Provided herein is a method of blocking a nerve or neuron including applying an electrical stimulation to the nerve or neuron, wherein the electrical stimulation is of an intensity that is greater than an excitation threshold of the nerve or neuron for a length of time sufficient to produce a block of nerve conduction or neuron excitation.

A multi-type combination electrical stimulation method is for medical treatment of surface and internal infected tissues, surface wounds and ulcers, trauma injuries, abnormal plasia and fibrotic changes, and pain conditions. The multi-type electrotherapy system for non-invasive treatment of both surface and deep body bacterial and viral infections and wound healing includes a machine learning function optimization task algorithm, and a stimulation device electronically with the ability to generate carrier base waveforms with amplitude modulation of these waveforms by secondary frequencies. The ranges of such frequencies are base frequencies in the range of 1-20,000 Hz and modulating frequencies in the range of 1-200 Hz. The waveforms are generated by either direct digital synthesis (DDS) or digital to analogue (DAC) converter electronics.

The invention discloses a functional electrical stimulation device including a headset, an electrical stimulation patch, an LED display screen, a circuit board, a rechargeable battery and a wireless terminal, and a method for using same. Two headphone bodies are symmetrically disposed on the headset, the circuit board and rechargeable battery are respectively mounted on the headphone bodies, and a music control button and an electrical stimulation mode and time control button are mounted on the two headphone bodies respectively. Two electrical stimulation patches are mounted on a middle portion of the headset, two LED display screens are respectively mounted on the two electrical stimulation patches. An audio decoder chip, a button control module, a power switch, an electrical stimulation generation module, a wireless communications module and a charging port are disposed on the circuit board, and the wireless terminal is independently disposed and in wireless communication with the circuit board.

Methods for treating and managing pain in a patient with therapeutic neuromodulation and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. Chronic or debilitating pain can be associated, for example, with a disease or condition of the abdominal or reproductive viscera. One aspect of the present technology is directed to methods that at least partially inhibit sympathetic neural activity in nerves proximate a target blood vessel of a diseased or damaged organ of a patient experiencing pain. Targeted sympathetic nerve activity can be modulated at least along afferent pathways which can improve a measurable parameter associated with the pain of the patient The modulation can be achieved, for example, using an intravascularly positioned catheter carrying a therapeutic assembly, e.g., a therapeutic assembly configured to use electrically-induced, thermally-induced, and/or chemically-induced approaches to modulate the target sympathetic nerve.

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.

Techniques are disclosed related to increasing prior limits imposed on MR gradient switching speed (dB/dt) without causing significant discomfort or severe pain perception to patients. The technique disclosed herein do so by modifying the pulsing gradient fields that are ordinarily available for MR imaging protocols. Doing so stimulates the peripheral nerves and thus enables a quick, reversible, and complete inhibition of action potential propagation through the stimulated region of tissue, referred to as a nerve conduction block.

A neuromodulation apparatus and method of using the same. The neuromodulation apparatus includes a plurality of electrodes each of the plurality of electrodes having an electrically conductive element applicable to or under a skin of a patient, a pulse generator electrically connected to each of the plurality of electrodes for transmitting electrical pulses to the plurality of electrodes and a control unit coupled to the pulse generator and adapted to measure a resistance and/or a current-voltage characteristic between at least two electrodes of the plurality of electrodes. The control unit is adapted to control a shape of the electric pulses based on the measured resistance and/or current-voltage characteristic.

There is disclosed a system for providing transcutaneous electrical stimulation to the vagus nerve of an individual comprising: an electrode unit mountable within the auricle of the individual and having at least a first electrode and a second electrode for applying the transcutaneous electrical stimulation at the cymba conchae and the tragus of the individual's auricle, and a controller for controlling the transcutaneous electrical impulse delivered by each of the first electrode and second electrode.

A system for monitoring vital signs, configured to be used in conjunction with a computerized mobile device, the system including: a cover sensor assembly adapted to be operably engaged with the computerized mobile device, the cover sensor assembly having integrated therein at least one physiological sensor; a physiological data acquisition module configured to generate a physiological parameter measurement descriptive of a physical stimulus received by the at least one physiological sensor; and a validation module configured to control a validity status of the physiological parameter measurement.

A chest tube device with neurostimulation is provided, along with a method of electrically stimulating at least one of (i) one or more peripheral nerves and (ii) one or more nerve fibers of a thoracic region of a patient, to mitigate pain in patients undergoing chest tube implantation. The chest tube device includes a tubular member and an electro-analgesic region to provide neurostimulation to one or more peripheral nerves and/or nerve fibers of the thoracic region of the patient. The method includes electrically stimulating one or more peripheral nerves and/or nerve fibers of the thoracic region of the patient, and hyperpolarizing the one or more peripheral nerves and/or nerve fibers of the thoracic region to (i) reduce an amount of pain signals from being transmitted to the brain of the patient and/or (ii) prevent pain signals from being transmitted to the brain of the patient.