Patent ID: 8137259
Filing Date: 2012-03-20
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. A method for treating an animal 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, 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 when the very low power electromagnetic coil pair is energized from a pulse generator, the very low power electromagnetic coil pair receives 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 generating having leading edges, trailing edges, or both, wherein each edge slew rate is at least 200 kiloGauss/second (kG/s) for at least a duration from 0.1 microsecond to 1000 microseconds without forming a sine shaped pulse wave; 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 animal tissue and perform a member of the group consisting of: