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A non-lethal weapon for temporarily immobilizing a target subject by means of muscular tetanization in which the tetanization is produced by conducting a precisely-modulated electrical current through the target. Because the electrical current is a close replication of the physiological neuroelectri

A non-lethal weapon for temporarily immobilizing a target subject by means of muscular tetanization in which the tetanization is produced by conducting a precisely-modulated electrical current through the target. Because the electrical current is a close replication of the physiological neuroelectric impulses which control striated muscle tissue, it tetanizes the subject\s skeletal muscles without causing any perceptible sensation. The transmission of this current to the distant target is via two channels of electrically conductive air. The conductive channels are created by multi-photon and collisional ionization within the paths of two beams of coherent (laser) or columnated incoherent ultraviolet radiation directed to the target. A single beam may be used to tetanize a grounded target. The high-voltage tetanizing current flows from electrodes at the origin of the beams along the channels of free electrons within them.

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A method for temporarily immobilizing a human subject which comprises: stimulating striated, skeletal muscle tissue by the application to part of the subject\s body of a series of electrical current impulses, the frequency of said impulses being selected to cause a sustained muscular contraction, wh

A method for temporarily immobilizing a human subject which comprises: stimulating striated, skeletal muscle tissue by the application to part of the subject\s body of a series of electrical current impulses, the frequency of said impulses being selected to cause a sustained muscular contraction, wherein said application includes the steps of sequentially; repetitively ionizing at least one channel of ambient air between a source of high-voltage pulses and said part of the subject\s body by emitting a beam of ultraviolet radiation of sufficient energy to cause multi-photon ionization, said beam impinging upon both said source and said part of the subject\s body; and discharging said source though said channel.