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Apparatus for equine hoof treatment

  • US 4,456,001 A
  • Filed: 07/02/1982
  • Issued: 06/26/1984
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/02/1982
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An electromagnetic body-treatment device for surgically non-invasive modification of the growth repair and maintenance behavior of living tissues and/or cells within an equine hoof by a specific and selective change in electrical environment, comprising a boot of magnetically transparent material and having a relatively stiff sole portion and a relatively flexible upper portion peripherally connected to the sole portion, the upper portion being shaped for removable conforming application to hoof side contour, the bottom of said sole portion being characterized by an integral downward projection of horseshoe shape and with a multi-turn electrical coil embedded in the horseshoe region of said sole portion, the turns of said coil being generally in the horizontal plane of said sole portion and defining a magnetically transparent included area in substantial conformance with that of the bottom area of the hoof, whereby said coil is poised to establish an upstanding axis of symmetry of magnetic-flux concentration in the hoof, and self-contained means carried by said boot and connected to said coil for electrically exciting said coil with a succession of low-voltage unidirectional asymmetrical pulses.

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