ELECTRONIC APPARATUS FOR TEMPORARILY ARRESTING AT LOCAL AREAS A PATIENT'S ARTHRITIC PAIN AND THE LIKE

摘要

The present invention pertains to portable electronic apparatus which is locally applied to relieve an arthritic condition and as a treatment relieves the pain for a time period of 1 hour to 8 hours. No curative effects are claimed or anticipated by this apparatus, however, the temporary relief appears to equal or surpass local cortisone shots in joints, inflamed muscles or other arthritic afflicted areas and without the side effects of cortisone. The present apparatus preferably as a small electronic device employs a current source provided by a battery having nominally eighteen volts d.c. This current is comprised of two major frequency components and is applied to local areas and controlled so that a current of 0.8 milliamperes or less is the peak current applied and is indicated on a meter scale measuring the flow through the contacts applied at the affected part. This current flow is in one direction and is limited to 10 to 40 cycles at a 75 percent duty cycle imposed upon a current flow of between 20 kilocycles and one megacycle.