Source of current for application to a patient for obtaining a therapeutic effect

Claim 1

A SOURCE OF CURRENT FOR APPLICATION TO A PATIENT FOR OBTAINING A THERAPEUTIC EFFECT, SAID SOURCE COMPRISING AN ALTERNATING CURRENT ENERGIZING CIRCUIT, AN OUTPUT CIRCUIT FOR CONNECTION TO SAID PATIENT, A PLURALITY OF RECTIFIER MEANS, CYCLICALLY OPERATIVE SWITCHING MEANS, CIRCUIT MEANS CONNECTING SAID ENERGIZING CIRCUIT TO SAID OUTPUT CIRCUIT THROUGH SAID RECTIFIER MEANS, SAID SWITCHING MEANS BEING CONNECTED TO SAID CIRCUIT MEANS TO PRODUCE ALTERNATELY A FULL-WAVE RECTIFIED CURRENT AND A HALF-WAVE RECTIFIED CURRENT IN SAID OUTPUT CIRCUIT, A CIRCUIT ELEMENT FOR REDUCING CURRENT FLOW IN SAID OUTPUT CIRCUIT, SAID SWITCHING MEANS COMPRISING CONTACT MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID CIRCUIT ELEMENT FOR CONTINUOUSLY MAINTAINING THE INTENSITY OF SAID HALF-WAVE CURRENT AT A REDUCED VALVE WITH RESPECT TO THE INTENSITY OF SAID FULL-WAVE CURRENT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PERIOD OF PRODUCTION OF SAID HALF-WAVE CURRENT AND THE INITIAL AND TERMINAL PERIODS OF PRODUCTION OF SAID FULLWAVE CURRENT, AND MANUALLY OPERABLE MEANS FOR ADJUSTING THE RELATIVE INTENSITIES OF SAID FULL-WAVE AND HALFWAVE CURRENTS WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER WHEREBY A UNIFORMITY OF RESPONSE OF THE PATIENT TO BOTH CURRENTS IS OBTAINED.