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5524624 Apparatus and method for stimulating tissue growth with ultrasound  
A device (10, 18) stimulates with an ultrasound the growth of a tissue or produces an image at a site within a patient. A housing (12, 20, 22) may be subcutaneously implanted within the patient...
5458626 Method of electrical nerve stimulation for acceleration of tissue healing  
A method of electrical nerve stimulation for acceleration of tissue healing of a patient including the steps of applying a receptor electrode to an area of a body of the patient, applying a...
5456700 Therapeutic device utilizing infrared radiation and electrostatic field  
A curative device for promoting healing of a subject is disclosed which includes a housing having an open end, an infrared lamp secured within the housing and adapted to radiate infrared rays, an...
5433735 Electrical stimulation technique for tissue regeneration  
Regeneration of damaged tissue, whether in the skin, tendons or elsewhere in the body begins with the growth and proliferation of cells which take place along a migratory path and in a polar...
5405367 Structure and method of manufacture of an implantable microstimulator  
An implantable microstimulator has a structure which is manufactured to be substantially encapsulated within a hermetically-sealed housing inert to body fluids, and of a size and shape capable of...
5405366 Adhesive hydrogels having extended use lives and process for the preparation of same  
This invention relates to a non-stringy adhesive hydrophilic gel comprising an aqueous mixture of a radiation crosslinkable water-soluble polymer, at least one humectant effective to extend the...
5395398 Microelectric apparatus for the antisepsis, promulgation of healing and analgesia of wound and chronic skin ulcers  
A small, handheld, microelectric, direct current generator with a low frequency modality is applied directly to a wound site through a composite wound covering or dressing. An electric potential...
5338286 Electromagnetic bioresponse by selective spectral suppression in pulsed field stimulation  
A noninvasive apparatus for treating living tissue and cells by means of a pulsed electromagnetic field, and particularly suitable for bone growth stimulation. A treatment coil is noninvasively...
5336247 Hair regrowth method and apparatus  
Hair regrowth is promoted by positioning one or more electrodes closely proximate a subject's scalp. A low voltage positive or negative polarity signal having a selected frequency of either 7.86 or...
5324314 Method and apparatus for capacitively regenerating tissue and bone  
A system (10) is disclosed for facilitating the healing of traumatized tissue and broken or fractured bone. The system (10) establishes an electric field between a pair of electrodes (14)...
5158081 Method for treatment of soft tissue wounds by electrical stimulation  
A method for treating pressure sores, decubitus ulcers, or other soft tissue wounds involves the application of a pulsed DC current to the patient's body to stimulate healing of the soft tissue...
5117826 Combined nerve fiber and body tissue stimulation apparatus and method  
An electronic device and method are disclosed for effecting both nerve fiber and body tissue stimulation. Nerve fiber stimulation is primarily effected by application of pulses, and preferably by...
5107835 Electrotherapeutic treatment  
The present invention involves a method of treating a patient by providing a signal that is exponential in character to the patient. The signal includes a relatively low-frequency, constant...
4989607 Highly conductive non-stringy adhesive hydrophilic gels and medical electrode assemblies manufactured therefrom  
The highly conductive hydrogels of this invention are comprised of a cohesive uniform mixture of poly(vinyl pyrrolidone), a viscosity-enhancing hydrophilic polymer, and an effective amount of an...
4982742 Apparatus and method to facilitate healing of soft tissue wounds  
A method and an apparatus for facilitating the healing of soft tissue wounds. The method includes the steps of selecting an area of tissue that is wounded, and applying therapeutic microcurrent...
4919140 Method and apparatus for regenerating nerves  
A method and apparatus for stimulating nerves in the central nervous system of a mammal to regenerate within the central nervous system applies an oscillating electrical field to the central...
4919138 Method and apparatus for supplying electric energy to biological tissue for simulating the physiological healing process  
Apparatus for supplying electric energy to biological tissue with a view to supporting different physiological processes, including different phases of healing, growth, modification og pathological...
