Patent ID: 7963904
Filing Date: 2011-06-21
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. An electromagnetic treatment device for treating the body of a living creature via an electromagnetic field generated using electricity from a power source, comprising: an induction coil for creating an electromagnetic field in a selected part of the body; and a switching device having an input for receiving operating power from the power source and having an output connected to said induction coil to provide electrical power to said induction coil, said switching device providing said induction coil with current pulses to thereby produce a pulsed magnetic field extending through said induction coil, wherein said switching device includes circuitry that is switched between conductive and non-conductive states and that, during at least one transition between said states, generates said current pulses such that they include current fluctuations similar to those of an arc discharge, including higher frequency components of sufficient magnitude to cause said pulsed magnetic field to exhibit a complex waveform that includes multiple frequency components representative of said current fluctuations.