UPMC set to test cancer treatment/Kanzius/Therm Med
Inventor fashions radio-wave device as possible cure
Sunday, February 20, 2005
By David Templeton, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
It's a novel idea from an unlikely source, yet it has potential to help millions who suffer from the world's most feared disease.
Five years ago, John Kanzius had no inclination he'd ever attempt to invent a cancer treatment. And why would he? The Washington County native who has neither a medical nor college degree was enjoying a successful career operating radio and television stations.
But the Millcreek, Erie County, man sold his last radio station in November 2003 to focus on beating a rare form of leukemia, now kept under control via conventional chemotherapy.
That ordeal led him to develop a medical technology he's confident will be a user-friendly treatment, if not an outright cure, for most forms of cancer.
Kanzius, 60, has applied for four patents containing about 170 new intellectual properties that Dr. David A. Geller, co-director of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's Liver Cancer Center, described as a "potential revolutionary breakthrough."
In coming weeks, Geller will begin testing the technology on animals at UPMC.
The project began while Kanzius underwent three rounds of chemotherapy and witnessed its brutal side effects -- the masks, wigs, nausea, exhaustion and pain.
It sent his scientific mind spinning, inspiring him to do research which, in turn, spawned a fresh approach for killing cancer using what a good radio man knows best -- radio waves.
His method targets cancer cells so they, and only they, become vulnerable to deadly radio frequencies focused from outside the body, without affecting healthy tissue or causing side effects.
Kanzius' ideas would use physics rather than toxic biochemistry -- energy rather than medicine -- to kill cancer. His method of assault is a guided-missile rather than the carpet-bombing approach of chemotherapy and radiation treatments.
Federal funding is in place to test his ideas once his radio-wave equipment undergoes final testing. "We're on a fast track," Kanzius said.
He filed for three new patents Feb. 4, two of them with co-inventors Dr. William Steinbrink, Dr. Robert McDonald and Dr. Michael Keating. The new patents, he said, will turn his "Ford or Chevy into a Rolls Royce," raising his confidence his inventions can rid the body of all cancer cells.
For that reason, he said, he's confident his method could be a potential cure or a way to manage more difficult cancer, much as people manage diabetes. Multiple treatments would be possible because it does not engender harmful side effects.
And if Kanzius' theories hold true, the South Strabane native could become a heralded name in medical history. The John Kanzius' story would become one for the ages.
Radio days When Kanzius graduated from Trinity Area High School in 1962, his mother wanted him to be a doctor, but his father felt solid-state electronics would be the wiser choice in an age of transistor radios, color television sets and space-age computers.
So Kanzius landed an electronics degree at Allegheny Institute of Technology and took a job with RCA in Chartiers, where his uncanny scientific creativity became instantly useful.
RCA assigned him to help a newly hired Ph.D. fix a chronic flaw in RCA's color television transmitters which had spawned lawsuits against the company. The Ph.D. predicted it would take two years to solve the problem.
But before the Ph.D. arrived at the plant, Kanzius solved the problems in a half hour with nothing more than hardware at hand. The Ph.D. no longer was needed.
An ecstatic RCA administrator promoted Kanzius to troubleshooter, and Kanzius traveled the nation. In time, he began building radio and television stations. He developed expertise in broadcasting technology and the invisible powers of radio frequencies.
In 1966, Kanzius landed a position with Jet Broadcasting Co. in Erie, becoming a partner in 1982, then president a year later. With Jet, he operated a string of radio stations, a Fox television station in San Antonio and an ABC television affiliate in Erie.
He emerged as a pioneer in television programing with the longest airing medical show in the nation and an all-night television musical show long before the advent of MTV.
But he reluctantly retired in 2003 after being stricken the year before with rare B-cell leukemia.
War on cancer While undergoing chemotherapy, Kanzius watched as people undergoing treatment fell into despair from its side effects.
Conventional treatments, which use toxins and radiation to kill cancer, cause patients to get sick, lose their hair and appetites, and, sometimes, their will to live.
Kanzius, who suffered the same effects, grew convinced by watching others that a safer procedure could be developed.
