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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2010
Applicants:
Robert M. Unetich, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
James Hanlon, South Park, PA (US);
Inventors:
Robert M. Unetich, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
James Hanlon, South Park, PA (US);
Assignee:
ReGear Life Sciences, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An applicator supplying RF power for therapeutic diathermic treatment of a patient includes a radiation shielding device for shielding the applicator against misapplication of radiation to objects in the surroundings and unintended areas of the patient's body, and a coupling device for electrically coupling the radiation shielding device to at least one point of the body of a patient in a low impedance manner that reduces the potential drop from the grounded radiation shield to the body tissue.