Wireless transcutaneous electrical tissue stimulator
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1. A transcutaneous electrical tissue stimulator, comprising:
- a housing and means for positioning it in use between the body and the outer clothing;
one or more transcutaneous electrodes for attachment to the skin, said electrodes including wire leads;
stimulation generating circuit means for producing electrical stimulation and means for mounting it within said housing, said generating means electrically coupled to said electrodes through said leads;
said stimulation generating circuit means including means for receiving remotely generated programming signals and altering one or more modes or parameters of said electrical stimulation in response to said programming signals ; and
hand-sized remote control means including user actuated controls for generating and transmitting programming signals to be received by said receiving means to permit a user to control said stimulation generating circuit means from a position remote from the location of said housing.
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Abstract
A transcutaneous electrical tissue stimulator comprises an electrical tissue stimulation generator (10, 41) attachable to the human body and a remote controller (37, 40) therefor. Generator (10) includes a plurality of rigid printed circuit boards (73-75) having components (91, 92) mounted thereon, each circuit board (73-75) interconnected with flexible printed circuit board (76, 77) and terminal means (51-54) for delivery of electrical tissue stimulation to electrodes (12-15). Remote programmer (37, 40) comprises user controls (39) for control of generator (10, 41) stimulation mode or parameters via telemetric link (42d, 42a).
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1. A transcutaneous electrical tissue stimulator, comprising:
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a housing and means for positioning it in use between the body and the outer clothing; one or more transcutaneous electrodes for attachment to the skin, said electrodes including wire leads; stimulation generating circuit means for producing electrical stimulation and means for mounting it within said housing, said generating means electrically coupled to said electrodes through said leads; said stimulation generating circuit means including means for receiving remotely generated programming signals and altering one or more modes or parameters of said electrical stimulation in response to said programming signals ; and hand-sized remote control means including user actuated controls for generating and transmitting programming signals to be received by said receiving means to permit a user to control said stimulation generating circuit means from a position remote from the location of said housing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A transcutaneous electrical tissue stimulation device for use with transcutaneous electrodes having wire leads, comprising:
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a flexible housing and means for holding said housing in use on or adjacent a human body at least underneath the outer clothing; stimulation generating circuit means for producing electrical tissue stimulation; control circuit means connected for control of said generating circuit means in response to remotely generated control signals; means for mounting said generating and control circuit means within said housing and for electrically coupling said generating circuit means to the electrode leads, said means for mounting comprising a plurality of circuit board means for mounting the electrical components of said generating and control circuit means thereon and flexible circuit path means for electrically interconnecting the electrical components and mechancially connecting the circuit board means; and wireless user operable means for generating and transmitting control signals to be received by said control circuit means to permit the stimulation mode of said generating circuit means to be controlled from a location remote from said housing.
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