Patent ID: 8500619

Claim:
A method of oscillating or vibrating tissue or other matter target site within a living body, comprising the steps of: providing an object into which a ferromagnetic or ferrimagnetic material has been rigidly incorporated to render the object susceptible to the attractive effects of at least one magnetic field; disposing the object at a specific location within the body, so that during application of a magnetic signal from at least one magnetic field generator, the object is in direct contact with the tissue or other matter target site to be oscillated or vibrated; disposing a magnetic field generator configured to be adjacent and external to the living body, with no physical connection to the object, where the magnetic field generator generates an oscillating magnetic field which induces a macroscopic mechanical oscillating or vibrating motion in the object; and adjusting at least one amplitude or frequency of an alternating current applied to the magnetic field generator, whereby macroscopic mechanical oscillation or vibration in the object is sufficient to permanently alter a physical structure of the tissue or other matter target site.