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Devices and methods for treating restless leg syndrome

  • US 9,017,273 B2
  • Filed: 03/02/2009
  • Issued: 04/28/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/29/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for generating a counter-stimulation in a patient suffering from restless leg syndrome, the system comprising:

  • a vibration generator configured and arranged to generate a counter-stimulation vibration in a patient suffering from restless leg syndrome, the counter-stimulation having a frequency of between 50 hz and 10 per minute and of an amplitude and time duration either lower than that which would wake the patient and higher than that sufficient to relieve restless leg syndrome symptoms, or sufficient to relieve restless leg syndrome symptoms and allow the patient to return to sleep;

    a controller configured and arranged to drive the vibration generator, the controller in communication with the vibration generator, the controller being configured and arranged to ramp down the counter-stimulation so as not to waken or alarm the patient; and

    a base configured and arranged to hold the vibration generator adjacent to a patient, the vibration generator attached to the base.

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