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Handheld treatment device

  • US 9,446,251 B1
  • Filed: 02/05/2015
  • Issued: 09/20/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A handheld treatment device for facilitating neurophysiological treatment of a patient harboring an implanted neural stimulator, the handheld treatment device comprising:

  • a handheld housing comprising a bottom portion connected to a top portion having a handle member adapted for holding by a hand of an operator;

    a transmitting antenna located in the handheld housing and configured to accept one or more input signals and to transmit one or more electromagnetic signals through non-inductive coupling to a passive neural stimulator that is implantable in the patient'"'"'s body;

    control circuitry located in the handheld housing and configured to provide the one or more input signals to the transmitting antenna;

    a circuit board; and

    a battery;

    wherein the bottom portion of the handheld housing comprises;

    a bottom surface;

    a base housing section segment defining the bottom surface and, on a surface opposite to the bottom surface, defining an antenna recess that provides an indented area on the surface opposite to the bottom surface such that the transmitting antenna is accommodated in the indented area of the antenna recess;

    an antenna cover housing section that is arranged in the base housing section such that a first surface of the antenna cover housing is facing the transmitting antenna in the antenna recess; and

    wherein the antenna housing section includes a second surface, opposite the first surface of the antenna housing section, that includes a holding space in which the circuit board supporting the control circuitry and the battery are located, the antenna housing section providing electrical isolation between the transmitting antenna and holding space for the circuit board and the battery while the one or more electromagnetic signals are being transmitted non-inductively to the passive neural stimulator.

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