Supplemental Response to Non-Final Office Action dated October 1, 2018
`U.S. Patent Application No. 16/034,793
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`In the Claims:
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`This listing of claims will replace all prior versions, andlistings, of claims in the
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`application.
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`1-30.
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`(Canceled)
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`31.
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`(Currently Amended) A methodfor increasing apoptotic index, reducing adiposecells,
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`cellulite treatment, and/or circumferential reduction in a patient using a time-varying magnetic
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`field, comprising:
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`placing at least one magnetic field generating device proximate to a body region of the
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`patient;
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`providing energyto the at least one magnetic field generating device in order to generate
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`at least one time-varying magnetic field; and
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`a) applying a windingmagnetic fluence of between 60 and 40,000 T-cm? to the body
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`region of abdomen between costae and pelvis; or
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`b) applying a windingmagnetic fluence of between 60 and 40,000 T-cm?to the body
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`region of a buttock between gluteal sulcus andiliac crest of the patient; or
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`c) applying a windingmagnetic fluence of between 60 and 40,000 T-cm?to the body
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`region of thigh between gluteal sulcus and popliteal fossa of the patient;
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`wherein the at least one time-varying magnetic field is applied to the body region with a
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`magnetic flux density sufficient to cause a muscle contraction in order to cause a contraction of a
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`muscle.
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`U.S. Patent Application No. 16/034,793
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`In the Claims:
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`This listing of claims will replace all prior versions, andlistings, of claims in the
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`application.
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`1-30.
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`(Canceled)
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`31.
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`(Currently Amended) A methodfor increasing apoptotic index, reducing adiposecells,
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`cellulite treatment, and/or circumferential reduction in a patient using a time-varying magnetic
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`field, comprising:
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`placing at least one magnetic field generating device proximate to a body region of the
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`patient;
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`providing energyto the at least one magnetic field generating device in order to generate
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`at least one time-varying magnetic field; and
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`a) applying a windingmagnetic fluence of between 60 and 40,000 T-cm? to the body
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`region of abdomen between costae and pelvis; or
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`b) applying a windingmagnetic fluence of between 60 and 40,000 T-cm?to the body
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`region of a buttock between gluteal sulcus andiliac crest of the patient; or
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`c) applying a windingmagnetic fluence of between 60 and 40,000 T-cm?to the body
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`region of thigh between gluteal sulcus and popliteal fossa of the patient;
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`wherein the at least one time-varying magnetic field is applied to the body region with a
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`magnetic flux density sufficient to cause a muscle contraction in order to cause a contraction of a
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`muscle.
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`Supplemental Response to Non-Final Office Action dated October 1, 2018
`U.S. Patent Application No. 16/034,793
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`32.
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`(Currently Amended) The method of claim 31 further comprising applying the at
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`least one time-varying magnetic field to [[a]]the muscle, a neuromuscular plate and/or a nerve
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`innervating the muscle in order to cause a repetitive contraction of at least one muscle of a group
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`including:
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`a) rectus abdominis muscle, external oblique muscle, internal oblique muscle and/or
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`transversus abdominis; or
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`b) gluteus maximus muscle, gluteus medius muscle and/or gluteus minimus muscle; or
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`c)m. quadriceps femoris, m. biceps femoris, m. semimembranosus, m. semitendinosus,
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`tensor fascia latae muscle, vastus lateralis muscle, iliotibial muscle and/or m. triceps surae.
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`33.
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`(Currently Amended) The method of claim 31 further comprising applying the time-
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`varying magnetic field to [[a]the muscle and/or the-anerve innervating the muscle in bursts,
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`wherein each burst consists of first and second time periods; wherein the first time period
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`consists of a plurality of subsequent magnetic pulses causing the contraction of the muscle and
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`wherein the muscle relaxes during the second time period.
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`34.
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`(Currently Amended) The methodof claim 31 further comprising charging an energy
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`storage device having a capacitance in a range of 5 nF to 100 mF and switching a switching
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`device in order to discharge the energy storage device to the at least one magnetic field
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`generating device; and
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`applying at least 5000 pulses of the time-varying magnetic field to the body region.
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`Supplemental Response to Non-Final Office Action dated October 1, 2018
`U.S. Patent Application No. 16/034,793
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`35.
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`(Previously Presented) The method of claim 32 further comprising assembling
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`subsequent magnetic pulses into a burst with a treatment duty cycle of at least 1:50, wherein the
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`burst includesa train lasting at least 25 ms.
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`36.
