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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 12, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Poonam Agarwala, New Brighton, MN (US);
Andrzej M Malewicz, New Hope, MN (US);
Assignee:
Empi, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
607 46 ;
Abstract
A medical device, such as a TENS unit, includes a case and a cover which are pivotally connected. The cover is attached to a patient's clothing by a clip. When the cover and case are in a closed position, a control panel having a display and inputs is positioned between the case and cover. When a latch is released, the case pivots away from the cover to a first open position in which the control panel is generally horizontal. The patient may view and access the control panel when the device is in the first open position, without having to remove the device from the patient's clothing.