Active bandage suitable for applying pulsed radio-frequencies or microwaves to the skin for medical purposes
US6463336B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 1, 1999 |
| Grant date | Oct 8, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 1, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61N1/40
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An active RF or microwave bandage, that incorporates any of various disclosed configurations of pliable planar microstrip or slotline antenna structures, is conformable to a selected area of the skin of a patient for use in therapeutically treating soft tissue of the patient underlying the selected area with pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) energy of a given frequency radiated from the planar antenna structure. The PEMF energy is supplied to the planar antenna structure by means including a PEMF generator (which generator may be a miniaturized portable generator employing a battery power supply that permits the patient being treated to be ambulatory).
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