Transmitter or receiver mounting

• US 7,574,262 B2
• Filed: 06/20/2003
• Issued: 08/11/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Neurodan AS
• Original Assignee: Neurodan AS
• Inventors: Hansen, Morten, Haugland, Morten
• Primary Examiner(s): Evanisko; George R
• Assistant Examiner(s): ALTER, ALYSSA MARGO
• Application Number:
  US10/465,798
• Publication Number:
  US 20040015208A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,244 Days
• Field of Search: 607/49, 607/48, 607/60, 607/144, 607/149, 607/155, 607/156, 607/30, 607/32, 607/33, 128/903, 343/718, 343/878, 343/908
• US Class Current: 607/49
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/02 Details

Abstract

A mounting for fixing a transmitter or receiver to a surface comprises a mounting pad and a transmitter or receiver housing, the mounting pad having a face for applying to the surface and an opposite face and being provided with a first mating component of a rotatable connection and the transmitter or receiver housing having a second cooperating mating component of the rotatable connection, whereby the two components are mateable to mount the transmitter or receiver housing rotatably on the opposite face of the mounting pad.

Claims

1. A transmitter apparatus, comprising:

a controller;

a transmitter;

a wire connecting the controller to the transmitter; and

a mounting for fixing the transmitter to a surface, the mounting comprising a mounting pad and a transmitter housing, the mounting pad having a face for applying to the surface and an opposite face and being provided with a first mating component of a rotatable connection and the transmitter housing having a second cooperating mating component of the rotatable connection, whereby the two components are mateable to mount the transmitter housing rotatably on the opposite face of the mounting pad;

wherein a housing rotatable relative to the mounting pad is provided while the two components are mated; and

wherein the rotatable connection is attachable and detachable by the user.

2. A transmitter apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the transmitter is a transmitting antenna.

3. A transmitter apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the transmitting antenna is a transmitting coil.

4. A transmitter apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein the transmitting coil is a magnetic coil or an aerial coil.

5. A transmitter apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the face of the mounting pad for applying to the surface is an adhesive face.

6. A transmitter apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mounting pad is provided with an adhesive tape extending beyond the mounting pad for fixing the mounting pad to the surface.

7. A transmitter apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the transmitter housing is in the form of a dish and the mounting pad is in the form of a plate, such that when the two components are mated the mounting pad sits at least substantially within the transmitter housing.

8. A transmitter apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the one of the first and second mating components of the mounting is a flanged boss and the other of the first and second mating components is a cooperating hole.

9. A transmitter apparatus as claimed in claim 8, wherein the cooperating hole has a first portion through which the flanged boss can pass and a second portion within which the flanged boss can sit but through which the flanged boss cannot pass.

10. A transmitter apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein the first portion and the second portion of the cooperating hole are divided by a flexible waist through which the flanged boss can be urged.

11. An electrical stimulation unit comprising a sensor, a transmitter apparatus as claimed in claim 1 and a stimulator, wherein the sensor controls the transmitter by means of the controller to transmit a signal to the stimulator.

12. An electrical stimulation unit as claimed in claim 11 for the treatment of foot-drop, wherein the sensor is a pressure sensor for placing on the heel and the stimulator is a stimulator for the peroneal nerve.

13. A method of producing nerve stimulation using an electrical stimulation unit as claimed in claim 11, comprising:

the sensor detecting a stimulus;

the sensor transmitting a signal to the controller;

the controller controlling the transmitter to transmit a signal to the stimulator; and

the stimulator producing nerve stimulation.

14. A transmitter apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the transmitter is a transmitter for controlling an electrical nerve stimulator.

15. A transmitter apparatus as claimed in claim 14, wherein the electrical nerve stimulator is implantable.

16. A transmitter apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the wire connecting the controller to the transmitter runs external to the transmitter housing.