Electrical stimulation apparatus

An electrical stimulation apparatus, comprising:

• a generator of electrical stimulation pulses, said stimulation pulses being arranged in sequences having predetermined values of typical parameters, said typical parameters comprising amplitude, duration, and frequency of said pulses;
• said generator comprising one or more separate stimulation channels, adapted to deliver said sequences to body areas of an organism in a manner independent for each channel;
• at least one electrode for each stimulation channel, each electrode transmitting the stimulation pulses of a corresponding channel;
• each electrode being applied outside of a patient's skin at a predetermined region and with a predetermined position relation with respect to a position of one or more additional electrodes associated to an additional channel;
• a control unit of said generator, communicating with said generator;
• and
• an interface for entering setting data and/or commands and for displaying the setting data and/or configuration settings of said generator,
• wherein:
• said at least one electrode or a given number of electrodes are supported by a self-adhesive flexible support element, fastenable in a predetermined position in relation to an anatomy of a human body;
• said at least one electrode or said given number of electrodes being distributed on an extension of said self-adhesive flexible support element according to a predetermined design that is determined by predetermined relations of space positions of said at least one electrode or said electrodes one with respect to each other;
• the generator is connected to the at least one electrode and/or the given number of electrodes provided on the flexible support element, or two or more generators being connected to different electrodes of said given number of electrodes, also supported by said flexible support element, and
• said generator or two or more generators are provided with a communication unit for the generator or shared by at least part of each generator, the communication unit being connected to a communication unit of the control unit of said generator or two or more generators, and
• said self-adhesive flexible support further comprises one or more pockets, blisters, or impregnated regions adapted for housing and transdermally administering one or more drugs, said pockets, blisters, or impregnated regions being adjacent to the electrode, or in areas interposed between two or more electrodes, and
• wherein the flexible support element comprises:
• a first support element for the pockets, blisters, or impregnated regions holding the one or more drugs,
• a second support element for the one or more electrodes, the first and the second support elements being configured to be fastened to each other, the pockets, the blisters, the first and the second support elements being of toroidal shape and in overlapped relation, the impregnated regions, and the electrodes or blisters being arranged to not overlap one another when the first and the second support elements are coupled, the toroidal shape being shaped to surround an area of interest.