Patent ID: 7983761

Claim:
A nerve stimulation device for applying electrical stimulation to a nerve in a patient, through the skin of the patient, the course of said nerve establishing a line along the patient's body, said device comprising: a housing adapted for application to the body of the patient over the nerve, said housing having a bottom outer surface for application to the skin of the patient; a pair of exposed metal electrodes attached to the bottom outer surface of the housing; a band attached to the housing, said band adapted to secure the housing to the body, said band arranged relative to the housing and the electrodes such that, when the housing is secured to the body, the electrodes are positioned to directly contact the skin of the patient and are disposed longitudinally along the line established by the nerve; pulse generating circuitry housed within the housing, said pulse generating circuitry operably connected to the electrodes to provide electrical pulses to the nerve through the electrodes; a gasket having a first aperture and a second aperture being sized and dimensioned to receive the electrodes, said gasket disposed about the electrodes on the bottom outer surface of the housing; and wherein the electrodes extend a given depth outwardly from the bottom outer surface of the housing, and the gasket is a compressible electrically insulating gasket having a thickness in an uncompressed state which is greater than the given depth of the electrodes and a thickness in a compressed state which does not impede direct contact between the electrodes and the patient.