US 9,254,382 B2 · Apparatus for transcutaneous electrical stimulation of the tibial nerve

Abstract

An electro-acupuncture device for controlling over active bladder is described. The device includes a housing, circuitry for generating electro-acupuncture stimulus disposed within the housing, and at least one strap for securing the housing to the ankle. The device also includes a pair of D-shaped electrodes received within the bottom outer surface of the housing. The housing of the device is flexible with a low profile and is shaped so that it is conformal to a person's ankle. When the device is strapped to a patient's ankle, the electrodes contact the ankle and provide electric stimulation to the tibial nerve within the ankle.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A nerve stimulation device for applying electrical stimulation to a nerve, the nerve stimulation device comprising:

a) a housing having a top surface and an opposing bottom surface that extends from an annular sidewall, wherein the housing bottom surface is curved having a convex shape that outwardly extends away from the opposing top surface, and wherein the curved bottom surface is adapted to be contactable to an exterior surface of a human body;
b) at least two electrodes received through respective apertures that extend through the housing bottom surface;
and
c) a pulse generating circuit enclosed within the housing operably connected to the electrodes, wherein the pulse generator is capable of generating an electrical pulse.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

14/177,133Filed 10 Feb 2014 · us provisional application

Priority

8 Feb 2013

Published

US 2014/0228927 A114 Aug 2014

Granted

9 Feb 2016

Term ends

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Classification8 codes

A61H 39/002
Devices for locating or stimulating specific reflex points of the body for physical therapy, e.g. acupuncture: using electric currents
A61N 1/0456
Use-related aspects: specially adapted for transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation [TENS]
A61N 1/36034
Control systems: specified by the stimulation parameters
A61H 2201/164
Kind of interface, e.g. head rest, knee support or lumbar support: feet or leg, e.g. pedal

Apparatus for transcutaneous electrical stimulation of the tibial nerve

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Apparatus for transcutaneous electrical stimulation of the tibial nerve

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Abstract

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