Patent ID: 8147395

Claim:
A method of increasing bone mass throughout the body of a user, the method comprising: obtaining a distributor comprising a blanket containing a plurality of coils, each coil configured to conduct electrical current and generate an electromagnetic field in response thereto; obtaining a controller comprising a processor and a memory device, operably connected to one another, the memory device storing code executable by the processor; selecting a source of electrical current; connecting the source to the controller; retiring, by a user, to a nightly bed of the user to sleep for a night; positioning the blanket over the user in the nightly bed; delivering, after the retiring and positioning, electrical current to the plurality of coils, and controlling, by the controller in accordance with the code, the delivering of electrical current sequentially and exclusively to each coil of the plurality of coils to generate an electro magnetic field extending therethrough and into the user.