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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4408608 | Implantable tissue-stimulating prosthesis There is disclosed an implantable tissue-stimulating prosthesis, such as a cochlear prosthesis, which can not only be implemented in single-chip form, but which also permits great flexibility in stimulation strategy and data transmission format. Only sixt... | 10/11/1983 |
| 4327322 | Bidirectional current supply circuit A bidirectional current supply circuit for nerve stimulation including current-level adjusters and a mode switch having two operating conditions. One condition provides for operation solely with one adjuster in series circuit for common control of the lev... | 04/27/1982 |
| 4279256 | Nerve stimulation method Methods and devices for purposes such as nerve stimulation and sexual stimulation. For purposes of nerve stimulation, a plurality of electrically conductive bodies are suspended in a viscous substance and injected into tissue so as to extend between the o... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4232680 | Apparatus and method for transcutaneous electrotherapy nerve stimulator The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for being used in transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation. The apparatus includes a first circuit operatively coupled to a source of electrical energy for generating a squarewave output signal. ... | 11/11/1980 |
| 4230121 | Electrical body stimulator An electrical body stimulator having particular utility for transcutaneous electronic nerve stimulation. Circuitry is provided which delivers a driving pulse, the stimulator output circuitry being responsive to the driving pulse duration for establishing ... | 10/28/1980 |
| 4121594 | Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulator A transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulator in which a unijunction transistor relaxation oscillator is used to produce variable frequency, variable width pulses. The relaxation oscillator drives a two stage transistor amplifier and the output therefrom i... | 10/24/1978 |
| 4062364 | Electrode for use in low frequency electronic therapy device There is disclosed an electrode construction for use in a low frequency electronic therapy device and adapted to be brought in contact with the skin at a therapy point of a human being. A negative electrode is adapted to have a contacting area between the... | 12/13/1977 |
| 4057069 | Method of nerve stimulation and a stimulator for the application of the method In order to excite living cells, a FM transmitter transmits for a period t at a frequency f such that the difference between f and a reference frequency fO sets the amplitude of a desired nerve stimulation pulse. A receiver implanted in the liv... | 11/08/1977 |
| 4055190 | Electrical therapeutic apparatus An electrical therapeutic apparatus which comprises an oscillator for selectively generating a low or high frequency, a selector associated with said oscillator to determine a voltage having an intrinsic frequency of specified wave suitable to an affected... | 10/25/1977 |
| 4033356 | Apparatus for therapeutical treatment and stimulation of muscles by low-frequency oscillating electric current An apparatus for therapeutical treatment and stimulation of muscles in a human body comprises a housing containing a low-frequency oscillating electric circuit having dry cells as power source and an electrode section having two electrodes electrically co... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4014323 | Electrotherapy system A system utilizing a low power level of pulsed alternating current for assisting a patient in producing an improved physiological or psychological condition within his body, wherein one improvement in one embodiment lies in a compact portable pulse train ... | 03/29/1977 |
| 3955583 | Method of and apparatus for dental anesthesia A region to be anesthetized is connected between a pair of electrical leads. A train of like primary direct-current pulses of a polarity tending to counter nerve-generated pain signals is applied to the region by the conductors. Between these primary puls... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3946745 | Apparatus for generating positive and negative electric pulses for application to a living body for therapeutic purposes Apparatus for treating organisms for therapeutic purposes consists in applying thereto by means of electrodes an electrical signal comprising successive pairs of pulses, the pulses of each pair being of opposite polarity. The apparatus has an electrode ar... | 03/30/1976 |
| 3943938 | Anal sphincter device and barium enema plug An apparatus for stimulating the anal sphincter is provided in order to maintain the anal sphincter in a substantially continuously contracted condition. The apparatus includes a plug which is inserted in the anus such that a portion of the plug is surrou... | 03/16/1976 |
| 3941136 | Method for artificially inducing urination, defecation, or sexual excitation A method for artificially inducing urination, defecation, or sexual excitation in human beings or animals. By way of a suitable generator, supplied with power either from a battery or from a wall outlet, electrical pulses are created with a given voltage,... | 03/02/1976 |
