US4285346A
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Electrode system
Assignee: Device Developments Inc
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Filing: 1979-03-14
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Granted: 1981-08-25
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Expires: 1999-03-14
Abstract
Abstract A pair of electrodes are energized in opposite phase by a radio frequency electric source having a common connection to said electrodes differing in length by a 1/2 wave length, and electrode isolation when unenergized is obtained utilizing lengths of connecting cable from such common connection which are odd multiples of a 1/4 wave length, grounding the common connection.
Inventors
- 👤 David Armitage
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 01:28
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61N; A61N1/00; A61N1/40
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
126 words
An apparatus for developing a radio frequency voltage between a pair of electrodes whereby a radio frequency electro-magnetic field can be applied to a load between said electrodes comprising generator means for generating radio frequency electrical energy having an output at which a voltage varying at a radio frequency is present, a pair of applicator electrodes, a first electrical line connected at one end thereof to one of said electrodes, a second electrical line connected at one end thereof to the other of said electrodes, said first and second lines being connected at the other ends thereof commonly to said output, and said first line having a length which is an odd number of half wave lengths at said radio frequency longer than said second line.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
126 words
An apparatus for developing a radio frequency voltage between a pair of electrodes whereby a radio frequency electro-magnetic field can be applied to a load between said electrodes comprising generator means for generating radio frequency electrical energy having an output at which a voltage varying at a radio frequency is present, a pair of applicator electrodes, a first electrical line connected at one end thereof to one of said electrodes, a second electrical line connected at one end thereof to the other of said electrodes, said first and second lines being connected at the other ends thereof commonly to said output, and said first line having a length which is an odd number of half wave lengths at said radio frequency longer than said second line.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
An apparatus according to claim 1 in which said first line is one half wave length longer than said second line.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
32 words
An apparatus according to claim 2 in which the length of said first line is three quarters of a wave length whereby the length of said second line is one quarter length.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
58 words
An apparatus according to claim 1 or claim 2 in which said first and second electrical lines are the central conductors of coaxial cables having outer coaxial conductors commonly connected to ground at the ends thereof adjacent to said output, and having connecting means interconnecting the ends of said outer conductors at the ends thereof adjacent said electrodes.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
221 words
An apparatus for developing a radio frequency voltage selectively between any single pair of a plurality of electrodes associated with a common load whereby the remaining electrodes are floated disassociated from the selected pair of electrodes which comprises generator means for generating radio frequency electrical energy having an output at which a voltage varying at a radio frequency is present, switching means having a plurality of switch outputs connected to said output of said generator means for selectively coupling said generator means output to any one of said plurality of switch outputs, a plurality of associated pairs of applicator electrodes, a plurality of electrical lines, each electrical line being connected to a said electrode and the pair of electrical lines connected to each associated pair of electrodes being connected to a said switch output of said switching means, means for grounding each said electrical line located a distance equal to an odd number of quarter wave lengths from the connection of each such line to the electrode to which such line is connected, and means for actuating said grounding means when the switch output to which such grounding means is connected is not coupled by said switching means to said generator means output whereby said electrodes connected thereto are at ground potential but appear as open circuits at said radio frequency.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
221 words
An apparatus for developing a radio frequency voltage selectively between any single pair of a plurality of electrodes associated with a common load whereby the remaining electrodes are floated disassociated from the selected pair of electrodes which comprises generator means for generating radio frequency electrical energy having an output at which a voltage varying at a radio frequency is present, switching means having a plurality of switch outputs connected to said output of said generator means for selectively coupling said generator means output to any one of said plurality of switch outputs, a plurality of associated pairs of applicator electrodes, a plurality of electrical lines, each electrical line being connected to a said electrode and the pair of electrical lines connected to each associated pair of electrodes being connected to a said switch output of said switching means, means for grounding each said electrical line located a distance equal to an odd number of quarter wave lengths from the connection of each such line to the electrode to which such line is connected, and means for actuating said grounding means when the switch output to which such grounding means is connected is not coupled by said switching means to said generator means output whereby said electrodes connected thereto are at ground potential but appear as open circuits at said radio frequency.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
80 words
An apparatus according to claim 5 in which the electrical lines connected to a given associated pair of electrodes are commonly connected to the said switch output associated therewith and in which the length of the electrical line connected to one of said given associated pair of electrodes is an odd number of half wave lengths at said radio frequency longer than the length of the other electrical line connected to the other of said given associated pair of electrodes.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
36 words
Apparatus according to claim 6 in which the length of said one electrical line is one quarter of a wave length and the length of said other electrical line is three quarters of a wave length.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
68 words
Apparatus according to claim 5, 6, or 7 in which said electrical lines connected to a given associated pair of electrodes are the central conductors of coaxial cables having outer coaxial conductors commonly connected to ground at the ends thereof adjacent the said switch output and the said grounding means associated therewith, and connecting means interconnecting the ends of said outer coaxial conductors adjacent said given pair electrodes.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1984-08-24 | 1985-02-23 | 1985-08-25 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1988-08-24 | 1989-02-23 | 1989-08-25 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
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