Electrolytic substance infusion device
First Claim
1. A portable hand-held device for treating an illness or infection of tissue of a body, the device comprising:
- a housing;
a metal ion source mounted on the exterior of the housing which is directly contactable with the tissue;
a conducting surface mounted on the exterior of the housing which is contactable with the user;
an automatically controlled and modulated field electrically connected to the metal ion source and the conducting surface automatically activated upon the metal ion source contacting the tissue and the conducting surface contacting the user;
wherein an electric field is created between the metal ion source and the conducting surface through the body such that the electric field causes the metal ion source to be ionized and perfuse metal ions into the tissue.
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Abstract
A portable, self-contained hand-held device for treating an illness or infection of tissue of a body is provided. The device comprises an integrally mounted metal ion source contactable with the tissue with an antimicrobial substance on at least a portion of the metal ion source. A conducting surface is contactable with the user. An automatically controlled and modulated field electrically is connected to the metal ion source and the conducting surface with the control system creating an electric field between the metal ion source and the conducting surface through the body wherein the antimicrobial substance is ionized upon application of the electric field thereby profusing the substance into the infected tissue. In another embodiment, a bandage is provided for adhering to the skin of the user.
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Citations
21 Claims
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1. A portable hand-held device for treating an illness or infection of tissue of a body, the device comprising:
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a housing;
a metal ion source mounted on the exterior of the housing which is directly contactable with the tissue;
a conducting surface mounted on the exterior of the housing which is contactable with the user;
an automatically controlled and modulated field electrically connected to the metal ion source and the conducting surface automatically activated upon the metal ion source contacting the tissue and the conducting surface contacting the user;
wherein an electric field is created between the metal ion source and the conducting surface through the body such that the electric field causes the metal ion source to be ionized and perfuse metal ions into the tissue. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A completely self-contained disposable bandage device for treating an illness or infection of tissue of a body, the bandage device comprising:
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an adhesive strip;
a metal ion source mounted on the adhesive strip which is directly contactable with the tissue when the adhesive strip is secured to a user;
a conducting surface mounted on the adhesive strip which is contactable with the user when the adhesive strip is secured to the user;
an automatically controlled and modulated field electrically generating system attached to the adhesive strip and connected to the metal ion source and the conducting surface which is automatically activated upon the metal ion source contacting the tissue and the conducting surface contacting the user skin proximate the tissue;
wherein an electric field is created between the metal ion source and the conducting surface through the body such that the electric field causes the metal ion source to be ionized and perfuse metal ions into the tissue. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of infusing an antimicrobial metal ion into tissue of a body, the method comprising:
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providing at least an antimicrobial metal ion source;
providing a contact surface;
contacting the tissue with metal ion source and the contact surface;
ionizing the antimicrobial metal ion source; and
infusing the antimicrobial metal ions into the tissue applying an adhesive to the device to form a bandage strip and releasably securing the bandage strip to the tissue such that the antimicrobial metal ion source is in direct contact therewith. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. A portable hand-held device for treating an illness or infection of tissue of a body at a selected dose and dose rate of metal ions, the device comprising:
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a housing with a visual indicator light thereon;
a metal ion source mounted on the housing which is directly contactable with the tissue;
a conducting surface mounted on the housing which is contactable with the user;
an automatically controlled and modulated field electrically connected to the metal ion source and the conducting surface automatically activated upon the metal ion source contacting the tissue and the conducting surface contacting the user;
wherein an electric field is created between the metal ion source and the conducting surface through the body such that the electric field causes the metal ion source to be ionized and perfuse metal ions into the tissue and activate the indicator light only upon determining that the selected dose and dose rate of metal ions is correct. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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