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7610100 |
Methods and systems for treating osteoarthritis
Methods of treating osteoarthritis include applying at least one stimulus to a stimulation site within a patient with an implanted system control unit in accordance with one or more stimulation...
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7610097 |
Electromagnetic stimulation in patients with osteoporosis
Provided is the combined use of pulsating electromagnetic signals and dose of Botulinum toxin to treat patients suffering from osteoporosis. Also provided is the use of electromagnetic signals...
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7610096 |
Methods for treating central nervous system damage
Methods for the treatment of CNS damage are described, and include inducing in a subject in need of such treatment, a therapeutically effective amount of functional electronic stimulation (FES)...
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7593775 |
Sports equipment with resonant muscle stimulator for developing muscle strength
A method and apparatus include a therapeutic or developmental instrument that includes hardware and/or software for stimulating a muscle. Such an instrument may comprise, for instance, a golf club,...
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7584001 |
Electrical epidermal stimulation device
An electrical epidermal stimulation device for treating skin ailments having a power supply configured to provide power to the electrical epidermal stimulator, a first and second electrode...
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7571003 |
Cosmetic method of treating skin ageing
A device for carrying out a cosmetic method or treating skin ageing and the method comprising the following steps: a) connecting an electronic device, able to generate high frequency electric...
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7565201 |
Activation of calcium-mediated cell functions in cells and tissues, including aggregation of human platelets. by nanosecond pulsed electric fields
Methods for inducing calcium mobilization in cells through the application of nanosecond pulsed electric fields (“nsPEFs”) are provided. The invention also provides a method of increasing...
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7565199 |
Methods for treating and/or collecting information regarding neurological disorders, including language disorders
Methods for treating and/or collecting information regarding neurological disorders, including language disorders. A method in accordance with one embodiment directing a patient to perform a...
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7509165 |
Biofeedback electronic stimulation device
A biofeedback electronic stimulation device includes a processor for generating a first control signal and a plurality of second control signals responsive to at least one input signal. Transformer...
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7502652 |
Method of routing electrical current to bodily tissues via implanted passive conductors
The invention provides an implant, system and method for electrically stimulating a target tissue to either activate or block neural impulses. The implant provides a conductive pathway for a...
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7493168 |
Electrical stimulation to treat hair loss
A hair restoration apparatus includes an electrical generator configured to generate an electrical signal meeting defined characteristics. A controller in operative communication with the generator...
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7483749 |
Method of enhancing myogenesis by electrical stimulation
The present invention provides a method for enhancing regeneration of the myocardium. The method comprises the steps of applying electrical stimulation to an injury site in the myocardium. The...
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7465566 |
Regulation of genes via application of specific and selective electrical and electromagnetic signals
Methods and devices for the regulation of gene expression by cells via the application of fields generated by specific and selective electric and electromagnetic signals so as to target diseased or...
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7465546 |
Regulation of transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β) gene expression in living cells via the application of specific and selective electric and electromagnetic fields
Methods and devices are described for the regulation of Transforming Growth actor (TGF)-β1, β2, and/or β3 protein gene expression in bone cells and other tissues via the capacitive coupling or...
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7457667 |
Current producing surface for a wound dressing
In an embodiment, an article includes a primary surface, and a pattern of spaced dissimilar materials, on the primary surface. The pattern is to spontaneously produce electrical surface currents...
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7433738 |
Device for muscle stimulation
The invention relates to a device for muscle stimulation, said device comprising a pulse generator unit ( 9 ) for producing and sending an electrical stimulation pulse; a control unit ( 10 ) for...
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7429471 |
Regulation of matrix metalloproteinase gene expression using specific and selective electrical and electromagnetic signals
Methods and devices for the regulation of matrix metalloproteinase gene expression in cartilage cells via the application of fields generated by specific and selective electric and electromagnetic...
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7376467 |
Portable assemblies, systems and methods for providing functional or therapeutic neuromuscular stimulation
Neuromuscular stimulation assemblies, systems, and methods make possible the providing of short-term therapy or diagnostic testing by providing electrical connections between muscles or nerves...
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7374916 |
Regulation of aggrecan gene expression using specific and selective electrical and electromagnetic signals
Methods and devices for the regulation of aggrecan gene expression in cartilage cells via the application of fields generated by specific and selective electric and electromagnetic signals in the...
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7354748 |
Method for treating osteoarthritis and other diseases, defects and injuries of the knee joint
A method for applying therapeutic electrical signals and/or electromagnetic fields to a patient's knee for the treatment of osteoarthritis and other diseases, defects and injuries. The device that...
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7349740 |
Myocardial stimulation
In general, the invention is directed to methods for electrically stimulating transplanted biological material, such as transplanted cells, to improve the performance of the heart during systole....
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7321794 |
Method and system for treating atrial fibrillation
An atrial, anti-arrhythmia system and method are provided. The system comprises: at least two electrodes attached to the atrium for providing independently controlled stimulus through each...
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7319902 |
Method and device for electrochemical rejuvenation of skin and underlying tissue, and muscle building
A method and device are disclosed for using electrochemistry to rejuvenate skin and underlying tissue and to build and strengthen muscles by applying pulses of DC electrical charge, at a duration...
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7305269 |
Skin/hair treatment technique
A method and system of conditioning human skin and hair using a hand-held skin/hair conditioner having interchangeable interface conductors that are contoured to enhance electrical conductivity...
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7203550 |
Implantable medical device with a current generated for infection control
In a cardiac stimulating device, an infection control current is generated and applied to a subject in whom a medical device is implanted by completing a circuit including an entirely electrically...
