Patent ID: 7601114

Claim:
A method of increasing tissue repair in a mammalian body part comprising: encompassing the mammalian body part with an apparatus for enhancing tissue repair, said apparatus comprising a sleeve for encircling a portion of a mammalian body part, said sleeve comprising an electrically conductive coil capable of generating an electromagnetic field when an electrical current is applied thereto, means for supporting the sleeve on the mammalian body part; and means for supplying the electrically conductive coil with a square wave time varying electrical current sufficient to create a time varying electromagnetic force of from approximately 0.05 gauss to 0.5 gauss within the interior of the coil; and generating a time varying electromagnetic force of from approximately 0.05 gauss to 0.5 gauss on the mammalian body part by applying a time varying electrical current to the coil for a time period sufficient to enhance tissue regeneration within the body part at a rate in excess of the normal tissue regeneration rate that would occur without application of the time varying electromagnetic force.