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Apparatus for the controlled prescription and administration of transcranial direct current stimulation treatments in humans

  • US 9,026,216 B2
  • Filed: 06/10/2009
  • Issued: 05/05/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/12/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system to control the process of prescription and administration of electrical direct current stimulation treatments for neuromodulation of nervous tissue, the system comprising:

  • a. at least two electrodes adapted to be applied externally on the skin of a subject;

    b. at least one stimulating device adapted to be provided externally to the subject for administration of electrical current stimulation treatment, wherein the at least one stimulating device is connected to the at least two electrodes;

    c. a control device connected to the at least one stimulating device through an unsafe communication channel;

    wherein the at least one stimulating device is enabled by said subject to stimulation treatment delivery only according to modalities defined in a prescription made by a specialized subject and only after having received from the control device a positive result of a verification of a credential of the specialized subject who is making the prescription, wherein the prescription is defined as a finite number of stimulations with a specific minimum time interval between two consecutive stimulations,and wherein the at least one stimulating device is not activated by said subject for a new stimulation treatment delivery when the finite number of stimulations is reached for the current stimulation treatment or until the specific minimum time interval between two consecutive stimulation treatments is fully elapsed, thus preventing the subject to make unscheduled stimulation treatments,and wherein the at least one stimulating device comprises a start button pushed by said subject to start the stimulation, wherein said start button remains inactive until the fixed interval between two consecutive stimulations is fully elapsed.

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