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Transcutaneous nerve stimulator for treatment of sympathetic nerve dysfunction

  • US 4,917,092 A
  • Filed: 07/13/1988
  • Issued: 04/17/1990
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/13/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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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 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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