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The Potential for Electromagnetic Energy as both Diagnosis and Treatment
Scientists have been aware for more than a century that organs of the body emit electromagnetic energy, In the last 50 years, there has been a rapid increase in the number of medical devices which have received FDA approval for the use of EM in the diagnosis and treatment of disease.
Our company, EMF Disturbance Monitors, Inc. is developing a new medical device for the diagnosis of congestive heart failure. But did you know that electromagnetic energy (EM) can be used both for diagnosis and treatment of disease?
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the use of low-frequency electromagnetic energy as treatment for pain, depression and bone healing. The treatment for pain is called PEMF (Pulsed ElectroMagnetic Field). PEMF has also been used to help bone fractures heal. The treatment for depression is called rTMS (Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation). There is also an off-label use of electromagnetic energy for treatment called RIFE (named after the inventor Royal Rife). RIFE was originally used to kill bacteria. Over the past century, patients have used RIFE machines for broader indications such as general well-being.
Our company’s device uses low-frequency electromagnetic energy for diagnosis. There are many uses for EM in the diagnosis of disease including EKG (electrocardiogram), EEG (electroencepholgram, EMG (electromyelogram), MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), magnetocardiogram and electromagnetic field disturbance. An EKG detects EM energy from the heart using pads on your skin. An EEG detects EM emeissions from the brain using pads on your scalp. An EMG detects EM emissions from muscles using pads on the skin near those muscles. An MRI machine uses high-frequency EM to create images of the body. A magnetocardiogram detects low-frequency EM emissions of the heart using specialized, super-cooled sensors. Our technology, EMF disturbance, creates a safe, external electromagnetic field (EMF) which is “disturbed” by the EM emissions of muscles and nerves.
As I discussed in a previous blog, advances in computer analytics and the development of smaller, highly-sensitive EM sensors has accelerated the study of biomagnetism. Scientists have been aware for more than a century that organs of the body emit electromagnetic energy, In the last 50 years, there has been a rapid increase in the number of medical devices which have received FDA approval for the use of EM in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. In February, 2024, we will begin our first clinical trial using EMF disturbance technology.
You can follow our journey toward FDA approval through Linkedin and on our web site, www.emfdisturbancemonitors.com.