Apparatus for equine hoof treatment
First Claim
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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Abstract
The invention contemplates a boot removably adapted for attachment to an engine hoof and carrying at least one multi-turn electrical coil which effectively surrounds at least the bottom of the hoof. A pulse generator and power source are self-contained in a housing carried at the back side of the boot, with provision for electrically exciting the coil with a succession of therapeutically beneficial low-voltage unidirectional asymmetrical pulses.
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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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6. 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, a single multi-turn electrical coil carried by said upper portion, the turns of said coil conforming generally to the outer contour of said upper portion and being in vertically spaced progression to substantially the vertical extent of said upper portion, 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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