Microprocessor controlled electronic stimulating device having biphasic pulse output

A microprocessor-controlled electronic stimulating device, comprising:

• power supply means for supplying a high voltage output:
• microprocessor means for supplying timewise spaced control pulses:
• biphasic pulse generating means connected with said power supply means and said microprocessor means, and responsive to receipt of said high voltage output and said control pulses, providing a biphasic pulse output;
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• output means connected with said biphasic pulse generating means, said output means being adapted to be connected with first and second electrodes, and said output means including capacitance means and circuit means enabling said biphasic pulse output to be capacitively coupled from said device to said first and second electrodes in a manner such that said first and second electrodes are both active, and said microprocessor means providing intensity control of said biphasic pulse output including automatically varying the intensity of said biphasic pulse output over a predetermined timed treatment period.

A microprocessor-controlled electronic stimulating device, comprising:

• power supply means for supplying a high voltage output;
• microprocessor means for supplying first and second sets of timewise spaced control pulses;
• first and second biphasic pulse generating means connected with said power supply means and said microprocessor means, said first biphasic pulse generating means receiving said high voltage output and said first set of control pulses and said biphasic pulse generating means receiving said high voltage output and said second set of control pulses, and said first and second biphasic pulse generating means, responsive to receipt of said high voltage and said control pulses, each providing a biphasic pulse output the pulses of which are timewise spaced from the pulses of the other of said biphasic pulse output;
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• first and second output means, said first output means being connected with said first biphasic pulse generating means to receive said biphasic pulse output therefrom and said second output means being connected with said second biphasic pulse generating means to receive said biphasic pulse output therefrom, each of said output means being adapted to be connected with first and second electrodes, and each of said output means including capacitance means and discharge circuit means enabling said biphasic pulse output to be capacitively coupled from said device in a manner such that said first and second electrodes of each of said first and second output means are both active, and said microprocessor means providing automatic intensity control of said biphasic pulse output from said first and second output means.

An electronic stimulating device providing a biphasic pulse output, said device comprising:

• power supply means, including a battery, for supplying a high voltage output;
• control means for providing timewise spaced control pulses;
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• output stage means connected with said power supply means and said control means and responsive to receipt of said high voltage and control pulses providing a biphasic pulse output, said control means automatically causing the intensity of said biphasic pulse output to be varied to provide increasing intensities of less than a preselected full intensity during a time period preceding application of said full intensity of said biphasic pulse output, and said control means being connected with said power supply means and, responsive to the output voltage level of said battery, also controlling the intensity level of said biphasic pulse output to thereby enhance battery life.