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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 16, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ted G Yuen, Los Angeles, CA (US);
William F Agnew, Altadena, CA (US);
Douglas B McCreery, Pasadena, CA (US);
Leo A Bullara, Glendora, CA (US);
Marylou Ingram, Pasadena, CA (US);
Assignee:
Huntingdon Medical Research Institutes, Pasadena, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
607 74 ; 128898 ;
Abstract
The invention is a method of attracting lymphocytes to at least one desired location in the body of a patient for a therapeutic purpose (e.g., treating infection or inflammation, killing tumor cells, etc.), the method comprising contacting the desired location with one or more electrodes and stimulating the tissue with current at an intesity below that which will physically damage the cells, yet sufficient to attract lymphocytes.