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The fifth generation of the WilloMD is a sleek, hand-held computer that can be stored at home in the same area as other portable household electronics and do something no smart phone or GPS system could ever accomplish.

"Its mission is to relieve pain, improve mobility, and enhance performance, and it has done that 90 percent of the time," said Dr. Ronald Shapiro, a cofounder and medical director of Physician's Technology LLC, based in Monroe.

A faculty member at the University of Toledo College of Medicine, formerly the Medical College of Ohio, Dr. Shapiro also is director of medical education at St. Anne Mercy Hospital and director of St. Anne's emergency room interval pain service.

The kidney specialist who has practiced acupuncture learned that some patients in pain could not endure traditional therapy. His quest to find ways to help them set him on a path that led to the development of Physician's Technology which focuses on pain management, and WilloMD.

Dr. Shapiro said WilloMD can be used alone or with other methods to relieve pain. It is useful for someone who is not eligible for surgery to relieve joint pain, and for those who have had joint surgery and are dealing with the after-effects. WilloMD users only have to strap the device on the knee or another joint, press the power button, and select from one to four the preferred level of energy to be delivered. The technology transmits energy through the skin and the user feels mild warmth as the device turns off the pain signals and turns on the body's healing signals. In turn this stimulates the joint, produces healing, and reduces swelling.

"With 7,000 deaths a year resulting from the use of nonsteroidal drugs," finding another means to relieve joint pain is sensible, Dr. Shapiro said.

There are other WilloMD inventors and patent holders: David Sutton, chief executive officer and also a founder of Physician's Technology, and Dr. Richard Dunlap, a Toledo dentist whose interest in relieving dental pain drew him to the project.

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