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7199110 |
Method of treatment for spinal cord injury
Injuries to the central nervous system, particularly spinal cord injuries, are treated by administering a purine nucleoside or analog to the patient and, optionally, electrically stimulating the...
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7194316 |
Hair comb, circuitry, and method for laser and galvanic scalp treatment
A handheld head treatment device and method for reducing hair loss and stimulating hair growth by supplying current and laser light to a user's head. The device includes a current generator...
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7177695 |
Early stage wound healing using electromagnetic radiation
A device and method is disclosed for the treatment of early stage wounds, i.e. those wounds that have resulted in little or no breach of the skin tissue. The invention utilizes non-ablative laser...
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7155288 |
Method and system for myocardial infarction repair
An implantable system is provided that includes: a cell repopulation source comprising genetic material, undifferentiated and/or differentiated contractile cells, or a combination thereof capable...
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7133723 |
Device for enhancing cell metabolism
The cell enhancing device for an electrical pulse cosmetic meter, wherein the composite pulse generating device comprising an electrical pulse generating device, generating an electrical pulse...
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7130692 |
Portable electrotherapy device for treating osteoarthritis and other diseases, defects and injuries of the knee joint
A portable device for applying therapeutic electrical signals and/or electromagnetic fields to a patient's knee for the treatment of osteoarthritis and other diseases, defects and injuries. The...
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7123961 |
Stimulation of autonomic nerves
An exemplary method for stimulating an autonomic nerve that includes delivering power to, for example, an electrode at a set power level, determining whether the delivering achieved an autonomic...
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7117034 |
Apparatus and method for bioelectric stimulation, healing acceleration, pain relief, or pathogen devitalization
An method and method for generating an electrical signal for use in biomedical applications, including two timing-interval generators, each optionally driving a multistep sequencer; analog, digital...
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7110826 |
Cosmetic use alternating current wave forms and cosmetic device
A beauty device is provided that offers conditions that are appropriate for electrical stimulation that is designed to resolve wrinkling, sagging and such of skin conditions. A pair of...
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7089060 |
Methods of stimulating cell receptor activity using electromagnetic fields
A method for activating a vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptor of one or more cells includes positioning an electromagnetic field generator in proximity to a VEGF receptor such that...
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7079899 |
Wound healing with feedback control
A method of promoting the healing of a wound disposed in soft tissue and having a physical extent is disclosed, comprising the steps of providing control circuitry to control the application of...
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7041343 |
Method for providing a substrate structure for oriented neurite outgrowth, substrate structure, and device for monitoring neuron
The invention relates to a method for providing a substrate structure for oriented neurite outgrowth, wherein a basic substrate is provided, characterized in that at least one alignment layer is...
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7027860 |
Microstimulator neural prosthesis
A microstimulator or neural prosthesis is powered and operative in response to an externally applied RF signal which includes a power component and control component. A slow rise time storage...
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7020527 |
Ophthalmic treatment apparatus
An ophthalmic treatment apparatus includes an electrode which is set on a place to apply electrical stimulation to cells constituting a retina; and an electrical stimulation pulse generator which...
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7016737 |
Method and device for wound healing
A method of promoting the healing of a wound disposed in soft tissue and having a physical extent is disclosed, comprising the steps of providing control circuitry to control the application of...
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7010353 |
Non-invasive capacitively coupled electrical stimulation device for treatment of soft tissue wounds
A method for treating a soft tissue wound is provided and includes the steps of providing a signal generator in electrical communication with first and second electrodes, disposing the first and...
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6988004 |
Method for inducing angiogenesis by electrical stimulation of muscles
The present invention comprises a method for stimulating angiogenesis. The method comprises the steps of electrically stimulating muscle below the threshold for muscle contraction.
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6978173 |
Device for influencing cell-growth mechanisms in vessels of a human or animal body
A device for influencing cell-growth mechanisms in vessels, in particular blood vessels, of a human or animal body, wherein to influence the cell growth mechanisms there is provided an excitation...
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6975907 |
Apparatus and method for repair of spinal cord injury
An apparatus for stimulating regeneration and repair of damaged spinal nerves, comprising at least two electrodes placed intravertebrally near the site of spinal axon injury and delivering DC...
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6955642 |
Pulsed electromagnetic field stimulation method and apparatus with improved dosing
A noninvasive method and apparatus for treating living tissue with pulsed electromagnetic fields (PEMFs) having selectively reduced high-frequency signal components, with improved bioresponse...
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6941173 |
Method for the treatment of bedsores using electrical impulses
A method for the treatment of a sore by applying a series of voltage wave forms, including the steps of: (a) situating a pair of spaced-apart electrodes in contact with healthy tissue on opposite...
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6937905 |
Osteogenesis stimulator with digital signal processing
A stimulator and a method for electrical stimulation of bone to promote osteogenesis is disclosed in which surface electrodes positioned around an incision site transmit an interferential current...
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6892099 |
Apparatus and method for reducing subcutaneous fat deposits, virtual face lift and body sculpturing by electroporation
An apparatus and method for performing non-invasive treatment of the human face and body by electroporation in lieu of cosmetic surgery is provided. The apparatus comprises a high voltage pulse...
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6888486 |
Apparatus for producing a natural electromagnetic alternating field close to the body
An apparatus for producing a natural electromagnetic alternating field close to a user's body. The natural electromagnetic alternating field is similar to an area of pleasant weather (Sferics), to...
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6882884 |
Process for the stimulation of production of extracellular dermal proteins in human tissue
A process for the stimulation of production of extracellular dermal matrix proteins in human tissue through the simultaneous delivery of ultrasound and electrical energy thereto. In another aspect,...
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