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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2019
Applicant:
The Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Santosh Anand Helekar, Sugar Land, TX (US);
David Stuart Baskin, Houston, TX (US);
Martyn Alun Sharpe, Houston, TX (US);
Kumar Pichumani, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Assignee:
THE METHODIST HOSPITAL, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 2/00 (2006.01); A61K 31/19 (2006.01); A61K 31/20 (2006.01); A61N 2/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 2/002 (2013.01); A61K 31/19 (2013.01); A61K 31/20 (2013.01); A61N 2/004 (2013.01); A61N 2/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
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.