Patent ID: 9550067
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: A61N

Claim:
1. A system for eliminating or reducing foot pain or both foot and ankle pain of a patient, the system comprising: an electrical pulse generator for producing a series of electrical current pulses and having a peak current pulse amplitude of between 500 to 10,000 Amperes; and a magnetic coil system formed in the general shape of a sneaker which is open in a region of a patient's toes with the coil system being electrically connected to the electrical pulse generator, the magnetic coil system adapted for insertion therein of a patient's foot and ankle, the electrical current pulses flowing through the magnetic coil formed of an electrically conducting coil of wire surrounding said patient's foot and ankle being capable of creating magnetic pulses having a peak amplitude of at least 0.3 Tesla within the patient's foot and ankle that, in turn, create electrical currents within the patient's foot and ankle, these electrical currents having a capability of decreasing pain experienced by the patient in a foot and an ankle of said patient, said electrically conducting coil of wire formed of coil sections, each of said coil sections defining an interior cross-sectional area wherein said interior cross-sectional area of said coil sections increases between an area adjacent to said patient's toes to an area adjacent said ankle of said patient, and the coil sections situated beneath the patient's foot being substantially straight wires situated in a transverse direction underneath the patient's foot to generally conform to generally straight surfaces that exist underneath the patient's foot in a direction which generally extends in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction which is along the length of the patient's foot.