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`(Previously Presented) The method of claim 31 further comprising placing an applicator
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`including the magnetic field generating device in actual contact with a skin of the patient.
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`37.
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`(Previously Presented) The method of claim 36 wherein the magnetic field generating
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`device has an inductance in a range of 1 nH to 1 H.
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`38.
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`(Previously Presented) The method of claim 37 further comprising providing a current
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`pulse of at least 250 A to the magnetic field generating device.
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`39.
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`(Currently Amended) A methodfor increasing apoptotic index, reducing adiposecells,
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`cellulite treatment, a muscle toning, shaping, strengthening effect, and/or a muscle volume
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`increase of a patient using a time-varying magnetic field applied to a patients muscleofthe
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`patientcomprising:
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`placing a first magnetic field generating device proximate to a body region including a
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`first muscle;
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`placing a second magnetic field generating device proximate to a body region including a
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`second muscle wherein the second muscle is a pair or cooperating muscle of the first muscle;
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`Supplemental Response to Non-Final Office Action dated October 1, 2018
`U.S. Patent Application No. 16/034,793
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`providing energy to at least one of the first and/or thesecond magnetic field generating
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`devices having an inductance in a range of 1 nH to 1 Hin orderto generate the time-varying
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`magnetic field with an impulse duration in a range of 3 to 3000 us; and
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`applying the time-varying magnetic field to the patient’s muscle in the body region
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`including at least one of thigh, saddlebags, buttock, abdomen,hips, love handles, torso and/or
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`arm of the patient in at least two trains wherein each ofsaid trains lasts at least 4 ms and wherein
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`at least one train causes a contraction of the patient’s muscle and a relaxation of the patient’s
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`muscle follows after the contraction of the patient’s muscle.
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`40.
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`(Previously Presented) The method of claim 39 wherein a repetition rate of magnetic
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`pulses ofa first train differs from a repetition rate of magnetic pulses of a secondtrain.
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`Al.
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`(Previously Presented) The method of claim 39 further comprising applying the time-
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`varying magnetic field to the patient and causing incomplete and/or complete tetanus contraction
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`of the patient’s muscle.
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`42.
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`(Previously Presented) The method of claim 39 further comprising relaxing the patient’s
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`muscle after the contraction for a period lasting in a range of 1 to 15 seconds.
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`43.
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`(Previously Presented) The method of claim 39 further comprising applying at least 25
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`trains to the patient.
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`Supplemental Response to Non-Final Office Action dated October 1, 2018
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`44.__(Previously Presented) The methodof claim 39 further comprising generating the time-
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`varying magnetic field with a winding magnetic fluence in a range of 40 to 40000 T-cm/”.
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`45.|(Currently Amended) The methodof claim 39 wherein the magnetic field generating
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`device includes a core area with no winding in a range of 0.01 to 99 % of a totalsurface-area-of
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`the-magnetic field generating device surface.
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`46.
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`(Previously Presented) A method for body shaping using a time-varying magnetic field
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`applied to a patient’s muscle comprising:
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`placing an applicator including a magnetic field generating device in actual contact with a
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`body region between rib-cage and popliteal fossa of a patient;
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`attaching the applicator by a length adjustable positioning member;
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`charging an energy storage device;
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`switching a switching device;
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`discharging the energy storage device to the magnetic field generating device in order to
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`generate the time-varying magnetic field;
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`generating the time-varying magnetic field with a magnetic flux density in a range of 0.1
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`to 7 Tesla;
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`applying the time-varying magnetic field with a magnetic flux density of a value at least
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`sufficient to cause a contraction of the patient’s muscle within the body region and/or a nerve
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`innervating the patient’s muscle in order to cause a repetitive contraction of the patient’s muscle;
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`and
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`assembling a plurality of magnetic impulsesinto a train lasting at least 10 ms;
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`Supplemental Response to Non-Final Office Action dated October 1, 2018
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`wherein a time difference between two subsequent magnetic impulses is below 0.999997
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`wherein the train causes at least one contraction of the patient’s muscle;
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`wherein the train is followed by a second time period when no contraction of the patient’s
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`muscle is caused; and
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`wherein the second time period is longer than the time difference between two
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`subsequent magnetic impulsesin the train.
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`47.
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`(Previously Presented) The methodof claim 46 further comprising applying 15 to 25,000
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`trains to the patient during one treatment.
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`48.
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`(Previously Presented) The method of claim 47 further comprising applying a plurality of
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`trains to the patient wherein at least two ofsaid trains differ in a repetitionrate.
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`49.
