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US 2020/0139119 A1Published application
Device and means to ameliorate discomfort and pain during dental and similar procedures
OwnerSergio Lara Pereira Monteiroinventor
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Abstract
A device and means to decrease the pain associated with dental procedures as from dental drills, the probing scratching tool to detect cavities, the needle to inject anesthesia, the tool to extract nerve for root canal treatment, etc. The device uses electrical currents of both positive and negative polarity or alternating current.
Claims20
An electrical stimulator device composed of:
- a minimum of one electrode belonging to a group that contains type-1 and/or type-2 electrodes supported by a first supporting device formed as a rigid penetrating device,
- whereas the type-2 electrodes are adapted to adjust an electric field in a volume inside an animal, the volume being inside an external surface of the animal or at a surface of the animal, or inside an internal organ of the animal and the type-1 electrodes are adapted to apply electrical stimulating current to and/or from the rigid penetrating device,
- wherein the rigid penetrating device is capable of being inserted into at least part of the volume inside the animal or inside an organ of the animal, is adapted to either inject an electric current in its surroundings and/or to create an electric field in its surroundings capable of applying a directive force on existing electric charges in its environment,
- wherein the rigid penetrating device is adapted to be inserted into at least part of the volume inside the animal or inside an organ of the animal for a time no longer than 12 hours.
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A method of applying electrical stimulation to tissues of an animal which consists of first device and a second device, wherein,
- the first device is a rigid penetrating device adapted at being inserted in the animal, or in a cavity of the animal, or in a tissue of the animal, or in a part of the animal,
- the second device is a malleable sheet-like structure adapted to conform to a full external surface of the animal or to part of the external surface of the animal, or to a full internal surface of the animal, or to part of the internal surface of the animal, and
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.