Method and device for electrochemically building of muscle
OwnerGregory C. O'Kellyinventor
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Abstract
A method and device are disclosed for using electrochemistry to build and strengthen muscles by applying pulses of DC electrical charge, at a duration in the range of about 0.2 to about 1 millisecond and a frequency of at least 1000 Hertz, to the skin by means of an anodic probe overlying the motor endplate regions/neuromuscular junctions of the muscle at such a strength to cause the muscle to twitch or only slightly contract with each pulse. The DC is applied at current amplitude of from about 5 to about 25 milliamperes, and a voltage in the range of about 50 to about 120 volts. A DC power source is used to deliver the electrical charge, preferably of at least 3 watts.
Claims14
A method of building muscle through the use of electrochemistry, comprising selectively touching the skin overlying the motor endplate regions/neuromuscular junctions of the muscle with an anodic probe connected to a source of direct current power, for a treatment time in the range of about 1 second to about 8 seconds per treatment, and generating pulses at a current amplitude of from 5 to 25 milliamperes, a voltage in the range of about 50 to about 120 volts, a pulse duration in the range of about 0.2 to about 1 millisecond and at a frequency of at least 1000 Hertz.
A method of building muscle through the use of electrochemistry, comprising the steps of:
- placing a transcutaneous cathode anywhere on the user's body that covers an area of at least 9 square inches of body of the user and consisting of a corrosive metal;
- selectively touching an area equivalent to at least about three-quarters of an inch in diameter of the skin overlying the motor endplate region with an anodic probe connected to a source of direct current power, for treatment times in the range of about 1 second to about 8 seconds per site at least two times a week, and generating pulses at a current amplitude of from 5 to 25 milliamperes, a voltage in the range of about 50 to about 120 volts, a pulse duration in the range of about 0.2 to about 1 millisecond and at a frequency of at least 1000 Hertz.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.