Nerve stimulator for use with a software application
AssigneeElectroCore, Inc.
InventorsJoseph P. Errico, Steven Mendez, Bruce J. Simon
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Abstract
Devices, systems and methods are disclosed for treating symptoms of a user, such as anxiety, depression and/or epileptic seizures, by electrical non-invasive stimulation of a nerve, such as the vagus nerve. A stimulator has a contact surface for contacting an outer skin surface of a patient. The stimulator is configured to wirelessly receive a signal from the software application that includes an electrical stimulation signal comprising at least one electrical impulse sufficient to modulate a nerve within a patient and to ameliorate one or more symptoms in the patient. The stimulator is configured to transmit the electrical impulse through the contact surface and the outer skin surface of the user.
Claims23
A system for treating symptoms of a patient, the system comprising:
- a stimulator having a contact surface for contacting an outer skin surface of a patient and configured for wireless coupling to a software application and configured to receive from the software application a wireless signal that includes an electrical stimulation signal comprising at least one electrical impulse sufficient to modulate a nerve within a patient and to ameliorate one or more symptoms in the patient;
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- wherein the stimulator is configured to transmit the electrical impulse through the contact surface and the outer skin surface.
A system for treating symptoms of a patient, the system comprising:
- a stimulator having a contact surface for contacting an outer skin surface of a patient;
- a software application configured for wireless coupling to the stimulator, wherein the stimulator is configured to receive from the software application a wireless signal that includes an electrical stimulation signal comprising at least one electrical impulse sufficient to modulate a nerve within a patient and to ameliorate one or more symptoms in the patient;
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- wherein the stimulator is configured to transmit the electrical impulse through the contact surface and the outer skin surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.