Surgery: light – thermal – and electrical application – Light – thermal – and electrical application – Electrical therapeutic systems
Patent
1996-03-28
1998-09-29
Getzow, Scott
Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application
Light, thermal, and electrical application
Electrical therapeutic systems
604 20, A61M 532
Patent
active
058140948
ABSTRACT:
An iontophoretic system for promoting tissue healing processes and inducing regeneration. The system includes a device and a method, a composition, and methods for making the composition in vitro and in vivo. The system is implemented by placing a flexible, silver-containing anode in contact with the wound, placing a cathode on intact skin near the anode, and applying a wound-specific DC voltage between the anode and the cathode. Electrically-generated silver ions from the anode penetrate into the adjacent tissues and undergo a sequence of reactions leading to formation of a silver-collagen complex. This complex acts as a biological inducer to cause the formation in vivo of an adequate blastema to support regeneration.
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Becker Adam J.
Becker Robert O.
Flick A. Bartholomew
Getzow Scott
Reichmanis Maria
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