Transcutaneous nerve stimulator for treatment of sympathetic nerve dysfunction
First Claim
1. A method for using one T.E.N.S. unit for efficient suppression of pain associated with sympathetic nerve dysfunction which comprises the steps ofgenerating pulses,modulating the pulse width and amplitude of the generated pulses over a modulation cycle to vary in a prescribed manner so as to stimulate within each modulation cycle the autonomic and central nervous systems of said person, such that said sympathetic nerve dysfunction is treated with a low frequency of pulses while through the utilization of strength-duration modulation at higher pulse rates, said person'"'"'s nociceptors are addressed, such that said autonomic nervous system is stimulated for more than 5% of the amount of time as said central nervous system, andconveying said pulses to a person experiencing pain associated with sympathetic nerve dysfunction.
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Abstract
A transcutaneous nerve stimulator and method for using the same are provided for use in treating sympathetic nerve dysfunction. The device includes an analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converter, a non-volatile random access memory, a preprogrammed microprocessor with masked memory and two output channels with respective jacks for electrodes. A dual line data bus interconnects the microprocessor, converter and RAM.
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1. A method for using one T.E.N.S. unit for efficient suppression of pain associated with sympathetic nerve dysfunction which comprises the steps of
generating pulses, modulating the pulse width and amplitude of the generated pulses over a modulation cycle to vary in a prescribed manner so as to stimulate within each modulation cycle the autonomic and central nervous systems of said person, such that said sympathetic nerve dysfunction is treated with a low frequency of pulses while through the utilization of strength-duration modulation at higher pulse rates, said person'"'"'s nociceptors are addressed, such that said autonomic nervous system is stimulated for more than 5% of the amount of time as said central nervous system, and conveying said pulses to a person experiencing pain associated with sympathetic nerve dysfunction.
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7. A transcutaneous nerve stimulating device for efficient treatment of sympathetic nerve dysfunction comprising
means for generating a plurality of pulses, amplitude, pulse width and rate modulation control means, which cause the amplitude, pulse width and rate of the generated pulses to vary in a prescribed manner which permits the stimulation of the autonomic and central nervous systems by generated pulses, said amplitude control means interacting with said pulse width control means so as to maintain a mode featuring strength-duration modulation such that the values associated with pulse width and amplitude vary inversely and with the pulse rate being at its minimum when said pulse width is at its maximum, and means for conveying said pulses to a person experiencing pain associated with sympathetic nerve dysfunction.
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11. A method for using one T.E.N.S. unit for efficient suppression of pain associated with sympathetic nerve dysfunction which comprises the steps of
generating pulses, modulating the pulse width and amplitude of the generated pulses over a modulation cycle to vary in a prescribed manner so as to stimulate within each modulation cycle the autonomic and central nervous systems of said person, the stimulation being such that said sympathetic nerve dysfunction is treated with a low frequency of pulses while addressing, without manual resetting of treatment modes, a person'"'"'s nociceptors through the utilization of strength-duration modulation at higher pulse rates, and conveying said pulses to a person experiencing pain associated with sympathetic nerve dysfunction.
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