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Electrolytic substance infusion device

  • US 6,738,662 B1
  • Filed: 11/21/2000
  • Issued: 05/18/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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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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