Therapeutic device for local area stimulation

A therapeutic device comprising:

• an array of points which are exposed to enable contact with a person's skin, said array of points being configured and dimensioned to restrict puncturing of said skin, each said point being metallic and being magnetically reactive;
• magnetic means located to expose each said point to a magnetic field such that magnetic exposure is generally equal among said points;
• signal means connected to apply electrical signals to each said point in said array;
• and
• field manipulation means connected to establish a time varying applied electromagnetic field at said person's skin, said field manipulation means including a plurality of switches in which different subdivisions of said points are controlled by different said switches with respect to alternative said electrical signals and with respect to enablement and disablement.

A therapeutic process comprising:

• providing an array of members in which each said member is both magnetically coupled to at least one magnetic source and electrically coupled to at least one electrical source of electrical signals, wherein each magnetic coupling to any one of said members is without dependency upon magnetic coupling to adjacent said members;
• selecting a plurality of instances of electromagnetic fields for application to a person's skin by combined operations of said magnetic and electrical sources, wherein said plurality of instances are determined to be therapeutically beneficial to said person;
• and
• operating said magnetic and electrical sources while said array of members is in contact with said person's skin such that said selected instances are implemented by variations over time.