Neuro-muscular stimulattor channel sequencer
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1. A portable neuro-muscular stimulation system comprising:
- a portable programmable patient activated device including a neuro-muscular stimulation signal generator, a channel sequencer having at least six output channels each capable of being connected to a pair of electrodes, the channel sequencer coupling the stimulation signal generator to selected output channels for a period of time in a predetermined sequence to provide a therapy; and
a programmer capable of communicating with the patient activated device to program a period of time during which the stimulation signal is to be coupled to a selected output channel such that the patient activated device is capable of being programmed with different time periods for at least two different output channels.
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Abstract
A neuro-muscular electrical stimulator includes a signal generator that generates at least one neuro-muscular stimulation signal and a programmable channel sequencer having six or more output channels. The channel sequencer couples the stimulation signal to the sequencer output channels in a predetermined sequence. A programmer that communicates with the sequencer allows a physician to individually program, for each sequencer output channel, the length of the time period during which the stimulation signal is coupled to the output channel so as to provide a patient specific therapy prescription.
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1. A portable neuro-muscular stimulation system comprising:
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a portable programmable patient activated device including a neuro-muscular stimulation signal generator, a channel sequencer having at least six output channels each capable of being connected to a pair of electrodes, the channel sequencer coupling the stimulation signal generator to selected output channels for a period of time in a predetermined sequence to provide a therapy; and a programmer capable of communicating with the patient activated device to program a period of time during which the stimulation signal is to be coupled to a selected output channel such that the patient activated device is capable of being programmed with different time periods for at least two different output channels. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A portable neuro-muscular stimulation system comprising:
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a signal generator for providing at least one neuro-muscular stimulation signal; and a channel sequencer having six or more output channels, each output channel being coupled to a pair of electrodes, the channel sequencer coupling the stimulation signal to selected output channels in a predetermined sequence for a period of time that is individually programmable for the respective output channel, the channel sequencer automatically switching the stimulation signal from a current output channel to a next output channel in the sequence in response to the expiration of the programmed period of time associated with the current output channel. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system to adapt a neuro-muscular stimulator generating at least one neuro-muscular stimulation signal on at least one stimulator output channel, the system being capable of automatically treating a larger number of neuro-muscular locations comprising:
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a portable channel sequencer to couple a neuro-muscular stimulation signal received from the neuro-muscular stimulator to a number of sequencer output channels in a predetermined sequence wherein the number of sequencer output channels is greater than the number of stimulator output channels; and a programmer capable of communicating with the channel sequencer to program a period of time during which a stimulation signal is to be coupled to a selected output channel such that the channel sequencer is capable of being programmed with different time periods for at least two different output channels. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. An adapter for a neuro-muscular electrical stimulator that generates a neuro-muscular stimulation signal on at least one output channel to adapt the stimulator for automatically treating a larger number of neuro-muscular locations comprising:
a programmable channel sequencer having a portable housing with an input that receives the stimulation signal output from the neuro-muscular electrical stimulator and having a plurality of channel outputs greater in number than the channel outputs of the neuro-muscular electrical stimulator, each of the sequencer channel outputs being capable of providing an output stimulation signal to a pair of electrodes, the channel sequencer coupling the stimulation signal on one output channel of the neuro-muscular electrical stimulator to a selected group of channel outputs of the channel sequencer in a predetermined sequence wherein a time period during which the stimulation signal on the one output channel of the neuro-muscular electrical stimulator is coupled to a sequencer output channel in the selected group is individually programmable, the channel sequencer automatically switching the stimulation signal from a current sequencer channel output to a next selected channel output in the sequence in response to the expiration of the programmable period of time associated with the current sequencer channel output. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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