ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,532, issued on May 19, was assigned to ALTERNATING CURRENT TREATMENT THERAPY MEDICAL INC. (Kennewick, Wash.).

"Method and apparatus for inhibiting the growth of proliferating cells or viruses" was invented by Rodolfo Nicacio (Kennewick, Wash.), Michael Colton (Kennewick, Wash.) and Solomon Berecha Erpasa (Bellevue, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a method of inhibiting the growth of proliferating cells, viruses or bacteria in living tissue, the method comprising: applying low to mid-level frequency Alternating Current electromagnetic signals to the living tissue with a transducer comprising a magnet...