Patents by Inventor Franz Diethelm

Franz Diethelm 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).

  • Patent number: 4913148
    Abstract: A method for the treatment, by accelerating the healing process, of acute herpes simplex and acute herpes zoster, and by the reduction of post-herpetic neuralgia, subsequent to determining a dermatone on a body, which dermatome includes an area affected by herpes and which comprises a corresponding segment nerve. Two conducting electrodes are applied to the surface of the dermatome including an anode directly on the spiral ganglion of the most proximal portion of the corresponding nerve, and a cathode on the distal part of the dermatome. Electric current having a constant frequency of about 30 Hz and in the shape of monopolar pulses of an approximately square wave-form having a duration of about 0.2 msec. is applied to the electrodes. The current intensity is adjusted in corresponding with the respective skin resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 3, 1990
    Assignee: Hepax Limited
    Inventor: Franz Diethelm