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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...
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...
7431734 Implanted prosthetic device  
An orthopedic device adapted for implantation into a body where it contacts bone tissue is disclosed which has at least one spaced apart polarized magnetic element, at least one piezoelectric...
7206638 Electrical current induced inhibition of bone growth  
A method and device is disclosed for inhibiting bone growth, including inducing epiphysiodesis or hemiepiphysiodesis, using electrical current. The device includes a power source and one or a...
7177696 Multiple selectable field/current-voltage pads having individually powered and controlled cells  
A method and apparatus for speeding the healing process of soft tissues, bone fractures, cancerous tissue, nerve pathways and other body tissues wherein a portable base comprising a plurality of...
7167753 Device and method for electrically inducing osteogenesis in the spine  
A technique and associated device for stimulating multiple electrodes with multiple electrical signals in multiple regions of the spine without injury to the patient. The electrodes are applied to...
7158835 Device for treating osteoporosis, hip and spine fractures and fusions with electric fields  
A technique and device for preventing and/or treating osteoporosis, hip and spine fractures, and/or spine fusions by incorporating at least one conductive coil ( 110 ) into a garment ( 90 ) adapted...
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...
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...
7022506 Method and device for treating osteoarthritis, cartilage disease, defects and injuries in the human knee  
A method of determining the voltage and current output required for the application of specific and selective electric and electromagnetic signals to diseased articular cartilage in the treatment...
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...
6839595 PEMF stimulator for treating osteoporosis and stimulating tissue growth  
A method for providing electromagnetic therapy to a patient includes placing the patient in proximity to an electromagnetic therapy apparatus. The electromagnetic therapy apparatus includes an...
6778861 Bone screw comprising a device for electrostimulation  
Bone screw ( 10 a ) having a hollow, tubular shaft ( 12 a ) consisting of metal, such as titanium, the shaft having a head ( 14 a ) at one end and a self-tapping external thread ( 18 a ) at the...
6678562 Combined tissue/bone growth stimulator and external fixation device  
A combined tissue/bone growth stimulator and external fixation device is provided to aid in the treatment of fractures, osteotomies, soft tissue injuries, and reconstructive surgery and to reduce...
6675048 Electro-medical device for use with biologics  
A multi-functional portable electro-medical device provides interferential current stimulation to promote bone growth. Two electrical signals are applied to a target area, each electrical signal...
6627230 Method of preparing a bone product by removing cancellous bone matrix  
A method and apparatus for preparing a bone product are provided. The method includes contacting an interior section of a cylindrical bone portion with a high pressure fluid medium such as at least...
6607500 Integrated cast and muscle stimulation system  
The present invention is a device that allows electrical stimulation to an anatomical site that is covered by a cast. The electrode is applied to achieve a desired physiological response (e.g.,...
6605089 Apparatus and method for the delivery of electrical current for interbody spinal arthrodesis  
An electrical bone growth promotion apparatus and method for the delivery of electrical current to an implant surgically implanted within the intervertebral space between two adjacent vertebrae of...
6547794 Method for fusing bone during endoscopy procedures  
A method of fusing or welding bone in vivo and in a fluid medium, comprising: harvesting a piece of autologous implant bone; treating the implant bone and/or a receiving bone to expose organic...
6535767 Apparatus and method for bioelectric stimulation, healing acceleration and pain relief  
An apparatus for generating an electrical signal for use in biomedical applications, including two timing blocks for generating timing intervals T 1 -T 7 , an interconnection block for combining...
6322527 Apparatus for ultrasonic bone treatment  
The apparatus is used for therapeutically treating injuries using ultrasound. The present invention may include a therapeutic ultrasonic composite comprising a transducer and an integrated circuit...
6292699 Direct current stimulation of spinal interbody fixation device  
A spinal fusion stimulator comprising an interbody fusion cage or other interbody fixation device adapted to be implanted in the intervertebral disc space of a patient's spine, the interbody fusion...
6112122 Preformed extendable mesh cathode for implantable bone growth stimulator  
An implantable bone growth stimulator comprising an electrical signal generator having an anode connected thereto along with a prefabricated flexible wire mesh cathode that is extendable to at...
6061597 Method and device for healing bone fractures  
Methods for healing bone fractures are provided. The methods as provided herein involve the application of resonant frequency stimulation to promote fracture healing and also to diagnose status of...
6034295 Implantable device having an internal electrode for stimulating growth of tissue  
Implantable device, such as a femoral head prosthesis, with a body (12) of biocompatible material shaped to suit its medical function, which forms an internal cavity (16) and has open apertures...
5792209 Osteoporosis-relief device  
An apparatus provides relief from osteoporosis, through either prevention of its development or reversal of its presence, by utilizing a light-weight portable low intensity, low frequency...
5788976 Method for effecting bone repair  
A method is provided for the repair of a bone defect in a patient which employs a bone growth-stimulating composition derived from healthy cancellous bone.
5782875 Method of preventing osteoporosis  
Disclosed herein is a method for preventing osteoporosis in a human patient by contacting the patient with an electromagnetic (EM) capture and generator device for a time effective for preventing...
5766231 Implantable growth tissue stimulator and method of operation  
A hand-held programmer/monitor (500) for programming and monitoring an implantable tissue growth stimulator (10) is provided. The stimulator (10) includes circuitry (46) for implementing selected...
5738521 Method for accelerating osseointegration of metal bone implants using electrical stimulation  
A method and apparatus for accelerating osseointegration of titanium implants in bone to anchor a prosthetic or dental device thereon in which an alternating electric signal of symmetrical wave...
5735810 Device for the iontophoretic administration of bisphosphonates  
The present invention relates to a method and device for the iontophoretic delivery of a therapeutic dose range of bisphosphonate to be delivered to a patient over a period of lime to prevent the...
5730715 Method for the iontophoretic administration of bisphosphonates  
A method for preventing the onset or advancement of osteoporosis or other metabolic bone disorders in a patient by iontophoretically administering to the patient an effective amount of a...
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...
5520612 Acoustic system for bone-fracture therapy  
A transducer for non-invasive transcutaneous transmission of pulsed ultrahigh-frequency acoustic radiation, in body tissue and/or fluids adjacent a bone fracture is "on target" when a fraction of...
5496256 Ultrasonic bone healing device for dental application  
Non-invasive apparatus for accelerating the process of jawbone healing and regeneration, reattachment of traumatically loosened teeth to the jawbone, or osseointegration of implants in a patient,...
RE35129 Optimization of bone formation at cathodes  
A method including applying varying signals to a first electrode at the tissue site and a second electrode remote from the tissue site and monitoring the results to determine a distinctive...
5458627 Electrochemically controlled faradic stimulation of osteogenesis  
Invented are methods and an apparatus for faradic stimulation of osteogenesis by control of electrochemical reactions through maintenance of a stimulus between a cathode and anode yielding only...
5458558 Method for controlling tissue growth with an applied fluctuating magnetic field  
An apparatus and method for regulating tissue growth in vivo are provided. The apparatus includes a magnetic field generator and a magnetic field detector for producing a controlled, fluctuating,...
5441527 Implantable bone growth stimulator and method of operation  
A method for the therapeutic stimulation of bone growth of a bone site is disclosed comprising the steps of implanting first and second electrodes into the tissue near the base site. The electrodes...
5415617 Applicator coil for magnetic field therapy  
Applicator coil for an electromagnetic therapy apparatus, which has substantially the form of a zone of a sphere deformed into an oval and which is suited above all to rendering a low frequency...
5413596 Digital electronic bone growth stimulator  
A device for stimulating bone tissue by applying a low level alternating current signal directly to the patient's skin. A crystal oscillator, a binary divider chain and digital logic gates are used...
5393296 Method for the medical treatment of pathologic bone  
The invention relates to a method for stimulating bone growth in a mammal. The method comprises the step of exposing a bone zone where bone growth is to occur to cavitation for bringing forth...
5350351 Medical treatment installation having an imaging system and a therapy field transmitter for treating a subject  
A medical treatment installation having an imaging system and a transmitter which generates a focused therapy field, such as focused shockwaves, for treating a pathology in a region of a patient...
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)...
5318561 Deformable magnetic field aiding coils for use in controlling tissue growth  
An apparatus and method for regulating the growth of living tissue are provided. The apparatus includes a deformable magnetic field generator and a magnetic field detector for producing a...
5304210 Apparatus for distributed bone growth stimulation  
Apparatus for promoting healing in a bony structure having an injury is provided. A bone graft is positioned directly on a conductive mesh frame, which is placed over the bone injury site. A...
5269745 Method and apparatus for controlling tissue growth with an applied fluctuating magnetic field  
An apparatus and method for regulating tissue growth in vivo are provided. The apparatus includes a magnetic field generator and a magnetic field detector for producing a controlled, fluctuating,...
5217011 Method and apparatus for transdermal communication  
A transdermal communication apparatus and method is disclosed which utilizes a Hall Effect sensor to be implanted within a body and which acts to receive communication transmissions from an...
5217009 Compact biomedical pulsed signal generator for bone tissue stimulation  
An apparatus for stimulating bone tissue for stimulating bone growth or treating osteoporosis by applying directly to the skin of the patient an alternating current electrical signal comprising...
5211160 Ultrasonic orthopedic treatment head and body-mounting means therefor  
The invention contemplates an improved strap or bandage mounting of a socket element for removably engaged coupling of an ultrasonic transducer element to an afflicted limb. In a preferred...
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