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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2000
Steven R. Frank, Golden, CO (US);
Other;
Abstract
A portable, self-contained hand-held device for treating an illness or infection of tissue of a body is provided. The device comprises an integrally mounted metal ion source contactable with the tissue with an antimicrobial substance on at least a portion of the metal ion source. A conducting surface is contactable with the user. An automatically controlled and modulated field electrically is connected to the metal ion source and the conducting surface with the control system creating an electric field between the metal ion source and the conducting surface through the body wherein the antimicrobial substance is ionized upon application of the electric field thereby profusing the substance into the infected tissue. In another embodiment, a bandage is provided for adhering to the skin of the user.