Microcurrent therapy device components stack and conductive pad
AssigneeNewcare Products, LLC
InventorFrancis R. Powell
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Abstract
A microcurrent therapy device (MCTD) for use in applying a DC current of less than one milliampere between two conductive pads through the tissue of a therapy recipient has an electronic stack that can be placed in electrical connection with the user's skin and thus in electrical connection with the other skin contact plate, a profile minimizing system using an off the shelf “coin ” battery within the electronic stack, and a battery clip used in conjunction with a coin battery and the circuit board of the MCTD.
Claims9
A stack of components for use in a microcurrent therapy device (MCTD) comprising:
- a coin battery with a first terminal and a second terminal;
- a circuit board with components for an electric circuit used in the MCTD;
- a battery pad adjacent to the bottom of the circuit board and electrically connected to a portion of the electric circuit;
- the battery pad sized to contact the first terminal without touching the second terminal of the coin battery that encircles the first terminal;
- a battery clip adapted:
- 1) to provide an electrical connection from the second terminal of the coin battery to the top face of the circuit board;
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- 2) to maintain a compressive force on a subassembly of the MCTD comprising the circuit board, battery pad, coin battery, and battery clip.
A MCTD pad for use in a MCTD comprising
- 1) a top layer;
- 2) a bottom layer;
- 3) a layer of one or more electrical components positioned in-between the top layer and bottom layer;
- 4) a carbon film conductive pad in positioned below the bottom layer but in electrical contact with the layer of one or more electrical components by an opening in the bottom layer;
- 5) a layer of conductive gel applied to the bottom layer of the conductive pad;
- 6) a layer of adhesive on the bottom of the bottom layer;
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- 7) a battery clip that provides:
- 1) a first electrical connection between a first terminal of a coin battery and the conductive pad;
- and
- 2) a second electrical connection between the first terminal of the coin battery and a battery terminal input on a circuit board containing the electrical components used in the MCTD.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.