Following the pattern set in our previous two volumes, this fourth issue of Volume 26 is solely devoted to a relevant conference. Included in this issue are selected papers from the 2nd meeting of SIBE, the Italian Society for Biophysical Electrodynamics, held on April 21, 2007 at the Medical Faculty at the University of Bologna.
All the papers and case reports presented in this issue deal with the clinical use of a fascinating new (dating from 2000) medical device called Seqex, which combines two established medical technologies, Bioimpedance diagnostics, and Ion Cyclotron Resonance therapy. The marriage of these two very dissimilar techniques has resulted in something unique, not resembling either of its parents.
When pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) therapy was first introduced commercially by the late Dr. Bassett to treat bone in the 1970s, he also introduced a clever stratagem, namely freely supplying these devices to interested researchers for what was euphemistically called an “indefinite loan”. This had the salubrious effect of quickly producing many research papers on PEMF.
In a somewhat similar manner, Seqex has been widely distributed to clinical centers, and is receiving attention for its many apparent medical applications, a number of which are reported here.
Special thanks is due to Dr. Marie Theresa Corsetti of the University Hospital San Martino in Genoa for her kind assistance in helping with translations from the Italian. Additional acknowledgments are directed to Valerio Dallago, owner of Sistemi, srl, who patiently responded to all our questions about the Seqex device.