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Device for treating osteoporosis, hip and spine fractures and fusions with electric fields

  • US 20050228462A1
  • Filed: 07/10/2002
  • Published: 10/13/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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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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