Patent ID: 7970479

Claim:
A method for long-term pain management and for cosmetic applications by means of percutaneous peripheral neuromodulation, comprising: inserting into a patient a single and hollow stimulating needle in a zone to be stimulated; locating an optimum position of the zone to be stimulated by applying a stimulating signal to the stimulating needle and optimizing a response from a muscle or a nerve, inserting percutaneously into the patient through the single and hollow stimulating needle, at the optimum position, a main body of an integral neurostimulation device, the main body comprising an elongated, tubular hollow container closed at a distal end thereof, and having disposed therein at least one electrode for creating a stimulating zone for the device, and means for electrically attaching the at least one electrode to an electronic control unit, removing the single and hollow stimulating needle from the inserted stimulating portion, and physically attaching the inserted main body at a proximal end thereof directly to an integral electronic control unit with electrical attachment of the at least one electrode thereto, to form the integral neurostimulation device as a hermetically sealed, substantially cylindrical unit of a length no more than 70 mm, the control unit comprising a body having disposed therein means for supplying an electrical stimulating signal to at the least one electrode, the means for supplying comprising at least one of a battery and a radio frequency receiver within the hermetically sealed unit, with electrical connection of the means for supplying.