Patent ID: 8175713
Filing Date: 2012-05-08
Classification: A61H,A61N

Abstract:
1. A device for providing venous blood pumping from the legs by electric stimulation for treatment of medical and non-medical conditions comprising: a) means for generating unidirectional electrical impulses shaped according to a pre-stored timing pattern; b) means for conditioning said shaped impulses by converting each said shaped impulse into a bidirectional preselected shaped output pulse; c) means for applying said output impulses directly to calf muscles of a user by using only a single electrode on the skin of each leg of the user capable off causing deep and strong painless contraction of a user's leg muscles, each output impulse comprising a positive phase having a current flowing in a first direction and a negative phase having a current flowing in a direction opposite said first direction, said positive and negative phases comprising an energy modulation cycle, the integrated sum of positive and negative phases of each energy modulation cycle being zero to prevent net DC current flowing through the electrodes which would cause discomfort and/or painful skin reaction, wherein said device consists of only two electrodes; and d) wherein said means for generating said shaped impulses includes a continuous train of very short electrical impulses and rhythmic periods of modulated bursts of energy superimposed on top of said continuous train of electrical impulses.