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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 1994
Filed:
Oct. 10, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Philip S Carter, Jr, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Michael Hodges, Palo Alto, CA (US);
John P Ekstrand, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Andrew Tomlinson, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Metcal, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
219605 ; 606 28 ; 219636 ; 219609 ;
Abstract
A heater employs a ferromagnetic or like material heated by a varying magnetic field to heat the ferromagnetic material wherein the ferromagnetic material has a large cross-section comprised of many members of small cross-section insulated from one another and wherein for medical applications each member may be surrounded by a heat conductive electrically conductive coating.