Transdermal electrical stimulation devices for modifying or inducing cognitive state

US9233244B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• thync, inc. · US

Inventors

• Sumon K. Pal · Boston, US
• Jonathan David Charlesworth · Menlo Park, US
• Remi Demers · Lévis, CA
• Daniel Wetmore · Brooklyn, US
• Isy Goldwasser · Los Gatos, US
• William J. Tyler · Newton, US
• Raymond L. Gradwohl · Saratoga, US
• Philip Lamb · Bothell, US
• Christopher Voss · Dorval, CA

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 4, 2015
• Grant date: Jan 12, 2016
• Expiry date: Mar 4, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61N1/0492
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Portable transdermal electrical stimulation (TES) applicators for modifying a subject's cognitive state. In general, the portable applicators described are specifically configured and adapted to be lightweight and may be wearable, and to deliver a high-intensity TES able to evoke or enhance a predetermined cognitive effect. These TES applicators may include a pair of electrodes and a TES control module comprising a processor, a timer and a waveform generator. TES control module is adapted to deliver a biphasic electrical stimulation signal of 10 seconds or longer between the first and second electrodes having a frequency of 400 Hz or greater, a duty cycle of greater than 10 percent, an intensity of 3 mA or greater, with a DC offset.