Unable to sleep while undergoing chemotherapy, Kanzius began spending late nights doing cancer research over the Internet. He focused on the difference between healthy and cancer cells and collected medical research that rose floor to ceiling in his suburban Erie home.
Then he began serious work on a potential treatment: Why not use radio waves to cook cancer cells? Already radio-wave ablation was used in cancer treatment, but it's an invasive procedure requiring a probe to touch the tumor. But it does nothing to kill metastasized cells -- cells that migrate elsewhere in the body.
With ideas taking shape, Kanzius cut up his wife Marianne's pie pans and built a radio-wave generator that trained powerful radio-wave frequencies in one direction. Then he used wieners and eventually steaks to test its effects on tissue.
But key to his invention was his method of using a cell enhancement that docks only with cancer cells to make them vulnerable to radio waves from outside the body. The method is designed to raise their temperature above a fatal threshold of 106.3 degrees without affecting healthy cells or producing side effects.
Kanzius said his technology would make it possible "to get rid of barbaric chemotherapy."
In August, Kanzius met with U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., who landed $200,000 to fund testing at UPMC, which is scheduled to begin within weeks. Geller, a renowned liver cancer specialist who introduced radio-wave ablation at UPMC, will oversee testing. If all goes well, he'll seek approval to begin human testing.
Geller said Kanzius had put "a tremendous amount of work" into his patents, which, he said, are full of creative ideas. "It's excellent for someone not in the medical field."
"I am pleased that Dr. David Geller and UPMC are using their resources and Geller's expertise to take this idea to the next level," Kanzius said.
Kanzius' friend, Bernard Wise, owner of Energy-Onix, an AM and FM radio transmitter manufacturer in Valatie, N.Y., built the radio-wave generator without charge to Kanzius. It's undergoing final testing before being shipped to UPMC.
Kanzius also formed Therm Med LLC, a corporate board of experts to help him write his new patents. The board includes Steinbrink, a Harvard graduate with expertise in medical technology; McDonald, a nuclear radiologist who directs the Patty Berg Center in Fort Myers, Fla.; Keating, a renowned leukemia expert, lecturer and researcher from the MB Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, along with a lawyer and businesspeople.
The company's goal, Kanzius said, is to test the inventions, then get them to market as soon as possible. "This is not a money-making deal for me. It's a humanitarian effort," he said.
National reaction His fourth round of chemotherapy last fall left Kanzius confined to his winter home in Sanibel, Fla., but it was not lost time. It gave him the opportunity to complete the new patents and left his body free of cancer.
Since filing for the first patent in May, he's experienced a whirlwind of interest and publicity, and brought a barrage of inquiries from anxious cancer patients seeking treatment. Geller said he'd even had offers from people with cancer-stricken pets to use them to test Kanzius' protocol.
WQLN, a public television station in Erie, did a half-hour broadcast, "Wavelengths," about Kanzius and his invention. CNN and ABC news, among others, also have contacted him.
Donald Trump did a story about Kanzius on his daily show, "The Real Deal," which aired on 400 radio stations nationwide. Afterward, Trump sent him a photograph with a message written in gold ink: "You're amazing. Congratulations. Best wishes, Donald Trump."
Actress Sharon Stone called Kanzius several times to see if his technology could be adapted to treat HIV-AIDS. Although it initially was not thought to be applicable, Kanzius said, his new medical board has convinced him it might be effective in treating HIV patients.
Recently, a person from Wall Street encouraged Kanzius to sell stock through an Initial Public Offering and raise enough money to do human testing outside the United States and get the technology to market faster. He has not made a decision on that idea.
Various biomedical corporations have offered to buy his inventions outright. But, for now, Kanzius isn't selling. He said he wanted it to be proven effective so he can usher it to market without delay.
"This totally blows my mind," he said of public interest in his inventions. "Everyone is wondering when this will be ready."
While it's on the fast track, he said, he knows first hand that that's a relative term.
"If you or a loved one are dying," he said, "this can't move fast enough."
(David Templeton can be reached at dtempleton@post-gazette.com or 724-746-8652.)
