A portable therapeutic field generator device (10) generates a reduced
magnetic field component for a relatively large
electric field by virtue that adjacent conductive tracks in a
radiating element (40, 50) conduct
electrical current in opposing directions. The device (10) includes a processor (12) that, in response to a
control algorithm stored in memory (14), supplies a
pulse wave (22) to a circuit containing the
radiating element (40, 50). The pulse establishes generation of a base
heartbeat reference having a frequency around a nominal
heart rate. At periodic times, the
base heart beat reference is supplemented by mutually exclusive periods of
alpha wave, theta wave and
delta wave generation (or other selected frequencies below about 200 Hz) based on selected brainwave frequencies for these
waves, with the pulses having a duration generally corresponding to that ascribed to
neuron depolarisation pulses. The device (10) cycles through multiple cycles (88) and, dependent upon the effect that is desired, may see
delta wave frequencies follow theta wave frequencies that follow
alpha wave frequencies. Delays may exist between transitions between the generated
waves, with
delta wave generation occurring no later than sixty minutes from commencement of
alpha wave production for a mode that induces sleep.
Delta waves production has, typically, a duration that is twice that of either the alpha or theta wave production. A second mode of operation sees longer pulse times for higher frequencies—between about 100 Hz and 500 Hz—associated with
muscle stimulation.