Abstract: The methods of the present disclosure are generally directed to controlling noise and performance associated with a vacuum system for retrieving and dispensing dispensable units, such as pills. By way of example and not limitation, such methods may be useful for addressing the particular challenges associated with automated dispensing of pills (or other dispensable units) in environments—such as many household or point-of-care environments—that are sensitive to noise and/or in environments in which the retrieval device is generally operated by users without specialized training in maintaining the retrieval device.

Abstract: A new mechanism of therapeutic action of electromagnetic fields, based upon systemic effect, applies selected EMF signals to cause efficacious therapeutic effects at sites distant from the point of application. The method of generating specific EMF waveshape and application of this exogeneous signal for therapeutic purposes allows the benefit to be achieved via the systemic effect. The EMF signals take the form of a repetitive sequence of semi sinewaves, resulting in a pulsating waveform occurring at a frequency in the range of from about 50 to about 300 pulses per second. Bridge rectification is applied to a sinusoidal signal, and a resultant therapy signal takes the form of a repetitive sequence of semi sinewaves of up to about 300 pps with a periodically recurring DC component. The shape of alternating pulses in the resultant therapy signal is modified under computer control to achieve therapeutic effects. Flux densities in the range of several hundred Gauss up to several thousand Gauss are generated.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for determining the biological amplitude and frequency windows of magnetic fields. The method for determining the biological window for the field metrics of a magnetic field is described with particular reference to a chemical system and method using myosin light chain kinase, calmodulin, and magnetic fields. The process is designed to calculate and measure the number of radioactive events (i.e., Cherenkov emissions) of a specimen or sample wherein such events are indicative of the relative biological effectiveness as will be described herein below.

Abstract: The instant invention is directed toward a method and an apparatus for mapping the magnetic field strength or flux density of a magnetic source. The invention provides a robotically controlled sensor which is moved in a controlled manner throughout an area of flux density and the variations in the flux density are recorded. The position and recorded magnetic field strength at numerous points throughout the test area are recorded and the data is assembled into a graphical representation the end result of which is a multi-dimensional mapping of the magnetic field strength as a function of distance from the source. The testing method and apparatus provide a convenient methodology for accurately determining dosimetry and tissue penetration of therapeutic magnetic devices.