I figure - mix the salt water with gasoline - vaporize/atomize the mixture - run it by the radio wave generator (vaporizing the gasoline and splitting the water into H2 and O2) - then inject it directly into an engine (gasoline IC)intake valve - spark it and see what happens - no air needed as the O2 from the water splitting provides O2 for the combustion of the H2/gasoline mixture. I'd love to try that out - mess around with it and see what happens!
;-)
Probably get 200 miles to a gallon of gasoline + one gallon of salted water. Then watch the price of salt water skyrocket!!! lol
Researchers at MIT have created a revolutionary device that could remotely charge batteries and power household appliances.
[[I was wondering if this same phenomenon is involved in the Kanzius water/flame stuff.]]
By Kate Greene Friday, June 08, 2007 Cutting the cord: MIT researchers have shown that it’s possible to wirelessly power a 60-watt lightbulb from two meters away. Above, a coil (background) creates a magnetic field that is able to pass through an obstruction. The foreground coil resonates at the frequency of the magnetic field, picking up its energy to power the bulb. Credit: Science
Researchers at MIT have shown that it's possible to wirelessly power a 60-watt lightbulb sitting about two meters away from a power source. Using a remarkably simple setup--basically consisting of two metal coils--they have demonstrated, for the first time, that it is feasible to efficiently send that much power over such a distance. The experiment paves the way for wirelessly charging batteries in laptops, mobile phones, and music players, as well as cutting the electric cords on household appliances, says Marin Soljacic[http://web.mit.edu/physics/facultyandstaff/faculty/marin_soljacic.html ], professor of physics at MIT, who led the team with physics professor John Joannopoulos.
The research, published in the June 7 edition of Science Express (the online publication of Science magazine), is the experimental demonstration of a theory outlined last November by the MIT team. (See "Charging Batteries without Wires." http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/17791/ ) "We had strong confidence in the theory," says Soljacic. "And experiment indeed confirmed that this worked as predicted."
The setup is straightforward, explains Andre Kurs, an MIT graduate student and the lead author of the paper. Two copper helices, with diameters of 60 centimeters, are separated from each other by a distance of about two meters. One is connected to a power source--effectively plugged into a wall--and the other is connected to a lightbulb waiting to be turned on. When the power from the wall is turned on, electricity from the first metal coil creates a magnetic field around that coil. The coil attached to the lightbulb picks up the magnetic field, which in turn creates a current within the second coil, turning on the bulb.
This type of energy transfer is similar to a well-known phenomenon called magnetic inductive coupling, used in power transformers. However, the MIT scheme is somewhat different because it's based on something called resonant coupling. Transformer coils can only transfer power when they are centimeters apart--any farther, and the magnetic fields don't affect each other in the same way. In order for the MIT researchers to achieve the range of two meters, explains Soljacic, they used coils that resonate at a frequency of 10 megahertz. When the electrical current flows through the first coil, it produces a 10-megahertz magnetic field; since the second coil resonates at this same frequency, it's able to pick up on the field, even from relatively far away. If the second coil resonated at a different frequency, the energy from the first coil would have been ignored.
The researchers' approach, says Soljacic, also makes the energy transfer efficient. If they were to emit power from an antenna in the same way that information is wirelessly transmitted, most of the power would be wasted as it radiates away in all directions. Indeed, with the method used to transfer information, it would be difficult to send enough energy to be useful for powering gadgets. In contrast, the researchers use what's known as nonradiative energy that is bound up near the coils. In this first demonstration, they showed that the scheme can transfer power with an efficiency of 45 percent.
Wireless power transfer is an idea that's more than 100 years old. In the 1890s, physicist and electrical engineer Nikola Tesla proposed beaming electricity through the air. However, soon thereafter, power cables became the commonly accepted means of transporting electricity across distances. But with the widespread adoption of small, portable devices with batteries in need of constant recharging, people's attention is again turning to wireless power. In fact, the startup Powercast, based in Ligonier, PA, has, using a different approach from that of the MIT team, developed a wireless power system that can transmit low wattages across a distance of about a meter. To start, the company is targeting devices with low power consumption, such as sensors, but it's hoping to ramp up to more power-hungry gadgets in the future.
