maintained by a plurality of wires extending from the sensors to the
apparatus. The necessity for physically attaching the measuring
apparatus to the subject imposes several limitations on the measurement
process. The subject may experience discomfort, particulary if the
measurements are to be made over extended periods of time. His bodily
movements are restricted and he is generally confined to the immediate
vicinity of the measuring apparatus. Furthermore, measurements cannot be
made while the subject is conscious without his awareness. The
comprehensiveness of the measurements is also limited since the finite
number of probes employed to monitor local regions of brain wave
activity do not permit observation of the total brain wave profile in a
single test.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to apparatus and a method for monitoring
brain waves wherein all components of the apparatus employed are remote
from the test subject. More specifically, high frequency transmitters
are operated to radiate electromagnetic energy of different frequencies
through antennas which are capable of scanning the entire brain of the
test subject or any desired region thereof. The signals of different
frequencies penetrate the skull of the subject and impinge upon the
brain where they mix to yield an interference wave modulated by
radiations from the brain's natural electrical activity. The modulated
interference wave is re-transmitted by the brain and received by an
antenna at a remote station where it is demodulated, and processed to
provide a profile of the suject's brain waves. In addition to passively
monitoring his brain waves, the subject's neurological processes may be
affected by transmitting to his brain, through a transmitter,
compensating signals. The latter signals can be derived from the
received and processed brain waves.
OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION
It is therefore an object of the invention to remotely monitor
electrical activity in the entire brain or selected local regions
thereof with a single measurement.
Another object is the monitoring of a subject's brain wave activity
through transmission and reception of electromagnetic waves.
Still another object is to monitor brain wave activity from a position
remote from the subject.
A further object is to provide a method and apparatus for affecting
brain wave activity by transmitting electromagnetic signals thereto.
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-- Jeff -- http://www.wellnow.com
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