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`(Currently Amended) The method of claim 46 further comprising applying to the patient
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`at least a first train and asecondtrain each having a different repetition rate of the magnetic
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`impulses, an impulse duration, and/or a train duration.
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`50.
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`(Previously Presented) The method of claim 49 further comprising generating the time-
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`varying magnetic field with a maximal value of a magnetic flux density derivative in a range of
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`300 T/s to 800 kT/s.
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`Supplemental Response to Non-Final Office Action dated October 1, 2018
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`51.
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`(Previously Presented) The method of claim 46 further comprising applying a
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`conventional treatment method.
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`52.
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`(Previously Presented) The method of claim 46 further comprising applying a
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`conventional treatment method to the patient no longer than 1 month before or after the treatment
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`by time-varying magnetic field.
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`53,
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`(Previously Presented) A method for body shaping via a contraction of a muscle using a
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`plurality of time-varying magnetic fields applied to a patient, comprising:
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`placing a first applicator including a first magnetic field generating device to the patient;
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`placing a second applicator including a second magnetic field generating device to the
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`patient;
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`mF;
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`charging at least one energy storage device having a capacitance in a range of 5 nF to 100
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`switching at least one switching device in order to enable discharging the at least one
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`energy storage device to the first and/or the second magnetic field generating device wherein
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`each magnetic field generating device has an inductance in a range of 1 nH to 1 H;
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`generating a first time-varying magnetic field by the first magnetic field generating
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`device and generating a second time-varying magnetic field by the second magnetic field
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`generating device;
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`assembling a plurality of impulses of the time-varying magnetic fields generated by the
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`first and the second magnetic field generating devices into a plurality of magnetic pulses,
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`Supplemental Response to Non-Final Office Action dated October 1, 2018
`U.S. Patent Application No. 16/034,793
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`wherein the first time-varying magnetic field and/or the second time-varying magnetic
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`field has a magnetic flux density in a range of 0.1 to 7 Tesla, a maximal value of a magnetic flux
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`density derivative in a range of 300 T/s to 800 kT/s, a winding magnetic fluence in a range of 40
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`to 40000 T-cm?, and
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`wherein each magnetic pulse consists of one impulse of the time-varying magnetic field
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`lasting for an impulse duration and no time-varying magnetic field lasting for a first time period;
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`establishing a burst consisting of a second time period and a third time period, wherein
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`the plurality of magnetic pulses is generated during the second time period and wherein the third
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`time period follows after the second time period;
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`applying the bursts to a body region of the patient including at least one of thigh,
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`saddlebags, buttock, abdomen,hips, love handle, flanks, bra fat region, torso and/or arm of the
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`patient with a repetition rate in a range of 1 to 700 Hz and with the impulse duration in a range of
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`10 to 3000 us;
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`applying at least 5000 magnetic pulses to the body region;
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`causing the contraction of the muscle during the second time period; and
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`causing no contraction of the muscle during the third time period.
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`54.
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`(Previously Presented) The method of claim 53 further comprising applying the bursts to
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`at least one of a rectus abdominis muscle, external oblique muscle, internal oblique muscle
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`and/ortransversus abdominis muscle.
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`Supplemental Response to Non-Final Office Action dated October 1, 2018
`U.S. Patent Application No. 16/034,793
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`55,
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`(Previously Presented) The method of claim 53 further comprising applying the bursts to
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`at least one of a gluteus maximus muscle, gluteus medius muscle and/or gluteus minimus
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`muscle.
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`56.
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`(Previously Presented) The method of claim 55 further comprising applying to the muscle
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`of the patient 40 to 10000 bursts within one treatment.
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`57,
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`(Previously Presented) The method of claim 53 further comprising applying the bursts to
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`at least one of an m. quadriceps femoris, m. biceps femoris, m. semimembranosus, m.
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`semitendinosus, tensor fascia latae muscle, vastus lateralis muscle, iliotibial muscle and/or m.
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`triceps surae.
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`58.
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`(Previously Presented) The method of claim 53 further comprising generating at least ten
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`magnetic impulses during the second time period.
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`59,
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`(Previously Presented) The method of claim 53 further comprising applying the bursts to
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`at least one of an m. biceps brachialis, m. coracobrachialis, m. deltoideus, m. triceps brachii, m.
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`anconeus, muscles of forearm, mm. pectorales minors and/or mm. pectorales majors.
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`60.
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`(Previously Presented) The method of claim 53 further comprising attaching the first and
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`the second applicators to the patient by at least one length adjustable positioning member.
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