One concern that people might have, says Sir John Pendry, professor of physics at Imperial College in London, is health effects. "There will be safety issues, real or imagined," he says. "After all, the power has to pass through space in some form or other, and pass through any bodies lying in its path. The [MIT] team has minimized this problem by making sure that the power is mainly in the form of a magnetic field, a form of energy to which the body is almost entirely insensitive."
Based on calculations, Soljacic believes that the scheme is safe, even for people with implanted medical devices, such as pacemakers. Although the researchers have not made a detailed study to test how the system interferes with pacemakers, Soljacic says that they don't expect it to interact strongly with objects that don't resonate at the same frequencies used to transfer power.
At this point, the team has applied for a number of patents and is planning to commercialize the technology, although the researchers expect that it could take a few years before devices with such wireless power systems will make it to consumers. In the meantime, the team is exploring different materials and alternate coil geometries to try to extend the range and ramp up the power.
I looked in Google and the USPTO files for "splitting water" and "radio frequency" and found these:
1) United States Patent Application 20050178670 Kind Code A1 Austin, Gary Nin August 18, 2005
Transition structures and catalytic reaction pathways for the production of hydrogen and oxygen
Abstract
The present invention provides a system and method for the dissociation of water into H.sub.2 and O.sub.2 gas. The system and method disclose a reaction vessel having at least one radiolysis apparatus, at least one photolysis apparatus, and at least one electrolysis apparatus, all in communication with said reaction vessel. The reaction vessel has a body, a first end and a second end defining an interior. Further, the reaction vessel has an inlet for receiving water from a water supply into its interior and at least two outlet ports to allows H.sub.2 or O.sub.2 to egress therefrom. Still further, at least one catalyst is located within the interior of the reaction vessel. The radiolysis apparatus, photolysis apparatus, and electrolysis apparatus, in combination the with the catalyst provides for the dissociation of water into H.sub.2 and O.sub.2.
Inventors: Austin, Gary Nin; (Stillwater, OK)
[0059] As set out above, the inventive process utilizes light, electrical and microwave energies to generate hydrogen and oxygen from water. Typically, the water is an a vapor state. This vapor is irradiated with light emitted from mercury vapor lamps that emit UV radiation in the duel band wavelengths of 185 and 254 nm. The interior of the reaction vessel is coated with one or more transition metal oxides photo catalysts. This coating will act to contain the UV radiation inside the reaction vessel. Microwave energy is supplied by a RF wave emitter. The UV radiation and RF wavelengths will excite and heat the water molecules to the point of separation of hydrogen and oxygen. The transition metal oxide coating on the interior of the reaction vessel will also act as an electro-catalysts to accomplish the migration of the hydrogen and oxygen molecules to exit the reaction vessel separately. Reaction temperatures inside the reaction vessel will be approximately 505 Kelvin.
2) United States Patent 6,217,712 Mohr April 17, 2001 Catalytic simulation using radio frequency waves
Abstract
The invention relates to a method of using radio frequency waves to artificially create catalytic action in a catalyst-free chemical reaction within a substance. To mimic or imitate the catalyst, radio frequency waves are transmitted through the substance at a signal strength sufficient to electronically reproduce the effect of the physical presence of a selected catalyst. The radio frequency waves have a selected transmission frequency substantially equal to a catalyst signal frequency of the selected catalyst, defined as the signal frequency determined by nuclear magnetic resonance of the selected catalyst. It is commonplace to use nuclear magnetic resonance to identify elements within a substance and the signal frequencies of various elements (including catalysts) are listed in widely published tables. To date, the mechanism by which catalysts bring about chemical reactions has been unknown. The inventor has recognised that the physical presence of a catalyst brings about a chemical reaction due to the emission of low intensity radio frequency waves from the catalyst with the signal frequency that is emitted being the signal frequency of the catalyst that is commonly determined by nuclear magnetic resonance. Therefore, the invention can be used to eliminate the need for expensive metallic catalysts, such as platinum. The invention electronically reproduces the effect of the physical presence of a catalyst by transmission of a radio frequency wave with a signal frequency equal to that signal frequency emitted by the catalyst and as determined by nuclear magnetic resonance of the catalyst. Inventors: Mohr; Thomas J. (Maple, Ontario, CA) Appl. No.: 09/412,359 Filed: October 5, 1999
FIG. 1 illustrates a device which can be used to carry out the method of the invention. In this example, the method of the invention is used to artificially create catalytic action in a catalyst-free chemical reaction within a substance that is conducted through a pipeline in the direction of the arrows shown. Radio frequency waves are used to artificially create this catalytic action as liquid electrolyte is conveyed through a pipeline 1 in the direction of arrows by a pump (not shown). Electrolyte is used in this example, however it would be understood that any means for containing a substance during a chemical reaction may be used such as agitator tanks, cracking towers, settling tanks, etc.
