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Method and apparatus for the electric stimulation of skin receptors

  • US 5,449,378 A
  • Filed: 12/30/1993
  • Issued: 09/12/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/08/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A device for relieving chronic and acute states of pain as well as itch, for affecting the motor activity of disabled people, or for increasing the flow-through of blood in underlying tissue, said device comprising:

  • a shapable electrode plate;

    a plurality of electrodes which are fixed in the electrode plate and extend through the plate, the electrodes terminating, at respective free ends, in electrode tip portions for skin penetration;

    stop means surrounding the electrode tip portion of each electrode at a distance of about 0.1-2.0 mm from the electrode tip, the stop means separating the electrode plate from a skin portion; and

    the electrodes are electrically connected to a control unit designed to activate the electrodes consecutively, so that when pressure is applied on the electrodes the electrode tip portions will penetrate the isolating outer layers of the epidermis to stimulate the receptors of the skin.

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