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Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulator

US5048523A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 3, 1990
Grant dateSep 17, 1991
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Expiry dateApr 3, 2010

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  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61N1/36021
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In a transcutaneous electric nerve stimulator for producing in a predetermined sequence of different types of waveforms (in which the frequency varies, the signal is successively and/or intermittently created, etc.), when the user depresses a predetermined switch while a desired waveform is being outputted, a low-frequency signal of the waveform is thereafter continuously produced. In a transcutaneous electric nerve stimulator capable of selectively producing low-frequency signals of at least two different kinds, a kind of output signals at a termination of a treatment is stored in a memory such that a low-frequency signal of the stored kind is produced when the stimulator is started for a subsequent treatment.

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