Device for enhancing mandibular bone growth
AssigneeKing Saud University
InventorsAfnan Mohammad Alassiri, Ali Mohamed Eltamaly, Ali Awad Alrahlah
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Abstract
A device for enhancing mandibular bone growth can include left and right head modules, a headband linking the left and right head modules and supporting the head modules, at least one transmitter circuit fixed to respective left and right head modules, left and right electrodes configured for receiving the transmitted electromagnetic field, and left and right transmitter antenna rods fixed to the left and right electrodes for receiving signals from the transmitter. The transmitter circuit can include a power supply, a driver, and at least one transmitter capable of transmitting an electromagnetic field for transmission to the patient's mandible.
Claims8
A device for enhancing mandibular bone growth, comprising:
- left and right head modules;
- a headband linking the left and right head modules, the head band being configured to be worn on the head of a user;
- at least one transmitter circuit fixed to respective ones of the left and right head modules, the transmitter circuit comprising a power supply, a driver and at least one transmitter for transmitting an electromagnetic field;
- left and right electrodes connected to respective left and right head modules, the electrodes being configured for receiving the transmitted electromagnetic field;
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- left and right transmitter antenna rods fixed to the respective left and right head modules and configured for receiving signals through the respective electrodes from the transmitter, and transmitting the received signals from the transmitter to the patient's mandible as an external electromagnetic field for absorption by the patient's mandible.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.