Methods, materials, and devices for providing electrical conductivity particularly for living beings
OwnerLouis Bucaloinventor
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Abstract
Methods and devices for purposes such as nerve stimulation, according to which bodies suspended in a viscous substance are electrically conductive and engage each other so that when injected into a body they will form a reliable electrical path to a nerve, for example.
Claims17
In a method of treating a living being, the step of injecting with a syringe, into tissue of the living being, an absorbable viscous substance, in which a plurality of solid bodies are suspended to an extent sufficient to be distributed throughout the viscous substance in an amount sufficient to change the characteristics of the tissue receiving the injection, at least a portion of the bodies being non-absorbable, and at least a portion of the non-absorbable bodies being electrically conductive.
For use in the treatment of a living being, an absorbable viscous substance having suspended therein a plurality of solid bodies, and a plunger assembly, suitable for connection to an injection needle, enclosing said viscous substance and said solid bodies, at least a portion of said solid bodies being non-absorbable and at least a portion of said non-absorbable bodies being electrically conductive.
For use in the treatment of a living being, an absorbable viscous substance having suspended therein a plurality of solid bodies, and a plunger assembly, suitable for connection to an injection needle, enclosing said viscous substance and said solid bodies, an injection needle, and a screw-type fitting, which makes electrical contact to the plunger assembly, joining said injection needle to said plunger assembly, at least a portion of the bodies being non-absorbable, and at least a portion of the non-absorbable bodies being electrically conductive.
In a method for providing an electrically conductive path, the steps of situating a plurality of magnetic electrical particles in a liquid carrier, distributing the liquid carrier along a desired path, magnetizing the particles in the liquid carrier in a manner changing the same into permanent magnets which attract and contact each other, and then permitting the liquid carrier to dry so that the particles remain in the dried carrier rendering the latter conductive.
An electrical conductor comprising a body in the form of a dry carrier, and a plurality of electrical particles situated in said body, said particles being permanent magnets which attract and engage each other to provide a path of low electrical resistance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.