Patents by Inventor Clinton T. Rubin

Clinton T. Rubin has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Non-invasive means for in-vivo bone-growth stimulation
    Patent number: 5273028
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for preventing osteopenia, promoting bone tissue growth, ingrowth, and healing of bone tissue includes the step of and apparatus for applying a mechanical load to the bone tissue at a relatively low level on the order of between about 50 and about 500 microstrain peak-to-peak, and at a relatively high frequency, preferably in the range of about 15 and about 55 Hz. Mechanical loading at such strain levels and such frequencies has been found to prevent bone loss and enhance new bone formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1993
    Inventors: Kenneth J. McLeod, Clinton T. Rubin
  • Method for the promotion of growth, ingrowth and healing of bone tissue and the prevention of osteopenia by mechanical loading of the bone tissue
    Patent number: 5191880
    Abstract: A method for preventing osteopenia, promoting bone tissue growth, ingrowth, and healing of bone tissue includes the step of applying a mechanical load to the bone tissue at a relatively low level on the order of between about 50 and about 500 microstrain, peak-to-peak, and at a relatively high frequency in the range of about 10 and about 50 hertz. Mechanical loading at such strain levels and such frequencies has been found to prevent bone loss and enhance new bone formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1993
    Inventors: Kenneth J. McLeod, Clinton T. Rubin
  • Method for the promotion of growth, ingrowth and healing of bone tissue and the prevention of osteopenia by mechanical loading of the bone tissue
    Patent number: 5103806
    Abstract: A method for preventing osteopenia, promoting bone tissue growth, ingrowth, and healing of bone tissue includes the step of applying a mechanical load to the bone tissue at a relatively low level on the order of between about 50 and about 500 microstrain, peak-to-peak, and at a relatively high frequency in the range of about 10 and about 50 hertz. Mechanical loading at such strain levels and such frequencies has been found to prevent bone loss and enhance new bone formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1992
    Assignee: The Research Foundation of State University of New York
    Inventors: Kenneth J. McLeod, Clinton T. Rubin
  • Method and apparatus for inducing a current and voltage in living tissue
    Patent number: 4993413
    Abstract: A method for surgically non-invasively inducing, by a time-varying magnetic field, an electrical current and voltage in living tissue, and in particular bone tissue, to prevent osteoporosis and to enhance new bone formation, includes the step of applying a symmetrical signal of low intensity and low frequency to the tissues being treated. The frequency of the induced signal is between about 1 Hertz and 1 K Hertz, and is optimally set at 15 Hertz. The peak intensity of the signal corresponds to a peak value of the inducing time-varying magnetic field of between about 0.5 millitesla per second and 5 Tesla per second, and for a 15 Hertz signal optimally corresponds to a value of 2.5 millitesla per second. A device for inducing such a signal in a limb of a person being treated includes a portable power supply in the form of a battery, a portable signal generator connected to the battery and a multiconductor ribbon cable connected to the signal generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1991
    Assignee: The Research Foundation of State University of New York
    Inventors: Kenneth J. McLeod, Clinton T. Rubin