Competitive Advantages
- Maintains a charge density only at the tissue treatment site
- Utilizes significantly less charge
- Protects the subject and additional personnel from electrostatic discharges
- Increased efficiency
Summary
USF researchers have developed a system which includes a physical perimeter conductor positioned near a tissue surface, and a conductance control circuit to collect applied surface charge. This control circuit helps to maintain a desired relationship between surface charge density and time. Effective containment of the charge establishes a controlled charge density and provides an increased efficiency of involved processes, defines the region of treatment, and facilitates temporal modulation of the electric field at the treatment site. Therefore, this invention also protects the subject, nearby personnel and equipment from potentially harmful electrostatic discharge.
Plan View (Top) and Cross Section View (Bottom) of the System Operating on a Tissue Surface
Desired Partnerships
- License
- Sponsored Research
- Co-Development