Magnetic assembly having inner and outer magnets for therapeutic purposes

A magnetic assembly for applying a magnetic field to the body of a human or animal a subject, in which the assembly includes:

• an inner magnetic body (1) having opposing magnetic poles disposed at respective first and second faces (2, 3) of said body (1);
• a housing (4) of ferrous metal which forms a magnetic shield around the inner magnetic body, enclosing the second face (3) thereof, said housing having an end face (7) continuously surrounding the first face (2) of the inner magnetic body;
• and
• a ring magnet (8) which surrounds the housing (4), said ring magnet having opposing magnetic poles disposed at respective first and second faces (9, 10) of said ring magnet, with the first face (9) of said ring magnet surrounding the end face (7) of the housing;
• the arrangement being such that the end face (7) of the housing (4) is proximate to the respective first faces (2, 9) of the inner magnetic body (1) and the ring magnet (8), such that said first face (2) of the inner magnetic body, said end face (7) of the housing, and said first face of the ring magnet together form a magnetically active surface of the assembly for placement adjacent to the body of a subject.