A radio frequency wave transmitter 2 is disposed in communication with the electrolyte by means of a standing wave antenna 3 which is submerged in the electrolyte within the pipe 1 and the section 7. As best shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the antenna 3 communicates with an oscillator coil 4 which receives the radio frequency signal from the frequency generator 2 via a cable 5.
In the embodiment illustrated in FIGS. 1, 2, and 3, the chemical reaction is electrolysis carried out within an electrolytic cell 6. Within the cell 6 is disposed cathode 9 and anodes 8 both connected to a source of an electric current and immersed in the electrolytic substance. Preferably the electrolyte is water and the chemical reaction comprises electrolysis to increase the dissolved oxygen gas within the water as it passes through the electrolytic cell 6.
In operation, the method involves transmitting radio frequency waves generated from the frequency generator 2 and emitted via the standing wave antenna 3 to conduct the radio frequency waves through the electrolyte at a signal strength sufficient to electronically reproduce the effects of the physical presence of a catalysts.
In a traditional electrolysis reaction, the cathodes 9 and anodes 8 would be plated with a metallic catalyst such as platinum. However, in the method of the invention the cathodes 9 and anodes 8 are not plated with a catalyst since the radio frequency waves transmitted via the antenna 3 artificially create the same catalytic action. The radio frequency waves have a selected transmission frequency, substantially equal to a catalyst signal frequency of the selected catalyst. This catalyst signal frequency is defined as the signal frequency conventionally determined by nuclear magnetic resonance of the selected catalyst. For example, where the selected catalyst is platinum the radio frequency transmission is in the order of 9.29 megahertz. This frequency and the frequencies of other catalysts are commonly listed in NMR tables and are readily available to those skilled in the relevant art.
It will be understood however, that nuclear magnetic resonance is conventionally used to identify elements that are present within an unknown substance. The elements under bombardment of external radio frequencies in the presence of strong magnetic field emit a signal radio frequency which can be detected and definitely identifies the element. These signal frequencies are listed in NMR tables and are used by those skilled in the art to conclusively determine what elements are present within an unknown substance.
In contrast, the present invention utilises these established radio frequencies to electronically artificially create catalytic action in a catalyst free chemical reaction. Therefore, it will be understood that the method does not use conventional nuclear magnetic resonance but rather uses the result of NMR to determine the appropriate radio frequency to be used and transmitted through the antenna 3.
3) Hydrogen and oxygen generation from water using resonance frequency - from hypersonic generator in efficient, environmentally friendly technique, giving hydrogen useful e.g. as fuel
Abstract of DE4238952 In resonance-based generation of H2 and O2 from water, using a hypersonic generator of suitable frequency, the resonance frequency (fO) can be that corresp. to the distance (d) between the nucleus of the O atoms and its outer electron shell or the proton. fO can be calculated approx. from the formula: fO = c/(pi.d), where c= the speed of sound in water and pi= the Ludolf's no). USE/ADVANTAGE - The H2 can be used as fuel in power stations or in hydrogenation (hardening fat), synthesis of petrol, MeOH and NH3, redn in metallurgy, in welding etc. The O2 can also be used for technical and other purposes. The overall efficiency of the process is much higher than usual and the process is more friendly to the environment.
