Patents Represented by Attorney Theodore B. Roesssel
  • Patent number: 3964477
    Abstract: An electrode for use in low intensity direct current therapy of skin lesions and the like. The electrode contains silver from which silver ions are carried to the treatment site under the influence of direct current to provide a germicidal action at the lesion. The electrode may have a porous support structure and some of the silver may be chlorided. The electrode is maintaned in substantially direct contact with the treatment site while being saturated with an electrolyte similar to tissue fluids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1975
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1976
    Assignee: Sybron Corporation
    Inventors: Franklin H. Ellis, Stephen W. Andrews