Optimization of bone formation at cathodes
US5056518A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 2, 1990 |
| Grant date | Oct 15, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 2, 2010 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61N1/326
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method including applying varying signals to a first electrode at the tissue site and a second electrode remote from the tissue site and monitoring the results to determine a distinctive transition in the current-voltage characteristics of the electrode pair. A signal is then selected and applied to the electrodes to operate beyond the transition. Periodically, a varying signal is applied to the electrodes and the monitoring process reperformed to determine a new transition and an appropriate signal is selected to operate beyond the transition.
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