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US 5,514,175 AGranted
Auricular electrical stimulator
AssigneeCerebral Stimulation, Inc.
InventorsKi Ho Kim, Saul Liss, Bernard Liss
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Abstract
Described is a low voltage, multipoint auricular stimulator which is lightweight, portable and unobtrusive for use by a patient to reduce or eliminate sensations of pain and anxiety and for correcting other neural dysfunctions, and a treatment method incorporating the pain reducing and neural dysfunction correcting apparatus.
Claims7
A portable apparatus for treating dysfunctions in neural pathways by acting upon multiple auricular points, comprising:
- miniaturized stimuli generating means for generating stimulating treatment signal patterns, said generating means being capable of generating patterns of varying duration;
- stimuli transmitting means adapted to be placed on at least two auricular points for transmitting said patterns to said points;
- first connection means for connecting said generating and transmitting means to allow said patterns to pass from said generating means to said transmitting means;
- miniaturized control means for controlling generation and duration of said patterns;
- a reference terminal placed on a reference point and electrically connected to said generating means;
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- miniaturized indicating means for indicating various times of transmission of said patterns, wherein said indicating means further comprises audible indicating means for audibly indicating beginning, termination and interim point or points of the transmission duration patterns.
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