Electronic apparatus and method for treating human pain through application of an electrical stimulus in combination with application of a magnetic field

A medical electronic apparatus for treating human pain by application of an electrical stimulus, the apparatus comprising:

• a) an electrode complex comprising at least one electrode in contact with the body surface of a human to be treated;
• b) each electrode further comprising at least one quadrapolar magnetic flux generator having four center charged magnetic poles in alternating polarity for generating a three-dimensional flux field gradient >45 degrees <90 degrees in the “Z” axis;
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• c) power means for supplying power to activate the electrical stimulus to each electrode for the purpose of modulating C-fiber activity.

A method for treating human pain comprising the following steps:

• a) providing an electrode complex comprising at least one electrode, each electrode comprising a quadrapolar magnetic flux generator having four center charged magnetic poles in alternating polarity for generating a three dimensional flux field gradient >45 degrees <90 degrees in the “Z” axis;
• b) supplying a power means for activating and generating an electrical stimulus through each of the electrodes;
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• c) applying an electrical stimulus to the electrode complex and positioning the complex on the body surface of the human to be treated for the purpose of modulating C-fiber activity and blocking peripheral generated pain when the electrical stimulus is applied to the electrical complex.