Surgery – Truss – Pad
Patent
1983-02-10
1985-08-20
Kamm, William E.
Surgery
Truss
Pad
A61N 136
Patent
active
045357757
ABSTRACT:
Bone fractures previously considered incurable are healed non-invasively by applying to electrodes coupled to the skin of a living body in the vicinity of a bone fracture an alternating voltage having a wave form that is symmetrical with respect to the axis, a frequency in the range 20-100 KHz and a value in the range from about 2 to 10 volts peak to peak.
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Brighton Carl T.
Pollack Solomon R.
Biolectron, Inc.
Kamm William E.
Shein Mitchell J.
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