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In theory, the PAPIMI raises the transmembrane potential (TMP) of cells, which is linked with the sodium-potassium pump and the cell’s production of ATP.
01History and Background
Professor Pappas and the PAPIMI
Developed by Professor Pappas, PAPIMI is a non-invasive device that delivers brief electromagnetic pulses through an applicator positioned close to the body. It belongs to the broader family of pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) technologies and is described by its manufacturer as “ion-induction therapy.”
From the laboratory to patients
During a PAPIMI session
During a PAPIMI session, a practitioner positions the applicator near the selected area and adjusts its placement and settings according to the device’s instructions. The procedure does not involve needles or surgery. The manufacturer describes sessions as typically lasting between 10 and 30 minutes, although the appropriate duration and frequency depend on the intended use and individual assessment.
02Technical Description of the PAPIMI
Short, powerful pulses, no heat
The device produces a train of extremely short bursts of very high frequency oscillations by periodically exciting a gaseous plasma chamber at its natural resonant frequency.
Special precision circuitry in the PAPIMI makes each burst or pulse of oscillations last 0.1 microseconds in duration by a thyratron-type of control. The nanosecond rise and decay time of each pulse of oscillations is so steep that a wealth of third order harmonics are generated in each pulse, which makes it difficult to characterize the resulting pulse frequency as other than an effectively narrow but complex frequency spectrum.
The remarkable aspect of this novel plasma-resonance method of generating such pulses of radio frequency energy is the extremely high amplitude (on the order of many kilovolts) they attain, resulting in massive current flow through the low-impedance load circuit. In this respect, and also by virtue of its complex frequency spectrum, the PAPIMI is unique among the large family of Pulsed Electromagnetic Field (PEMF) devices of which it is a member.
Also, unlike other PEMF devices that produce continuous trains of much wider and more closely-spaced, heat-generating pulses at MHz rates in a “woodpecker” effect, the pulse repetition frequency of the PAPIMI is extremely low with relatively very long intervals between pulses. Variable control circuits output pulses of the PAPIMI to between two and five pulses per second at most therapeutic settings.
The PAPIMI has little or no heating effect on living tissue; it is considered an athermal pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) device.
03How Does the PAPIMI Device Work?
A magnetic field that penetrates deeply
When the probe of the device exposes a tissue, its magnetic field spreads and penetrates into this tissue, like it does not receive any resistance. The penetrating magnetic field changes rapidly. It develops and disappears in a short period of time leaving a cyclic electric field that can penetrate deeply into tissues.
The PAPIMI pulses activate the molecules, and can cause a Nuclear Resonance and Excitation effect. As the pulses are of very short duration they do not contribute to a heating effect of the cells which could cause some type of damage.
04Questions and answers
What to expect from PAPIMI
01How Long Will It Take to Notice Any Improvement?
For most users improvement is noticeable within 1 to 6 treatments; however, in more chronic conditions improvement may come at a slower pace. Under persistent use everybody will benefit and feel more energetic.
02Why hasn’t my doctor told me about the PAPIMI?
PAPIMI is relatively new to Cyprus and because it is not a medical device your doctor may not know about it.
03Are there Side Effects?
Serious side effects from PAPIMI therapy appear to be rare. Some new users feel slight nausea or a headache after a session; drinking water usually helps.
PMFC is like physical exercise at the cellular level; muscles may become sore and feel like you over exercised if you use PMFC too much to begin with. There has never been a report of someone being harmed by PMFC.
04Is the PAPIMI Painful?
PMFC is absolutely painless; treatment is generally comfortable and effortless. However, on initial treatment sometimes the person may feel some discomfort, particularly where there are weak areas on the body being treated. Most first time users will experience a pleasant warming or tingling sensation in the target area.
05Can I Take Prescription Drugs While Using the PAPIMI?
Yes, PAPIMI will increase the absorption of the drugs so it is advised to use the PAPIMI before medication or several hours after. Because of the ability of PMF’s to improve absorption and assimilation you will also get more out of your vitamins and minerals and food.
06Are there any Benefits for Sports Applications?
