# US 10,478,622 B2 · Synergistic muscle activation device

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- Number: US 10,478,622 B2
- Document ID: US10478622B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/847,896
- Filed: 2015-09-08
- Published: 2015-12-31
- Granted: 2019-11-19
- Earliest claimed: 2009-11-11
- Assignees: Sage Products, LLC
- Applicants: Sage Products, LLC
- Inventors: Brian J. Fahey
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10478622B2

## CPC

- A61N 1/36021: {for treatment of pain}
- A61N 1/0452: {Specially adapted for transcutaneous muscle stimulation [TMS]}
- A61N 1/0456: {Specially adapted for transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation [TENS]}
- A61N 1/0476: {Array electrodes (including any electrode arrangement with more than one electrode for at least one of the polarities)}
- A61N 1/0492: {Patch electrodes (A61N1/0412, A61N1/0428 take precedence)}
- A61N 1/36003: {of motor muscles, e.g. for walking assistance}
- A61F 2007/0054: {with a closed fluid circuit, e.g. hot water}
- A61F 2007/0298: {with a section for heating and a section for cooling}
- A61N: ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY (measurement of bioelectric currents A61B; surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body A61B18/00; anaesthetic apparatus in general A61M; incandescent lamps H01K; infrared radiators for heating H05B)
- A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C)

## Abstract

Systems and methods of use for guiding the flow of energy through a subject to stimulate tissue.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method of delivering more than one type of energy waveform to a patient, comprising
positioning an electrode on a patient's skin, the electrode adapted to be in communication with an energy delivery control unit;
combining more than one type of electrical energy waveform into a multiplexed signal, each type of electrical energy waveform having a repeating frequency; and
delivering the multiplexed signal to a muscle through the skin of the patient from the electrode.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein the multiplexing step comprises multiplexing a pain-relieving electrical waveform and a muscle stimulation electrical waveform.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein the multiplexing step comprises multiplexing a first electrical energy waveform and a second electrical energy waveform, the first electrical energy waveform having higher amplitude and lower repetition frequency than the second electrical waveform.

### Claim 4

A method of multiplexing a muscle stimulation electrical energy waveform with a second type of electrical waveform, comprising
positioning an electrode on a patient's skin, the electrode adapted to be in communication with an energy delivery control unit;
combining a muscle-stimulation electrical energy waveform and a second type of electrical energy waveform into a single signal; and
delivering the single signal to a muscle through the skin of the patient from the electrode;
wherein the muscle stimulation electrical energy waveform has a first repeating frequency and the second type of electrical waveform has a second repeating frequency.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The method of claim 4, wherein the second type of electrical energy waveform comprises a pain-relieving electrical energy waveform.

### Claim 6 (depends on 4)

The method of claim 4, wherein the first repeating frequency is different from the second repeating frequency.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein combining more than one type of electrical energy waveform into the multiplexed signal comprises combining a first type of electrical energy waveform and a second type of electrical energy waveform, the first type of electrical energy waveform having a first repeating frequency and the second type of electrical energy waveform having a second repeating frequency different from the first repeating frequency.