ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION DEVICE

• US 20110288601A1
• Filed: 08/05/2011
• Published: 11/24/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: DJO LLC (Enovis Corp.)
• Original Assignee: DJO LLC (Enovis Corp.)
• Inventors: Karas, Michael, Woldegiorges, Bisrat, Czech, John, Moore, Gary L.
• Application Number:
  US13/204,077
• Publication Number:
  US 20110288601A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 607/2
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/025 Digital circuitry features of electrotherapy devices, e.g. memory, clocks, processors
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/0456 Specially adapted for transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation [TENS]
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/36021 for treatment of pain
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/3752 Details of casing-lead connections
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 90/10 Information and communication technologies [ICT] supporting adaptation to climate change, e.g. for weather forecasting or climate simulation

Abstract

The electrical nerve stimulation unit in accordance with the present invention generally includes a housing, an input panel, a display panel, a controller, a first channel output, a second channel output, and a power system. While the device is generally described in terms of use as a TENS unit, it must be noted that other nerve stimulation applications for the device are envisioned as well. The myriad of intelligent and proactive programmable software functions and features of the present invention are executed on the controller'"'"'s microprocessor. For instance, open lead monitoring, soft recovery implementation, compliance monitoring, and enhanced power management are all controlled and monitored through the interfacing of the processor with the various devices and hardware on the unit'"'"'s hardware platform.

Claims

1-26. -26. (canceled)

27. An electrical nerve stimulation device, comprising:

a display screen; and

a housing having

a front panel portion;

a back panel portion attachable to the front panel portion; and

a keypad panel intermediately positionable between the front panel and the second panel, the keypad panel having a display screen frame nest adapted to securely receive the display screen to facilitate alignment of the display screen within the housing.

28. The device of claim 27, wherein the display screen is a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD).

29. The device of claim 27, wherein the keypad panel is constructed of a flexible material.

30. The device of claim 29, wherein at least one of the flexible materials is selected from a group consisting of:

polymers, and polymers containing carbon.

31. The device of claim 27, wherein the keypad panel includes a plurality of keys positioned on the keypad panel for alignment with corresponding apertures in the front panel.

32. An electrical nerve stimulation device, comprising:

display means for providing visual display to a user during operation of the device; and

a housing having

a front panel portion;

a back panel portion attachable to the front panel portion; and

panel means intermediately positionable between the front panel and the second panel for securely nesting the display screen to facilitate alignment of the display screen within the housing.

33. The device of claim 32, wherein the panel means is constructed of a flexible material.