Yes. Besides the obvious benefits for sports injury, daily conditioning can improve athletic performance by as much as 10%. Athletes who have used PAPIMI don’t want to be without it. Only recently in Cyprus there was a case of a National Judo Champion that greatly benefited from this.
07Are There Any Contraindications for using the PAPIMI?
Yes. Although there have been no reports of problems arising, people with electronic implants i.e. pacemakers, defibrillators etc. should consult with their doctor before using and keep applicators away from implants. Although no evidence exists of The PAPIMI being harmful, pregnant women should also consult their physician.
05Theory of Operation
The cell’s battery
All of the many types of living cells that make up the tissues and organs of the body are tiny electrochemical units. They are powered by a “battery” that is continually recharged by the cells’ metabolic chemistry in a closed loop of biological energy.
We are concerned here with that battery, which consists of the membrane that surrounds the cell. The electrical charge, or voltage across the membrane of a normal, healthy cell varies from about 70 to 100 millivolts; this is called the Transmembrane Potential, or TMP.
When a cell is poisoned, damaged, deprived of nutrients or infected, energy is lost in fighting the problem and the TMP falls to a level where the cell loses its vitality and either struggles to heal itself or dies.
Medical literature over the past few decades has studied the use of tiny electrical currents in tissue repair. Many of the earlier techniques developed from this research involved implanting fine electrodes at the boundaries of the injured tissue, and causing a tiny current to flow through the affected area from low-voltage batteries. Subsequently, it was found that these healing currents could also be induced by relatively weak magnetic devices placed close to the trauma and kept there for days or weeks.
There remained for Professor Pappas to discover that a weak pulsed magnetic field, hundreds of times faster than had ever been used, applied for a millionth of a second at a time within a frequency spectrum never before used in medical devices, could accomplish much more within a few minutes what other stronger magnetic induction devices required days or weeks to effect – and to do so with much more efficient and far-reaching therapeutic results.
In electrical terms
Driving the TMP towards a healthy value
Let us consider the action of the PAPIMI in electrical terms. The massive surge of current circulating in the applicator loop, which acts as an antenna, generates a field of complex radio frequency energy that is “broadcast” outward in all directions normal to the direction of current flow in the loop. The quickly expanding and collapsing pulse of magnetic energy easily penetrates biological tissues. When a changing magnetic field intersects a conductor in a closed circuit, it generates a current in the conductor; this is the basic principle on which all rotary electric generators and alternators operate. The expanding and contracting magnetic component of the pulse causes current to flow in the many conductive paths of the body, including nerve fibers, blood vessels (blood serum is electrically conductive) and the fluid bathing the cells.
As the magnetic field expands through the living tissue, it induces electron flow, or current in one direction; as it collapses, the direction is reversed. Electrons always flow from negative (cathode) to positive (anode) potential.
The membrane itself is a dielectric that could be compared to a capacitor. Its electrical charge is positive on the outer surface, negative on the inner surface. Therefore such induced current polarized to push ions toward the positive outside of the cell membrane are blocked just as no current will flow when the positive terminals of two batteries are connected together.
Conversely, current flowing away from the membrane will pull electrons away from it, and cause more electrons or negative ions to pile up on its interior surface, thus incrementally increasing the charge, or potential across the membrane and driving the TMP up towards a normal, healthy value for that cell.
Also, although it produces no heat in the tissue, for reasons that cannot yet be presented here it appears to increase the blood circulation around damaged tissue. This is important, as increasing the supplies of nutrients is also an effective aid to cell repair; this is particularly true in trauma where circulation has been impaired by crushed or severed blood vessels or the inflammation and swelling that compress capillaries, blocking flow to both the injured and uninjured cells.
Put in terms of physical chemistry, rather than biological terms, another parallel phenomenon appears to occur: the acceleration of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) synthesis and other aspects of the cell’s biochemical anabolism. The electrons drawn to the inner membrane by elevating the TMP increase the ionic charge in the interior. This raises the internal degrees of freedom at a molecular level, catalyzing dormant biochemical reactions that would not otherwise proceed as quickly due to lack of available energy. In theory, this supports the cell’s metabolism.
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Dr. George Georgiou
Dr Georgiou is a naturopath, a Chartered Biologist with a Doctor of Science in Alternative Medicine.
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