# US 11,992,680 B2 · Electrical treatment device and treatment system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,992,680 B2 - Document ID: US11992680B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/100,450 - Filed: 2020-11-20 - Published: 2021-03-11 - Granted: 2024-05-28 - Earliest claimed: 2018-05-24 - Assignees: Omron Healthcare Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Omron Healthcare Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Teppei Sumino - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11992680B2 ## CPC - A61N 1/36034: {specified by the stimulation parameters} - 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 1/36021: {for treatment of pain} - 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) ## Abstract An electrical treatment device (200) includes a plurality of electrodes that come into contact with a site of a body of a user; an operation unit (302) that receives an operation for adjusting an electrical stimulation intensity provided to the site; and a treatment execution unit (304) that applies a pulse voltage corresponding to the electrical stimulation intensity to the plurality of electrodes and performs treatment of the site by changing a frequency of the pulse voltage within a predetermined frequency range continuously or in a step-like manner. When the operation unit (302) receives the operation, the treatment execution unit (304) changes the pulse voltage to correspond to the electrical stimulation intensity based on the operation, changes the frequency of the pulse voltage to a predetermined frequency, and changes the frequency of the pulse voltage from the predetermined frequency continuously or in a step-like manner. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electrical treatment device, comprising: a plurality of electrodes configured to come into contact with a site of a body of a user; and a processor configured to: receive an operation for adjusting an electrical stimulation intensity provided to the site; apply a pulse voltage corresponding to the electrical stimulation intensity to the plurality of electrodes and perform treatment of the site by changing a frequency of the pulse voltage within a predetermined frequency range continuously or in a step-like manner, wherein when the operation is received, the processor changes the pulse voltage to correspond to the electrical stimulation intensity based on the operation and changes the frequency of the pulse voltage to a predetermined frequency and changes the changed frequency of the pulse voltage from the predetermined frequency continuously or in a step-like manner, when the operation is received, calculate a difference frequency between a frequency of a pulse voltage just before the operation is received and the predetermined frequency, wherein if the difference frequency is less than a threshold, change the frequency of the pulse voltage to the predetermined frequency and change the frequency of the pulse voltage from the predetermined frequency continuously or in a step-like manner, and wherein if the difference frequency is equal to or greater than the threshold, the processor is configured to change the frequency of the pulse voltage just before by only a predetermined value to approach but not meet the predetermined frequency and adjust the changed frequency continuously or in a step-like manner to approach but not meet the predetermined frequency. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electrical treatment device according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined frequency is a frequency other than a maximum frequency of the predetermined frequency range. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The electrical treatment device according to claim 2, wherein the predetermined frequency is a minimum frequency of the predetermined frequency range. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The electrical treatment device according to claim 3, wherein the processor is further configured to change a frequency of a pulse voltage, in the frequency range, by sweeping the frequency in an increasing direction from the minimum frequency to the maximum frequency and then by sweeping the frequency in a decreasing direction from the maximum frequency to the minimum frequency. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The electrical treatment device according to claim 3, wherein the electrical treatment device is a low-frequency treatment device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The electrical treatment device according to claim 2, wherein the predetermined frequency is a frequency at a predetermined time prior to a time point when a frequency of a pulse voltage reaches the maximum frequency. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The electrical treatment device according to claim 6, wherein the processor is further configured to change a frequency of a pulse voltage, in the frequency range, by sweeping the frequency in an increasing direction from a minimum frequency to the maximum frequency and then by sweeping the frequency in a decreasing direction from the maximum frequency to the minimum frequency. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The electrical treatment device according to claim 6, wherein the electrical treatment device is a low-frequency treatment device. ### Claim 9 (depends on 2) The electrical treatment device according to claim 2, wherein the processor is thither configured to change a frequency of a pulse voltage, in the frequency range, by sweeping the frequency in an increasing direction from a minimum frequency to the maximum frequency and then by sweeping the frequency in a decreasing direction from the maximum frequency to the minimum frequency. ### Claim 10 (depends on 2) The electrical treatment device according to claim 2, wherein the electrical treatment device is a low-frequency treatment device. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The electrical treatment device according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to change a frequency of a pulse voltage, in the frequency range, by sweeping the frequency in an increasing direction from a minimum frequency to a maximum frequency and then by sweeping the frequency in a decreasing direction from the maximum frequency to the minimum frequency. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The electrical treatment device according to claim 11, wherein the electrical treatment device is a low-frequency treatment device. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The electrical treatment device according to claim 1, wherein the electrical treatment device is a low-frequency treatment device. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The electrical treatment device according to claim 1, wherein the electrical treatment device is a low-frequency treatment device. ### Claim 15 A treatment system, comprising: an electrical treatment device including a plurality of electrodes that come into contact with a site of a body of a user; and a terminal device including a terminal device processor capable of wireless communication with the electrical treatment device, wherein the terminal device receives an operation for adjusting an electrical stimulation intensity provided to the site and transmits a signal indicating the operation to the electrical treatment device; the electrical treatment device includes an electrical treatment device processor that applies a pulse voltage corresponding to the electrical stimulation intensity to the plurality of electrodes and performs treatment of the site by changing a frequency of the pulse voltage within a predetermined frequency range continuously or in a step-like manner; and when the operation is performed, the processor changes the pulse voltage to correspond to the electrical stimulation intensity based on the operation and changes the frequency of the pulse voltage to a predetermined frequency and changes the changed frequency of the pulse voltage from the predetermined frequency continuously or in a step-like manner, when the operation is received, calculate a difference frequency between a frequency of a pulse voltage just before the operation is received and the predetermined frequency, wherein if the difference frequency is less than a threshold, change the frequency of the pulse voltage to the predetermined frequency and change the frequency of the pulse voltage from the predetermined frequency continuously or in a step-like manner, and wherein if the difference frequency is equal to or greater than the threshold, the processor is configured to change the frequency of the pulse voltage just before by only a predetermined value to approach but not meet the predetermined frequency and adjust the changed frequency continuously or in a step-like manner to approach but not meet the predetermined frequency.