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Device for providing transdermal electrical stimulation at an adjustable position on a head

US8880173B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 12, 2013
Grant dateNov 4, 2014
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Expiry dateMar 12, 2033

Classification

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

Abstract

A device for providing transdermal electrical stimulation at an adjustable position on a head. The device including a supporting member economically shaped and configured to be fixedly supported about an anatomical body part; the supporting member being adjustably positionable in only two directions substantially perpendicular to one another. No electrical stimulation is provided by the supporting member. Alternatively, the device includes at least one pair of electrodes for producing the transdermal electrical stimulation to the head. The electrodes are mounted to a securing member shaped and configured to be releasably securable only about a plurality of strands of hair at a predetermined fixed orientation without being secured about any anatomical body part.

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