Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
96 words
An apparatus for enclosing a treatment device, comprising: a pair of deformable field coils for generating an applied magnetic flux in a predetermined space and parallel to a predetermined axis which projects through said predetermined space, said predetermined space being occupied by a portion of living tissue of a subject; and each of said field coils being enclosed in separate housings of plastically deformable non-magnetic material, and said housing being shaped to correspond to the individual shape of the subject, a pair of straps connecting said housings to facilitate connection of the device to a subject.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
96 words
An apparatus for enclosing a treatment device, comprising: a pair of deformable field coils for generating an applied magnetic flux in a predetermined space and parallel to a predetermined axis which projects through said predetermined space, said predetermined space being occupied by a portion of living tissue of a subject; and each of said field coils being enclosed in separate housings of plastically deformable non-magnetic material, and said housing being shaped to correspond to the individual shape of the subject, a pair of straps connecting said housings to facilitate connection of the device to a subject.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
63 words
An apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein an insert is also received within said deformable non-magnetic material, said insert being a sensor to monitor the magnetic field created by said field coils, said sensor being disposed at an outer surface of said deformable non-magnetic material, such that said sensor remaining in a relatively stationary position when said deformable non-magnetic material is deformed.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
23 words
An apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein said plastically deformable material is putty-like, and said field coils are embedded in the material.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
131 words
A method for treating tissue in vivo, comprising the steps of: (a) shaping a magnetic field generating means, that comprises deformable field coils mounted in housings of plastically deformable non-magnetic material, to a first area to be treated; (b) positioning said magnetic field generating means adjacent to a living subject such that a region of tissue of said subject occupies a predetermined space by attaching said field generating means to the living subject using removable securing members; (c) generating a magnetic flux with said magnetic field generating means, said magnetic flux extending through said region of tissue and parallel to a predetermined axis projecting through said predetermined space; and (d) removing said magnetic field generating means and repeating steps (a)-(c) with said magnetic field generating means on another area of tissue.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
131 words
A method for treating tissue in vivo, comprising the steps of: (a) shaping a magnetic field generating means, that comprises deformable field coils mounted in housings of plastically deformable non-magnetic material, to a first area to be treated; (b) positioning said magnetic field generating means adjacent to a living subject such that a region of tissue of said subject occupies a predetermined space by attaching said field generating means to the living subject using removable securing members; (c) generating a magnetic flux with said magnetic field generating means, said magnetic flux extending through said region of tissue and parallel to a predetermined axis projecting through said predetermined space; and (d) removing said magnetic field generating means and repeating steps (a)-(c) with said magnetic field generating means on another area of tissue.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method as recited in claim 4, wherein said housings are attached by straps, and the method further includes the steps of securing said housings by said straps to a patient.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
20 words
A method as recited in claim 4, wherein the securing members are straps which are strapped to the living subject.