Tissue treatment systems with high powered functional electrical stimulation and methods for reducing pain during tissue treatments
US8788060B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 25, 2010 |
| Grant date | Jul 22, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 21, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61N5/022
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Methods, apparatus, and systems for transcutaneously treating tissue located beneath a skin surface with electromagnetic energy delivered from a treatment electrode. A portion of the treatment electrode is contacted with the skin surface. While maintaining the contact between the portion of the treatment electrode and the skin surface, the electromagnetic energy is delivered from the treatment electrode in a plurality of power pulses through the skin surface to the tissue over a treatment time with a time gap between each consecutive pair of the pulses to lower a level of pain perceived by a patient.
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