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ADJUSTABLE HEADBAND CARRYING ELECTRODES FOR ELECTRICALLY STIMULATING THE FACIAL AND MANDIBULAR NERVES

  • US 3,659,614 A
  • Filed: 12/29/1969
  • Issued: 05/02/1972
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/29/1969
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An assembly for electrically stimulating facial muscles with a pulsing electrical current comprising;

  • a single non-conductive flexible band adapted to be secured around the head of the patient, said band being adjustable in length, a pair of input electrodes pivotally attached to the head band by means of electrically conductive support means said electrodes being movable along the length of the support means and adapted to be placed in contact with the patient'"'"''"'"'s skin forward of his ears, a common dispersal electrode attached to a conductive support means, said support means secured to the band intermediate the input electrode supports and adapted to contact the skin of the patient at the nape of the neck, insulated electrically conductive means adapted to be connected to the output of a pulse generator and connected to each of the input electrodes, insulated electrically conductive means adapted to be connected to a pulse generating means and connected to the dispersal electrode, whereby the stimulating current is administered through the input electrodes and received by the dispersal electrode, the electrodes each comprising a housing of dielectric material having a bottom wall, side walls and an open end, a pad of compressible, resilient, flexible electrically conductive metallic wire mounted within and substantially filling the housing, said pad being connected to the conductive mounting means by a blot secured to the mounting means passing through the housing, the bolt including a conductive disk mounted thereon which is imbedded in the wire pad and a thin moisture retentive piece of material covering the skin contacting surface of the pad.

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