Headband for external occipital neurostimulation

A Headband for use in neurostimulation made at least partly of elastic or stretch material comprising:

• the headband defining (2) to be located directly on the rear part of the scalp (8) of a user, said hole being sized to fit the inion or occipital protuberantia;
• at least two electrodes (1) directly attached to the headband and positioned adjacent to and symmetric about said hole (2), designed so that to be applied on the right and left branch of the occipital nerve (7) respectively, once the inion is put in correspondence with said hole (2) by the user;
• a connector (6A) for connecting a wearable neurostimulator (6) to the headband, said connector (6A) being located opposite to said hole (2), once the headband is worn by the user;
• means coupled to the elastic or stretch material for electrically connecting said connector (6A) and each of said electrodes (1);
• wherein the headband further comprises a linear piece of elastic or stretch material provided with snap fasteners (3) for closing or adjusting the headband to the head of the user;
• wherein at least part of the snap fasteners (3) are metallic and participate to the electric connection between said connector (6A) and said electrodes (1, 9);
• wherein the headband is made of a front part and a rear part and is adjustable to the user's head by means of a plurality of snap fasteners (3) located on the front part cooperating with at least one snap fastener (3) located on the rear part, said front part covering partially said rear part;
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• wherein the rear part comprises an extension designed so that to prevent electrical contact between the unused snap fasteners (3) of the front part and the user's head in the covering region of the front and rear parts.

A Headband for use in neurostimulation made at least partly of elastic or stretch material comprising:

• the headband defining (2) to be located directly on the rear part of the scalp (8) of a user, said hole being sized to fit the inion or occipital protuberantia;
• at least two electrodes (1) directly attached to the headband and positioned adjacent to and symmetric about said hole (2), designed so that to be applied on the right and left branch of the occipital nerve (7) respectively, once the inion is put in correspondence with said hole (2) by the user;
• a connector (6A) for connecting a wearable neurostimulator (6) to the headband, said connector (6A) being located opposite to said hole (2), once the headband is worn by the user;
• means coupled to the elastic or stretch material for electrically connecting said connector (6A) and each of said electrodes (1);
• wherein the head band further comprises a linear piece of elastic or stretch material provided with snap fasteners (3) for closing or adjusting the headband to the head of the user;
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• wherein the headband is made of one single part provided with insulating snap fasteners (3) intended to adjust the headband to the user's head by folding of the latter on itself.