TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATOR WITH AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF USER SLEEP-WAKE STATE
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1. Apparatus for transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in a user, the apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
stimulation means for electrically stimulating at least one nerve;
an electrode releasably mounted to the housing and connectable to the stimulation means for electrical stimulation of the at least one nerve;
monitoring means for monitoring the user'"'"'s body orientation and movement;
analysis means for analyzing said orientation and movement; and
control means for controlling the output of the stimulation means in response to said analysis of said orientation and movement.
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Abstract
Apparatus for transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in a user, the apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
- stimulation means for electrically stimulating at least one nerve;
- an electrode releasably mounted to the housing and connectable to the stimulation means for electrical stimulation of the at least one nerve;
- monitoring means for monitoring the user'"'"'s body orientation and movement;
- analysis means for analyzing said orientation and movement; and
- control means for controlling the output of the stimulation means in response to said analysis of said orientation and movement.
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80 Claims
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1. Apparatus for transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in a user, the apparatus comprising:
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a housing; stimulation means for electrically stimulating at least one nerve; an electrode releasably mounted to the housing and connectable to the stimulation means for electrical stimulation of the at least one nerve; monitoring means for monitoring the user'"'"'s body orientation and movement; analysis means for analyzing said orientation and movement; and control means for controlling the output of the stimulation means in response to said analysis of said orientation and movement. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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53. A method for controlling transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation based on a user'"'"'s body orientation and movement status, the method comprising the steps of:
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applying the transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation device to the user'"'"'s body to create a tight mechanical coupling between the device and the user'"'"'s body; acquiring data from an accelerometer mounted to the stimulation device that measures the user'"'"'s body orientation and movement; analyzing the accelerometer data to determine the user'"'"'s body orientation and movement; determining the user'"'"'s body orientation and body movement status; and modifying the stimulation output pattern based on the user'"'"'s body orientation and body movement status. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78)
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79. Apparatus for transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in a user, said apparatus comprising:
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a housing; stimulation means within the housing for electrically stimulating nerves; monitoring means within the housing for measuring orientation and activity levels of the said user; control means for controlling the electrical stimulation provided to the skin of the user when the monitoring means determines that the user body orientation and activity levels meet at least one predetermined condition.
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80. A method for applying transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation to a user, said method comprising:
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applying stimulation means and an accelerometer sensor to the the user'"'"'s body; delivering stimulation current to the user to stimulate one or more nerves; analyzing accelerometer sensor data to assess the user'"'"'s body orientation and movement levels; and modifying the stimulation output based on the user'"'"'s body orientation and movement levels.
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