The Methodist Hospital

Kumar Pichumani

Santosh Anand Helekar

David S Baskin

Martyn Alun Sharpe

David Stuart Baskin

To disrupt mitochondrial function in certain cells, controlling hardware causes a magnet to oscillate so as to generate an oscillating magnetic field. The oscillating magnetic field is applied to a volume of tissue including cells with degraded mitochondria to trigger apoptosis in the cells with degraded mitochondria.

Method and apparatus for oncomagnetic treatment

The disclosure provides methods of cancer treatment and apparatus and, more particularly, to non-invasive cancer treatments utilizing oscillating magnetic fields to disrupt mitochondrial function or induce apoptosis or another mechanism of cell death in cancer cells. The disclosure also provides a device for providing an OMF treatment to a subject.

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Sugar Land, TX, United States of America

Kumar Pichumani