Patent ID: 8137258
Filing Date: 2012-03-20
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. A method for treating a person having a tissue injury, tissue degeneration, an idiopathic pain, a cellular dysfunction of a tissue, or a dysfunction of an extracellular matrix of a tissue, wherein the method comprises: a. disposing a first electromagnetic coil proximate to a second electromagnetic coil and forming a very low power electromagnetic coil pair; b. placing a tissue proximate to the very low power electromagnetic coil pair; c. orienting the first electromagnetic coil and the second electromagnetic coil so that the very low power electromagnetic coil pair is energized from a pulse generator connected to the very low power electromagnetic coil pair using a plurality of shaped electromagnetic pulses, and wherein each shaped electromagnetic pulse is shaped over time to approximate a member of the group: a trapezoid, a polygon, a triangle, a Gaussian function; a Dirac delta function, or combinations thereof; and wherein the shaped electromagnetic pulses are generated having leading edges, trailing edges or both, wherein each edge slew rate is at least 200 kiloGauss/second for at least a duration from 0.1 microseconds to 1000 microseconds; and d. generating at least one pulse blast, each pulse blast having at least one pulse, from the very low power electromagnetic coil pair, enabling the very low power electromagnetic coil pair to affect human tissue and perform a member of the group consisting of: