Current Delivery Systems, Apparatuses and Methods

摘要

In part, the disclosure relates to an electromagnetic current displacement apparatus that includes one or more magnetic field sources and an alternating current source. The apparatus includes current delivery electrodes that may be part of a cuff, a hand held device, or individual electrode pads suitable for temporary fixation to skin. In one embodiment, an alternating current is transcutaneously delivered using skin contacting electrodes sized and arranged to avoid hotspots and provide a uniform delivery of the current. In turn, current attractors and repulsors can be arranged on the skin or in a suitable device to push or pull sections of the current that is disposed below such elements. Magnetic fields can be applied and focused to the regions through which the current passes, effectively pushing the current deeper into a target region below the surface of the skin.

主权项

1. An electrical energy delivery apparatus comprising:
a control system comprising a user interface; an alternating current source comprising a current output, the alternating current source in electrical communication with the control system; a first electrode in electrical communication with the current output; a second electrode disposed a distance d from the first electrode; and a first magnetic field source comprising a first magnetic field output, the first magnetic field source in electrical communication with the control system, the first magnetic field source disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode.