Patent ID: 6447499
Filing Date: 2002-09-10
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
A method of treating a person's body having a disease condition, the disease condition responding to a least some degree to treatment with a therapeutic agent, the therapeutic agent being nonmagnetic and biologically active against the disease condition for a period of time, the method comprising the steps of:(a) administering the therapeutic agent to the person's body; and (b) exposing at least a portion of the person's body to a polarizing static field for at least a portion of the time that the therapeutic agent is biologically active against the disease condition; wherein the polarizing static field comprises a magnetostatic field; wherein said step (b) further comprises the steps of: actuating a magnetic element; including the magnetic element in a treatment element; and placing the treatment element in a location such that the portion of the person's body is exposed to a magnetostatic field generated by the magnetic element; and wherein the treatment element comprises a plurality of permanently magnetized elements arranged such that magnetic poles of a same type point in a substantially same direction.