Device for treating osteoporosis, hip and spine fractures and fusions with electric fields
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1. A method of preventing and/or treating osteoporosis, bone fracture, and/or bone fusion in a patient, comprising the steps of:
- incorporating at least one conductive coil into a garment adapted to be worn adjacent the patient'"'"'s skin, whereby the garment, when worn, causes the coil to be located over a treatment area of the patient; and
applying an electrical signal to the coil effective to produce a magnetic flux that penetrates the treatment area so as to produce an electric field in the treatment area effective to treat osteoporosis, fracture and/or fusion of bones of the treatment area.
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Abstract
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 to be worn adjacent to the patient'"'"'s skin over a treatment area and applying an electrical signal to the coil effective to produce a magnetic flux the penetrates the treatment area so as to produce an electric field in the bones and the treatment area.
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25 Claims
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1. A method of preventing and/or treating osteoporosis, bone fracture, and/or bone fusion in a patient, comprising the steps of:
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incorporating at least one conductive coil into a garment adapted to be worn adjacent the patient'"'"'s skin, whereby the garment, when worn, causes the coil to be located over a treatment area of the patient; and
applying an electrical signal to the coil effective to produce a magnetic flux that penetrates the treatment area so as to produce an electric field in the treatment area effective to treat osteoporosis, fracture and/or fusion of bones of the treatment area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for preventing and/or treating osteoporosis, bonefracture, and/or bone fusion in a patient, comprising:
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a garment adapted to be worn adjacent the patient'"'"'s skin, said garment including at least one conductive coil incorporated therein such that, when worn, the coil is located over a treatment area of the patient; and
a portable signal generating device that generates an electrical signal for application to the coil to produce a magnetic flux that penetrates the treatment area so as to produce an electric field in the bones of the treatment area effective to treat osteoporosis, bone fracture and/or bone fusion of bones of the treatment area. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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