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Yoshiaki Omura, MD, ScD, (born 28 March, 1934, in Asahi, Toyama Prefecture, Japan), is President and Founder of the International College of Acupuncture & Electro-Therapeutics, President and Founder of the International Bi-Digital O-Ring Test Medical Association, and Director of Medical Research of the Heart Disease Research Foundation.[1]

Omura is the creator of the Bi-Digital O-Ring Test (BDORT).

Bi-Digital O-Ring Test

The Bi-Digital O-Ring Test is an alternative medicine diagnostic test developed by Omura, for which he holds patent.[2][3] [4] Proponents of the test say the test is effective in the analysis and assessment of numerous biological and environmental factors, and in the diagnosis and treatment of a number of conditions.[5]

Patent

Yoshiaki Omura's initial Bi-Digital O-Ring patent application was rejected by the US Patent Office as 'too unbelievable to be true,' according to his own account. He then repplied for patent in 1987, and was again rejected, being told that he would not be granted a patent solely on the basis of his own researches. He then enlisted, according to his account, the assistance of 'my associates in clinical fields and basic sciences, both in Japan and the United States,' and, with further effort, patent was granted in 1993.[6]

Applications

The BDORT is capable, according to Omura and his colleagues, of a wide range of applications in the diagnosis, prescription of treatment, and evaluation of efficacy of treatment of, amongst others: heart conditions, cancers, 'pre-cancers,' allergic reactions, viral and bacterial infections, a range of organic and/or environmental stresses, as well as the precise location of acupuncture points and meridians previously unknown or inappopriately identified. [7][8][9][10]


Derivative and Variant Applications

There are a number of variant methodologies of the application of the Bi-Digital O-Ring Test presented by Omura.

  • The Indirect Method
In the Indirect Method of application an intermediary is employed, and the patient is not directly examined. The intermediary, for example, directs a laser pointer held in his or her right hand at the appropriate acupuncture point, eg, atop the patient's head, while at the same time the diagnostician performs the test on the left hand of the intermediary. [11][12]
  • Remote Application
Omura claims that it is possible, if the procedure is performed by a very experienced practitioner such as himself, to perform the BDORT on a patient over the telephone without having any physical contact with the patient. In this procedure the patient is, for example, instructed to hold in one hand a substance being evaluated, while holding the telephone receiver at the bodily location prescribed by the diagnostician. The practitioner then evaluates the muscle strength necessary to separate the interlocked O–rings of thumb and forefinger of each of his or her own two hands, and uses this data in place of data from standard BDORT on the patient.[13]

Selective Drug Uptake Enhancement Method

The Selective Drug Uptake Enhancement Method is a method devised by Omura "for assuring that drugs will be targeted selectively to specifically targeted biological factors, whether particular cells, tissue structures, or organs, while minimizing uptake by non-targeted biological factors of the organism. The Selective Drug Uptake Method employs appropriate stimulation of appropriate acupuncture points as determined and evaluated by the BDORT to achieve its effect.[14][15]


Solar Energy Stored Papers

From his research via BDORT assessment and evaluation, Omura believes that it is possible to capture a special healing power of sunlight, for which his term is Special Solar Energy, on index cards or other ordinary paper, and for which method he has applied for patent. This energy must, for maximum efficacy, be ‘captured’ at the ideal times of sunrise and sunset, and carefully preserved on what he then terms as Special Solar Energy Stored Papers, maintaining appropriate Qi Gong polarity at all times and shielding the papers from electromagnetic fields by carefully wrapping them in aluminum foil. Thus captured and preserved, he claims that Special Solar Energy is effective in the treatment of a number of conditions, including arthritis, cancers, hypertension, and Alzheimer’s Disease.[16]

Heart Disease Research Foundation

The Heart Disease Research Foundation, of which Omura has been Director of Medical Research since 1971,[17] in 1972 sued General Motors on behalf of all citizens of the United States affected by pollution from General Motors, seeking substantial actual and punitive monetary damages to be awarded to its research activities. The case was dismissed as devoid of merit, establishing precedent that such ‘a bare-bones statement of conspiracy . . . without supporting facts permits dismissal’ and was meritless in both its particulars and its essential character, and US Federal Rules of Civil Procedure were subsequently amended to make such a suit impossible in future. (Heart Disease Research Foundation v General Motors Corp, 15 Fed.R.Serv. 2d 1517, 1519 (SDNY, 1972))[18][19]

Activities

Yoshiaki Omura, as head of the International College of Acupuncture & Electro-Therapeutics, conducts monthly seminars/workshops in New York, listed by the University of the State of New York Education Department for physicians and dentists seeking certification for the application of acupuncture in the course of their practice. [20]

Notes

  1. ^ CV/Biography of Dr. Yoshiaki Omura at Omura's Japanese site
  2. ^ BDORT Patent
  3. ^ Eugene R. Quinn, Jr., Patent Attorney, IP Watchdog patent description, with illustration and characterization
  4. ^ Brown & Michaels, PC, Patent Attorneys, description of patent, with illustration
  5. ^ Omura Research Paper
  6. ^ Yoshiaki Omura's description of patent quest at his Japanese site
  7. ^ Omura abstract
  8. ^ Omura's Japanese web site capsule description of BDORT applications
  9. ^ BDORT 18th Symposium
  10. ^ BDORT 19th Symposium
  11. ^ Patent summary and desciption, including description of third-person, indirect method
  12. ^ Brown & Michaels PC patent description, with reference to third-person, indirect method
  13. ^ Omura seminar article by Dominic Lu, DDS, presenting diagnosis by Omura via BDORT via telephone
  14. ^ Omura Selective Drug Uptake and CV
  15. ^ Abstract of Omura paper in Acupuncture Electrotherapeutics Resonance
  16. ^ Patent description, Special Solar Energy Stored Papers and Their Application
  17. ^ Omura's CV at his official Japanese site, with reference to status as Director of Medical Research at Heart Disease Research Foundation since 1971
  18. ^ Cite indicating revision of Federal civil rules of procedure following Heart Disease Research Foundation v General Motors Corp
  19. ^ Cite of Heart Disease Research Foundation v General Motors Corporation establishing that a bare bones statement of conspiracy will not withstand a motion to dismiss, and sufficient facts must be alleged to allow the defendant to form a response
  20. ^ New York State Education Department Listing of Registered Programs for Certification in Acupuncture
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