Surgery – Magnetic field applied to body for therapy – Electromagnetic coil
Patent
1987-01-09
1992-10-20
Cohen, Lee S.
Surgery
Magnetic field applied to body for therapy
Electromagnetic coil
A61N 204
Patent
active
051565870
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for destroying or retarding growth of malignant cells and tumors using one or more coils of wire, externally applied to the body, for chosen periods, which are connected to an alternating current source to produce a low frequency sinusoidal magnetic field of desired intensity at the irradiated malignant region to be treated.
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Cohen Lee S.
Montone Gregory E.
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