Surgery – Magnetic field applied to body for therapy – Electromagnetic coil
Patent
1992-02-18
1994-06-07
Howell, Kyle L.
Surgery
Magnetic field applied to body for therapy
Electromagnetic coil
607 51, A61N 100
Patent
active
053185617
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method for regulating the growth of living tissue are provided. The apparatus includes a deformable magnetic field generator and a magnetic field detector for producing a controlled, fluctuating, directionally oriented magnetic field parallel to a predetermined axis projecting through the target tissue. The deformable magnetic field generator includes a pair of field coils embedded in a flexible material which allows the field coils to be plastically deformed to fit the contour of a body region such as a patient's limb. The field detector samples the magnetic flux density along the predetermined access and provides a signal to a microprocessor which determines the average value of the flux density. The applied magnetic field is oscillated at predetermined frequencies to maintain a preselected ratio of frequency to average flux density. This ratio is maintained by adjusting the frequency of the fluctuating magnetic field and/or by adjusting the intensity of the applied magnetic field as the composite magnetic flux density changes in response to changes in the local magnetic field to which the target tissue is subjected. By maintaining these precise predetermined ratios of frequency to average magnetic flux density, growth characteristics of the target tissue are controlled.
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Liboff Abraham R.
McLeod Bruce R.
Smith Stephen D.
Dykema Gossett
Howell Kyle L.
Lacyk John P.
Life Resonances Inc.
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