| CPC A61N 1/10 (2013.01) [A61N 1/0408 (2013.01); A61N 1/40 (2013.01)] | 10 Claims |
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1. An electrostatic therapeutic device comprising:
i) a charge generating unit comprising:
a. two parallel rotating shafts;
b. at least one pair of pulleys mounted on the two parallel rotating shafts, wherein a first pulley from every pair of pulleys is mounted on a first shaft, and a second pulley from every pair of pulleys is mounted on a second shaft, wherein the pair of pulleys are made of a dielectric material, and configured to be triboelectrically charged with an electric charge of same polarity based on a triboelectric interaction with a closed loop belt upon rotation of the two parallel rotating shafts;
c. at least one closed loop belt stretched over the at least one pair of pulleys to transfer an electric charge between a pair of terminals of a charge generating unit, wherein the closed loop belt is made of a dielectric material;
d. a pair of terminals of a charge generating unit, for coupling the charge generating unit with at least one therapeutic electrode;
e. a pair of charging electrodes for charging the at least one closed loop belt, wherein a first charging electrode from among the pair of charging electrodes is positioned over the at least one belt against the pulleys mounted on the first shaft and connected to the first terminal of the charge generating unit, and wherein a second charging electrode from among the pair of charging electrodes is positioned over the belt against the pulleys mounted on the second shafts and connected to the second terminal of the charge generating unit; and
f. a pair of discharging electrodes for discharging the at least one closed loop belt, wherein a first discharging electrode of the pair of discharging electrodes is positioned over the belt at a distance from the first shaft and electrically connected to the first terminal of the charge generating unit, and where a second discharging electrode from the pair of discharging electrodes is positioned over the same side of the belt as the first discharging electrode at a distance from the second shaft and electrically connected to the second terminal of the charge generating unit,
ii) the at least one therapeutic electrode coupled with the at least one terminal of the two terminals of the charge generating unit to enable applying an electrical charge to the patient's body, wherein every therapeutic electrode is coupled with only one of the two terminals of the charge generating unit;
iii) an electric drive unit to rotate the pair of shafts and the at least one closed loop belt in a clockwise direction and an anticlockwise direction; and
iv) an electric circuit to switch the rotation of an electric drive with a predetermined frequency, whereby the electric charge generated due to the triboelectric interaction between the at least one closed loop belt and the at least one pair of dielectric pulleys is transferred to the at least one therapeutic electrode, wherein the at least one therapeutic electrode accumulates the electric charge of a predetermined polarity when the at least one pair of pulleys and the at least one closed loop belt rotate in the clockwise direction, and wherein the at least one therapeutic electrode accumulates the electric charge of a reverse polarity when the at least one pair of pulleys and the at least one closed loop belt rotate in the anti-clockwise direction, and wherein the body of the patient is therapeutically treated by micro-currents caused by an alternating electric charge on the at least one therapeutic electrode.
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