Surgery – Truss – Pad
Patent
1988-09-22
1991-02-19
Cohen, Lee S.
Surgery
Truss
Pad
128421, 600 9, 600 13, A61N 100
Patent
active
049934139
ABSTRACT:
A method for surgically non-invasively inducing, by a time-varying magnetic field, an electrical current and voltage in living tissue, and in particular bone tissue, to prevent osteoporosis and to enhance new bone formation, includes the step of applying a symmetrical signal of low intensity and low frequency to the tissues being treated. The frequency of the induced signal is between about 1 Hertz and 1 K Hertz, and is optimally set at 15 Hertz. The peak intensity of the signal corresponds to a peak value of the inducing time-varying magnetic field of between about 0.5 millitesla per second and 5 Tesla per second, and for a 15 Hertz signal optimally corresponds to a value of 2.5 millitesla per second. A device for inducing such a signal in a limb of a person being treated includes a portable power supply in the form of a battery, a portable signal generator connected to the battery and a multiconductor ribbon cable connected to the signal generator. The multi-conductor ribbon cable has a female connector on one end and a male connector on another end. The female and male connectors are coupled together but are offset laterally from each other to provide at least one free pin on the male connector and at least one free plug on the female connector, so that the multi-conductor ribbon cable defines a single conductor treatment coil of multiple turns. The free pin and the free plug are connected to the signal output terminals of the signal generator.
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McLeod Kenneth J.
Rubin Clinton T.
Cohen Lee S.
Getzow Scott M.
The Research Foundation of State University of New York
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