Patent ID: 8958883
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. A compact electrical stimulation device comprising: a first and a second disposable and self-adhesive flexible circuit board comprising an electrode portion and an extra length portion; a control module electrically coupled to the electrode portions and comprising: at least one preprogrammed treatment program comprising at least one customizable treatment characteristic; a stretch layer, wherein the electrode portions of the flexible circuit boards are mounted to either end of the stretch layer, wherein the control module is mounted on the stretch layer between the electrode portions wherein the stretch layer is configured to provide additional length or to take up any slack in accommodating various placement distances of the electrode portions, and wherein the extra length portions of the circuit boards are not mounted to the stretch layer; a status indicator adapted to indicate at least one of a characteristic of the device and a characteristic of the preprogrammed treatment program; and a first control input configured to increase a level of the at least one customizable treatment characteristic and a second control input configured to decrease a level of the at least one customizable treatment characteristic, wherein the at least one treatment characteristic is customizable within a predetermined range, the first control input having a first contact area with a first set of tactile features, the second control input having a second contact area with a second set of tactile features, wherein the first set of tactile features comprises a different surface feature than the second set of tactile features, and wherein the first set of tactile features and the second set of tactile features are configured to enable a user to differentiate between the first control input and the second control input when the compact electrical stimulation device is positioned on an out-of-sight area of the user's body such that the user cannot utilize a visually-determined orientation of the compact electrical stimulation device to distinguish the first control input from the second control input; a power source housed in a structure also having the control module and electrically coupled to the control module to power the electrical stimulation device.