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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:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2015
Applicant:
Niveus Medical, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Inventors:
Brian J. Fahey, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Zachary J. Malchano, San Francisco, CA (US);
Timothy Machold, Moss Beach, CA (US);
Curtis Tom, San Mateo, CA (US);
Assignee:
NIVEUS MEDICAL, INC., Redwood City, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/00 (2006.01); A61F 7/10 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/04 (2006.01); A61F 7/03 (2006.01); A61F 7/00 (2006.01); A61F 7/02 (2006.01); A61B 5/01 (2006.01); A61B 5/04 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 7/10 (2013.01); A61N 1/0452 (2013.01); A61N 1/0476 (2013.01); A61N 1/0492 (2013.01); A61N 1/36003 (2013.01); A61B 5/01 (2013.01); A61B 5/04001 (2013.01); A61B 5/4836 (2013.01); A61F 7/03 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0056 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0075 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0276 (2013.01);
Abstract
NMES systems and methods for stimulating muscle tissue, and in some embodiments deep muscle tissue. The impedance near the surface of the skin is controllably increased to increase the percentage of energy delivered to a subject that stimulates muscle tissue.