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US 6,712,753 B2Granted
Electromagnetically induced anesthesia and sensory stimulation
OwnerJoseph Manneinventor
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Abstract
Sensory stimulation and sensory anesthesia are induced by means of a device which creates a time varying magnetic field which, in turn, creates an electric field in a direction parallel to the nerve and at the nerve so as to cause either depolarization leading to an action potential and subsequent sensory stimulation or hyperpolarization and subsequent blockade of nerve impulses which causes sensory anesthesia.
Claims12
A method for sensory stimulation or sensory blockage in a patient comprising the steps of:
- creating a time varying magnetic field with a plurality of magnetic flux generators each positioned completely external to said patient and oriented to the same neural tissue, said time varying magnetic field resulting in an electric field which creates one or more regions of hyperpolarization or depolarization along said neural tissue, for as long as required to produce a continuous blockage or stimulation of said neural tissue, said regions of depolarization causing the propagation of a sensor neural impulse and said regions of hyperpolarization being of sufficient magnitude to block the propagation of nerve impulses in said neural tissue preventing retrograde sensory conduction or producing sensory anesthesia.
A system consisting of
- a plurality of magnetic flux generators, said magnetic flux generators being configured so that the effect is to produce continuous blockade of one or more than on nerves.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.