Transmitter or receiver mounting

• US 20040015208A1
• Filed: 06/20/2003
• Published: 01/22/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Neurodan AS
• Original Assignee: Neurodan AS
• Inventors: Haugland, Morten, Hansen, Morten
• Granted Patent: US 7,574,262 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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 mounting for fixing a transmitter or receiver to a surface, the mounting comprising 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.

2. A mounting as claimed in claim 1, wherein the transmitter or receiver housing is a transmitting or receiving antenna housing.

3. A mounting as claimed in claim 2, wherein the transmitting or receiving antenna housing is a transmitting or receiving coil housing.

4. A mounting as claimed in claim 3, wherein the transmitting or receiving coil housing is a magnetic coil housing or an aerial coil housing.

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

6. A mounting 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 mounting as claimed in claim 1, wherein the transmitter or receiver 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 or receiver coil housing.

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

9. A mounting 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 mounting 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. A transmitter or receiver housing, constituting one component of a mounting as claimed in claim 1.

12. A mounting pad, constituting one component of a mounting as claimed in claim 1.

13. An electrical stimulation unit comprising a sensor, a transmitter, a transmitter mounting as claimed in claim 1 and a stimulator, wherein the sensor controls the transmitter to transmit a signal to the stimulator.

14. An electrical stimulation unit as claimed in claim 13, wherein the sensor controls the transmitter by means of a controller.

15. An electrical stimulation unit as claimed in claim 13 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.

16. A method of producing nerve stimulation using an electrical stimulation unit as claimed in claim 14, comprising the steps of:

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.