Patent ID: 7662115

Claim:
A method for non-invasively stimulating a bone segment to be treated, the bone segment having a length, the method comprising applying a stimulating device to such bone segment, such method comprising: (a) coupling a first restraint having a first perimeter, as part of a first part of the stimulating device, to the bone segment at a first location; (b) coupling a second restraint having a second perimeter, as a second part of the stimulating device, to the bone segment at a second different location and in opposing relationship with the first restraint; (c) connecting the first restraint and the second restraint to each other, using at least first, second, and third connectors, as parts of the stimulating device, the first, second, and third connectors being spaced about the first and second perimeters of the first and second restraints, and thus about a corresponding perimeter of such bone segment to be treated; and (d) applying vibrational energy to the stimulating device, thereby applying vibrational energy across such length of such bone segment.