Apparatus for transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in a user, the apparatus comprising: a stimulator for electrically stimulating at least one nerve with at least one stimulation pulse; a controller connected to the stimulator for controlling at least one characteristic of the at least one stimulation pulse; an analyzer for identifying the current and future presence of pain-altering patterns based on weather and/or environmental factors; and a processor connected to the analyzer and the controller for modulating the at least one characteristic of the at least one stimulation pulse according to the pain-altering patterns identified by the analyzer.

There is provided a system including a controller, a breathing sensor securable to a patient to determine breathing data of the patient, a pulse oximetry sensor securable to the patient to sense pulse oximetry data of the patient, and a stimulator securable to the patient to stimulate the patient. The controller configured to execute instructions to obtain the breathing data from the breathing sensor, obtain the pulse oximetry data from the pulse oximetry sensor, determine, based on the breathing data of the patient and the pulse oximetry data of the patient, whether the patient is to be stimulated, and deliver, using the stimulator, stimulations to the patient, in response to determining that the patient is to be stimulated.

A muscle electrostimulation device has a main body having a contact surface fitted around an abdomen. The contact surface extends in an X direction encircling the abdomen and in a Y direction perpendicular to the X direction. The main body includes: a front part having a front electrode unit adapted to cause an electric current in the X direction in an abdominal rectus muscle; and a pair of extensions extending from respective sides of the front part in the X direction and having side electrode units adapted to cause an electric current in the X direction to flow in an oblique abdominal muscle. Front recesses that recede in the Y direction are provided at positions in side portions of the front part along the Y direction that bisect the front part in the X direction.

A muscle electrostimulation device includes: a main body having a contact surface fitted around a portion fitted with the device of a lower limb or an upper limb. The contact surface extends in an X direction encircling the portion fitted with the device and in a Y direction perpendicular to the X direction. The main body is provided with a pair of electrodes arranged at a distance in the Y direction. Each of the pair of electrodes is shaped in a band in which an extent in the X direction is larger than an extent in the Y direction and is arranged to cause an electric current to flow in the portion fitted with the device along a direction of extension of a muscle fiber in the portion fitted with the device.

The present invention is directed to transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) devices which utilize novel stimulation waveforms and novel arrangements of TENS electrodes to improve the efficiency of power consumption while enhancing therapeutic effects.

In an exercise instrument controller, a type determination unit specifies, from among a plurality of types, the type of exercise for which an exercise instrument is used. An association determination unit specifies association between a body part that is exercised and the exercise instrument based on the type that has been specified. A setting processing unit sets an operation detail of the exercise instrument based on user's manipulation. An instrument control unit controls, by transmitting information indicating an operation detail for each exercise instrument based on the association between the body part and the exercise instrument that has been specified and the operation detail that has been set, exercise by the exercise instrument. A display control unit controls a screen display regarding the association between the body part and the exercise instrument, the operation detail, and an exercising status.

Wearable assistive jamming apparatus and related methods are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes a frame to be worn about a body part of a user and a jamming actuator carried by the frame. The example apparatus includes an electrode to deliver electricity from an electrical source communicatively coupled to the electrode to a muscle of the user. In the example apparatus, the jamming actuator is to transition from a flexible state to a substantially rigid state in coordination with the delivery of the electricity to the electrode to support the body part.

An electrode connector assembly for the use in transcutaneous electrical stimulation includes a flexible web extending in a plane and first, second, third and fourth electrode connectors carried by the web and spaced from each other about the web in the plane. The electrode connector assembly further includes an electrical connector and first, second, third and fourth conductors electrically coupling the respective first, second, third and fourth electrode connectors to the electrical connector.

The present invention relates to a portable body-contact therapeutic device comprising a main body having a first main body member and a second main body member combined in a clip form such that pants, panties or a belt are worn by being inserted between the opposing surfaces from one side, characterized in that in a state that the pants, the panties or the belt are worn by being inserted in the main body, the outer surface of the first main body member is formed toward the body outside and the outer surface of the second main body member is formed so as to contact the body skin, wherein a current output circuit for outputting a current is included on the inside of the main body, and a main body electrode pad to which the current outputted from the current output circuit is applied is formed in the outer surface of the second main body member. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a portable body-contact therapeutic device which can easily be worn so as to directly contact the body, and which can maximize the therapy effect for each of various women's diseases.

An electric current stimulation device includes a first electrode and a second electrode that are arranged in a body, and an output circuit that outputs an electric signal; wherein the electric signal by which the user feels no pain is output from the output circuit, and the electric signal is applied to a distal portion of extremities or near the same by the first electrode and the second electrode when arranging the body at the distal portion of the extremities of the user or near the same.