Patent ID: 6561136
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: A61D

Abstract:
An electronic device adapted to discourage veterinary patients from licking and mutilating medical appliances which are attached to an anatomical area on the patient, said device comprising:a casing, said casing housing an electrical power source; an elongate first wire, said first wire having a proximate end connected to said casing and said electrical power source wherein said first wire extends from said casing and terminates at a distal end; a first electrode, said first electrode attached to said distal end of said first wire; an elongate second wire, said second wire having a proximate end connected to said casing and said electrical power source wherein said second wire extends from said casing and terminates at a distal end; a second electrode, said second electrode attached to said distal end of said second wire; a medical adhesive for attaching said first electrode to the anatomical area of the patient; a flexible sheet for covering the anatomical area of the patient, said flexible sheet having an electrically conductive outer surface; and means for attaching said second electrode to said outer surface of said sheet.