Device for electrostimulation
First Claim
1. A compressible electro-stimulation device comprising a compressible body with at least one electrode at or on the device body surface and corresponding numbers of electrode connectors internal to the body, wherein each electrode and its corresponding electrode connector remain separated from each other upon completed assembly of the device and are adapted to contact with each other and to lockingly engage with each other upon compression of the device body.
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Abstract
There is disclosed an electro-stimulation device having co-operating male/female locking engagement between an internal electrode connector and an externally facing contact electrode. This arrangement aids easy assembly of the electrostimulation device especially when using a unitary device body to form a self-contained device. The device may be arranged to deliver constant target current to a muscle for electro-stimulation of that muscle. The device may be a completely self-contained device with no external means for the adjustment and control of the electro-stimulation delivered to the muscle during treatment. The microprocessor based device may monitor indirectly the actual current delivered to the muscle during electro-stimulation via measurement of the return path voltage through the muscle and optionally in addition monitors and adjusts for the internal battery voltage during use of the device in order to deliver a more consistent an accurate and effective target output current to the muscle being stimulated at each and every pulse delivered from the device.
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- 1. A compressible electro-stimulation device comprising a compressible body with at least one electrode at or on the device body surface and corresponding numbers of electrode connectors internal to the body, wherein each electrode and its corresponding electrode connector remain separated from each other upon completed assembly of the device and are adapted to contact with each other and to lockingly engage with each other upon compression of the device body.
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