4) United States Patent Application 20040265137 Kind Code A1 Bar-Gadda, Ronny December 30, 2004 Method for generating hydrogen from water or steam in a plasma
Abstract
Water molecules, preferably in the form of steam or water vapor, are introduced into a plasma. The plasma causes the water molecules to dissociate into their constituent molecular elements of hydrogen and oxygen. To prevent recombining of the constituent molecular elements, the hydrogen and oxygen are separated from each other. Various devices may be employed to effect this separation. Once separated, the molecular components are prevented from recombining with each other or with other elements by using standard separation techniques normally employed for separating dissimilar gaseous species. Inventors: Bar-Gadda, Ronny; (Palo Alto, CA)
DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0022] Plasma is often called the "fourth state of matter," the other three being solid, liquid and gas. A plasma is a distinct state of matter containing a significant number of electrically charged particles, this number being sufficient to affect its electrical properties and behavior. In an ordinary gas each atom contains an equal number of positive and negative charges wherein the positive charges in the nucleus are surrounded by an equal number of negatively charged electrons. Each atom in the ordinary gas is therefore electrically "neutral."
[0023] The gas becomes a plasma when the addition of heat or other energy causes a significant number of atoms to release some or all of their electrons. The remaining parts of those atoms are left with a positive charge, and the detached negative electrons are free to move about. The positively charged atoms and the resulting electrically charged gas are said to be "ionized." When enough atoms are ionized to significantly affect the electrical characteristics of the gas, it is a plasma.
[0024] In many cases interactions between the charged particles and the neutral particles are important in determining the behavior and usefulness of the plasma. The type of atoms in a plasma, the ratio of ionized to neutral particles and the particle energies all result in a broad spectrum of plasma types, characteristics and behaviors.
[0025] The plasma itself can be produced via several techniques and may further be continuous wave or pulsed. A water plasma may be created utilizing energy in the microwave, radio frequency or low frequency region. Frequencies from 50 Hz to 100 gHz may be used. Pressures from 1 mtorr to 1000 atmospheres can be used. In addition, arc plasmas may also be used to crack water to hydrogen in oxygen. Arc plasmas generally employ two electrodes as a means of completing the electrical path.
[0026] Accordingly, the present invention, as described herein, is not limited to any particular methodology to develop the plasma. Examples of plasma generation devices that may be used, but not limited to, are low pressure (non-equilibrium) plasmas, penning plasma discharge, radio frequency capacitive discharges, radio frequency inductively coupled plasmas, microwave generated plasma, D.C. electrical discharges, and inductively coupled discharges.
5) United States Patent Application 20050029120 Kind Code A1 Bar-Gadda, Ronny February 10, 2005 Radiant energy dissociation of molecular water into molecular hydrogen
Abstract
Water molecules, preferably in the form of steam or water vapor, are introduced into a radiant energy transfer reactor. The radiant energy is absorbed by the molecules which dissociate into their constituent molecular elements of hydrogen and oxygen. To prevent recombining of the constituent molecular elements, the hydrogen and oxygen are separated from each other. Various devices may be employed to effect this separation. Once separated, the molecular components are prevented from recombining with each other or with other elements by using standard separation techniques normally employed for separating dissimilar gaseous species. Inventors: Bar-Gadda, Ronny; (Palo Alto, CA) [0039] Water molecules, in particular, absorb greater amounts of electromagnetic energy having wavelengths in the ultraviolet, infrared, microwave or radio frequency spectrum. The OH bond of the water molecule has a characteristic frequency or wavelength based on the kinetic or electronic modes described above. Accordingly, at specific wavelengths or frequencies within this spectrum the OH bond will dissociate, in any one or combination of the kinetic and electronic modes, providing that the energy of the electromagnetic energy at the frequency of dissociation is sufficient to overcome the energy of such bond. For example, one such frequency will excite the translational mode of the water molecule, and with sufficient energy, cause the molecule to dissociate. Other frequencies will of course excite the other modes.
So there it is! I don't know if Kanzius has one of these presentations, or a combination of them or something completely different but it sure bears watching....and I shall!
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