4913148 Method for the treatment of herpes simplex and herpes zoster  
A method for the treatment, by accelerating the healing process, of acute herpes simplex and acute herpes zoster, and by the reduction of post-herpetic neuralgia, subsequent to determining a...
4898169 Medical instrument for therapy of hemorrhoidal lesions  
An instrument for direct current electrical therapy of hemorrhoidal lesions or the like in a patient consists of a D.C. electric generator, a grounding pad, a probe with distal tip for penetration...
4895153 Low frequency curing apparatus applicable directly to organism  
A low frequency curing apparatus includes a power source; a boosted pulse generating unit for generating a train of boosted pulses in response to a first pulse signal; and accumulating unit for...
4895154 Electronic stimulating device for enhanced healing of soft tissue wounds  
An electronic stimulating device for wound healing and, more particularly, for enhancing healing of soft tissue wounds. The device includes a plurality of signal generators for generating output...
4846181 Soft tissue wound healing therapy utilizing pulsed electrical stimulation  
Wound healing therapy utilizing pulsed electrical stimulation is disclosed with the process including repeated short treatments of electrical stimulation applied to a soft tissue wound through an...
4738250 Apparatus and method for micro-electric medical stimulation of cells of living animal tissue  
A medical electrical apparatus impresses a bipolar, low frequency voltage wave form through spaced-apart electrodes, across a damaged area of living animal tissue to cause a low, bipolar, current...
4727878 Functional electrical stimulation for pressure sore inhibition  
Functional electrical stimulation of regions of the skin of disabled individuals is achieved by delivering an energizing electrical signal via an electrode located in the region where the...
4712558 Electrical stimulation of muscle  
A method and apparatus are disclosed for the electrotrophic stimulation of muscle, that is, stimulation using pulses trains onto which information which will cause long-term functional and/or...
4519394 Method and apparatus for cathodic potential control in electrically induced osteogenesis  
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for maintaining the potential between a cathode and a reference electrode substantially constant during electrically-induced osteogenesis. Two separate...
4506673 Therapeutic treatment within joint capsules of the body  
A method for stimulating formation of tissue in a living being within a joint capsule includes the steps of: introducing at least a cathode terminal into the joint capsule from the exterior through...
4487834 Electrical stimulation of articular chondrocytes  
Cell development in articular chondrocytes is enhanced by subjecting them to an alternating current field having a frequency of about 60/khz and a current density in the order of 30-40 μamps/cm 2 .
4461300 Bone and tissue healing device including a special electrode assembly and method  
A portable device used for expediting the healing of bone or soft tissue fractures or defects in a patient is disclosed herein and utilizes at least one cathode electrode, an anode electrode and a...
4429698 High frequency electromagnetic therapy apparatus  
A high frequency electromagnetic therapy apparatus having one or more flexible induction elements (such as sheathed electrically conductive wire) embodied in a flexible material (such as silicone...
4412540 Method for high frequency electromagnetic therapy  
A high frequency electromagnetic therapy apparatus having one or more flexible induction elements (such as sheathed electrically conductive wire 2) embodied in a flexible material (such as silicone...
4312340 Method for restoring optimum skin conditions, especially for partially or entirely healing intradermal tears  
In a method of treatment of cicatrized human skin, a variable electric field of low frequency is applied to the skin thereby creating an electric charge below the injured area. Simultaneously a...
4308868 Implantable electrical device  
A fully implantable and self-contained device is disclosed composed of a flexible electrode array 10 for surrounding damaged nerves and a signal generator 12 for driving the electrode array with...
4306561 Holding apparatus for repairing severed nerves and method of using the same  
By circumferentially embracing both the proximal and distal portions of a severed nerve at positions removed from the severed ends and controllably moving the severed portions into abutting,...
4244373 Electrical stimulation dental device  
An electrical stimulating dental device for electrically stimulating the periodontium bone region within the mouth of a patient. The dental device includes a power supply system for producing an...
4019510 Therapeutic method of using low intensity direct current generator with polarity reversal  
A method for treating skin ulcers, infections and the like by eletrotherapy. Therapeutic low intensity direct current is applied to a patient by electrodes, at least one of which contains silver....
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