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Unlted States Patent [19] [11] Patent Number: 5,450,859

Litovitz [45] Date of Patent: Sep. 19, 1995

[54] PROTECHON 0F LIVING SYSTEMS FROM [58] Field of Search .................................... .. 600/9-15;
ADVERSE EFFECTS OF ELECTRIC, 128/897-899
MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC . .
FIELDS Przmary Examiner-Lee S. Cohen
Assistant Examiner-John P. Lacyk
[75] Inventor: Theodore A. Litovitz, Annapolis, Md. Attorney Agent, 0" Firmcushman Darby & Cushman
[73] Assignee: The Catholic University of America, [57] ABSTRACT
Washington, DC, The disclosed embodiments of the inventions disclosed
in this application develop a protection electric, mag
[21] APPL NO-I 88,034 netic or electromagnetic ?eld or ?elds which are either
superimposed upon an ambient ?eld which is detrimen
[22] Filed: Jul. 6, 1993 tal to the health of living systems, or is incorporated
into the electrical circuit of the device which is generat
Related US. Application Data ing the detrimental ?eld. Either arrangement is success
63 C t. t. _. _ rt fs N 642,417 J _ 17, 1991_ ful in confusing living cells, and thereby reducing the
[ 1 on mm on m pa 0 er 0 an harmful effects of the otherwlse detrimental ?eld.
[51] Int. (31.6 ............................................ .. A61B 19/00
[52] US. Cl. ....................................... .. 128/897; 600/9 52 Claims, 22 Drawing Sheets
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