Patent ID: 8977364
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. An external, head worn electrical nerve stimulation device, comprising: a power source; a head band configured to fit around a patient's head, the patient's head including a front portion, a rear portion opposite the front portion, a first lateral side, and a second lateral side opposite the first lateral side; and a plurality of electrical electrodes disposed along the head band, wherein the plurality of electrodes is configured to simultaneously contact each of the front portion, the rear portion, the first lateral side, and the second lateral side, and wherein each of the plurality of electrodes is disposed within a single plane that extends through the patent's head when the head band is installed thereon; wherein the plurality of electrical electrodes is configured to simultaneously stimulate, with electrical current, each of the greater occipital nerve, the lesser occipital nerve, the supraorbital nerve, the supratrochlear nerve, zygomatotemporal nerve, and the auriculotemporal nerve when the head band is installed on the patient's head and when the electrodes are energized by the power source.