Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulator with automatic detection of user sleep-wake state
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1. Apparatus for transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in a user, the apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
stimulation means for electrically stimulating at least one nerve;
an electrode releasably mounted to the housing and connectable to the stimulation means for electrical stimulation of the at least one nerve;
monitoring means for monitoring the user'"'"'s body orientation and movement;
analysis means for analyzing said body orientation and movement monitored by the monitoring means to determine a state of the user when the body orientation of the user is recumbent; and
control means for automatically modifying the output of the stimulation means in response to the determination of the state of the user when the body orientation of the user is recumbent.
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Abstract
Apparatus for transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in a user, the apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
- stimulation means for electrically stimulating at least one nerve;
- an electrode releasably mounted to the housing and connectable to the stimulation means for electrical stimulation of the at least one nerve;
- monitoring means for monitoring the user'"'"'s body orientation and movement;
- analysis means for analyzing said orientation and movement; and
- control means for controlling the output of the stimulation means in response to said analysis of said orientation and movement.
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1. Apparatus for transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in a user, the apparatus comprising:
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a housing; stimulation means for electrically stimulating at least one nerve; an electrode releasably mounted to the housing and connectable to the stimulation means for electrical stimulation of the at least one nerve; monitoring means for monitoring the user'"'"'s body orientation and movement; analysis means for analyzing said body orientation and movement monitored by the monitoring means to determine a state of the user when the body orientation of the user is recumbent; and control means for automatically modifying the output of the stimulation means in response to the determination of the state of the user when the body orientation of the user is recumbent. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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53. Apparatus for transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in a user, said apparatus comprising:
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a housing; stimulation means within the housing for electrically stimulating nerves; monitoring means within the housing for measuring orientation and activity levels of the user to determine a state of the user when the body orientation of the user is recumbent; and control means for automatically modifying the electrical stimulation provided to the skin of the user in response to the determination of the state of the user when the body orientation of the user is recumbent.
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54. Apparatus for providing therapeutic transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation to a user, the apparatus comprising:
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a housing; stimulation means for electrically stimulating at least one nerve; monitoring means for monitoring the user'"'"'s body orientation and movement; analysis means for analyzing said body orientation and movement monitored by the monitoring means to determine whether the user is in a sleep state or a wake state; and control means for automatically modifying the output of the stimulation means in response to the determination of the sleep-wake state of the user so that therapeutic stimulation is delivered to the user in a sleep state. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56)
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