Claims
- 1. A device for reactively applying to a body site, a varying electrical energy field developed from originating energy source for stimulating repair or growth of tissue or bone structure in the body:
- Means for developing a varying electrical energy field and for reactively applying said field to a body site;
- Means for detecting the applied field and for producing a signal representative of the field;
- Means responsive to said signal representation from said detecting means for controlling said field;
- Electrical pulse generating circuit means coupled to said field applying means for feeding pulses of current to said field applying means for developing a pulsating field;
- Said field controlling means comprising circuit means coupled to said pulse generating circuit means responsive to the signal from said detecting means for controlling the width of the current pulses; and
- Said circuit means for controlling the pulsed width includes an integrator circuit means coupled to said field detecting means for integrating the electrical signal from field detecting means, comparator circuit means coupled to the output of said integrator circuit means for producing an output signal when the integrator output reaches a prescribed level, and circuit means responsive to the comparator means output signal coupled to said current pulse generating circuit for terminating the current pulses.
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 943,542, filed Dec. 17, 1986, now abandoned, which is a division of application Ser. No. 591,476, filed Mar. 20, 1984, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,654,574, which is a division of Ser. No. 509,830, filed June 29, 1983, now abandoned.
US Referenced Citations (4)
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Divisions (2)
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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