Pain relief device
First Claim
1. the Pain Relief Device, which is a therapeutic device using electrical stimulus in a way that has been previously unrecognized for its beneficial results, that can relieve pain and promote faster recovery from injuries in humans and animals and has (a) a conducting pad that has conducting sheet on one side, an insulated pad which has a conducting sheet electrically insulated within, and a low voltage DC power source such as a battery, of from 0.0 volts to 7.0 volts that charges the device, and the conducting sheets are thin flat sheets of conducting material such as but not exclusively aluminum foil, that have a surface area depending on the application, the lower back case may have a surface area of 75 square inches where as one for the shoulder may only have a surface area of 18 square inches for both the conducting and insulated pads, and the device is in operation when the conducting sheet of the conducting pad is held firmly against the skin of the body at the site of the injury and the insulated pad is simultaneously placed on the skin on a location diametrically opposed to or on the opposite side of the body from the location of the injury charged by a DC power source (b) a DC power source, using the convention that the positive (+) and negative (−
- ) discussed in these claims are the same positive (+) and negative (−
) as labeled on the poles on standard AAA, AA, A, and any other batteries or DC power sources, is wired into the device such that the conducting sheet of the conducting pad is electrically connected to the positive (+) pole of the DC power source and the conducting sheet of the insulated pad or ‘
core’
is connected to the negative (−
) pole of said DC power sources. (c) a conducting pad and an insulated pad that have one conducting sheet each which become electrodes when connected, using insulated wire, to a DC power source as above and (d) an insulated pad that is produced by completely insulating, on both sides, by sandwiching the conducting sheet electrode between two sheets of thin flexible insulating material, such as, but not limited to, vinyl, so that when the conducting sheet is bonded to the vinyl on each side by contact cement or some other adhesive, such that so assembled produces a thin, flat, shaped, pattern such as a square or rectangle or any other shape, made of vinyl, with an insulated wire protruding from its side, that is connected electrically to the slightly smaller patterned, thin conducting material of the conducting sheet, spread out perfectly flat within the vinyl sandwich and that after construction, none of the conducting sheet can be protruding through the vinyl of the insulated pad, nor can any exposed wires be permitted on the insulated pad part of this device and no part of the insulated pad thus made can conduct electricity through the insulation for voltages well in excess of the voltages indicated above. (e) a conducting pad, which is also made from a thin sheet electrode, such as aluminum foil electrically wired to the positive pole of the DC power source, requires no insulation as it is to be in direct contact with the skin, flat across the body at the site of the injury, can be reinforced on the back of the conducting sheet by bonding it to a thin flexible material such as vinyl and that after construction, the conducting pad will be a thin flexible pattern of vinyl or some other flexible material with one side covered with exposed aluminum foil or other like material with a wire leading from the aluminum of the conducting pad to the positive (+) pole of the DC power source. (f) in its basic form, a DC power source and separate wires leading to two thin pads, the conducting pad that has its aluminum electrode showing its conducting sheet'"'"'s surface area exposed, the other, the insulated pad, showing no exposed conducting material at all, the conducting sheet electrode, or core, within completely electrically insulated, and two wires leading from the DC power source, one each to the conducting pad and the insulated pad such that the positive (+) pole of a DC power source (battery) is wired to the conducting sheet of the conducting pad and the negative pole of the same DC power source is wired to the conducting sheet or core within the insulated pad.
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Abstract
The Pain relief device uses low voltage DC power sources to relieve pain and promote faster healing in the bodies of humans and animals safely. It has long been known that electrical stimulation to the body can relieve pain. The afflicted area of the body receives a positive (+) charge while the negative electrode (−) is placed on a different part of the body. The problem with attaching electrodes to the body is that if sufficient electricity is applied to accomplish the task of relieving pain, electrical burns to the skin can occur at the site of the negative (−) electrode. In the case of The Pain Relief Device, only the positive (+) electrode touches the skin as the negative (−) electrode is completely shielded with insulation. The electrical stimulation occurs harmlessly, because the shielded negatively (−) charged electrode or insulated pad, being an insulated sheet of aluminum foil produces an electric field in the body that is strong enough to cause a current to flow into the body at the site of the positive (+) electrode. No current can flow at the site of the negative (−) electrode because it is insulated and therefore no burns to the skin.
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5 Claims
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1. the Pain Relief Device, which is a therapeutic device using electrical stimulus in a way that has been previously unrecognized for its beneficial results, that can relieve pain and promote faster recovery from injuries in humans and animals and has
(a) a conducting pad that has conducting sheet on one side, an insulated pad which has a conducting sheet electrically insulated within, and a low voltage DC power source such as a battery, of from 0.0 volts to 7.0 volts that charges the device, and the conducting sheets are thin flat sheets of conducting material such as but not exclusively aluminum foil, that have a surface area depending on the application, the lower back case may have a surface area of 75 square inches where as one for the shoulder may only have a surface area of 18 square inches for both the conducting and insulated pads, and the device is in operation when the conducting sheet of the conducting pad is held firmly against the skin of the body at the site of the injury and the insulated pad is simultaneously placed on the skin on a location diametrically opposed to or on the opposite side of the body from the location of the injury charged by a DC power source (b) a DC power source, using the convention that the positive (+) and negative (− - ) discussed in these claims are the same positive (+) and negative (−
) as labeled on the poles on standard AAA, AA, A, and any other batteries or DC power sources, is wired into the device such that the conducting sheet of the conducting pad is electrically connected to the positive (+) pole of the DC power source and the conducting sheet of the insulated pad or ‘
core’
is connected to the negative (−
) pole of said DC power sources.(c) a conducting pad and an insulated pad that have one conducting sheet each which become electrodes when connected, using insulated wire, to a DC power source as above and (d) an insulated pad that is produced by completely insulating, on both sides, by sandwiching the conducting sheet electrode between two sheets of thin flexible insulating material, such as, but not limited to, vinyl, so that when the conducting sheet is bonded to the vinyl on each side by contact cement or some other adhesive, such that so assembled produces a thin, flat, shaped, pattern such as a square or rectangle or any other shape, made of vinyl, with an insulated wire protruding from its side, that is connected electrically to the slightly smaller patterned, thin conducting material of the conducting sheet, spread out perfectly flat within the vinyl sandwich and that after construction, none of the conducting sheet can be protruding through the vinyl of the insulated pad, nor can any exposed wires be permitted on the insulated pad part of this device and no part of the insulated pad thus made can conduct electricity through the insulation for voltages well in excess of the voltages indicated above. (e) a conducting pad, which is also made from a thin sheet electrode, such as aluminum foil electrically wired to the positive pole of the DC power source, requires no insulation as it is to be in direct contact with the skin, flat across the body at the site of the injury, can be reinforced on the back of the conducting sheet by bonding it to a thin flexible material such as vinyl and that after construction, the conducting pad will be a thin flexible pattern of vinyl or some other flexible material with one side covered with exposed aluminum foil or other like material with a wire leading from the aluminum of the conducting pad to the positive (+) pole of the DC power source. (f) in its basic form, a DC power source and separate wires leading to two thin pads, the conducting pad that has its aluminum electrode showing its conducting sheet'"'"'s surface area exposed, the other, the insulated pad, showing no exposed conducting material at all, the conducting sheet electrode, or core, within completely electrically insulated, and two wires leading from the DC power source, one each to the conducting pad and the insulated pad such that the positive (+) pole of a DC power source (battery) is wired to the conducting sheet of the conducting pad and the negative pole of the same DC power source is wired to the conducting sheet or core within the insulated pad. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
- ) discussed in these claims are the same positive (+) and negative (−
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