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Method for preventing and treating osteoporosis in a living body by using electrical stimulation non-invasively

US4467808A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 17, 1982
Grant dateAug 28, 1984
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Expiry dateSep 17, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61N1/326
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Osteoporosis in a living body prevented and/or treated by applying electrodes non-invasively to a body and supplying to the electrodes an AC signal of about 5-15 volts peak-to-peak at a frequency of about 20-100 KHz to cause a treatment current to flow in a body region affected or likely to be affected by osteoporosis.

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