Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
238 words
In an apparatus for providing current pulse action on the central nervous system including a current pulse generating means, electrode means for delivering the current pulses to a patient, intermediate means connected between said generating means and electrode means for regulating the current pulses with respect to factors such as the frequency and duration thereof, said intermediate means including an amplitude adjusting means for adjusting the amplitude of the current pulses, intermittent analgesia means electrically connected to said intermediate means for controlling the repetition frequency of current pulses, and power means operatively connected to said current pulse generator means, said intermediate means and said intermittent analgesia means for delivering electrical power thereto with the latter power including an additional direct component, the improvement wherein a remote control means for remote control of the autoelectroanalgesia level is available to a patient for manual control by the patient and is electrically connected with said intermittent analgesia means, said amplitude adjusting means, and said power means for regulating the latter three means to control the repetition of the pulses regulated by said intermittent analgesia means, the amplitude of current pulses regulated by said amplitude adjusting means, and the level of the additional direct component provided by said power means, as by increasing the repetition frequency of pulses, the amplitude of current pulses, and the level of the additional direct component in response to an increase of pain experienced by the patient.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
238 words
In an apparatus for providing current pulse action on the central nervous system including a current pulse generating means, electrode means for delivering the current pulses to a patient, intermediate means connected between said generating means and electrode means for regulating the current pulses with respect to factors such as the frequency and duration thereof, said intermediate means including an amplitude adjusting means for adjusting the amplitude of the current pulses, intermittent analgesia means electrically connected to said intermediate means for controlling the repetition frequency of current pulses, and power means operatively connected to said current pulse generator means, said intermediate means and said intermittent analgesia means for delivering electrical power thereto with the latter power including an additional direct component, the improvement wherein a remote control means for remote control of the autoelectroanalgesia level is available to a patient for manual control by the patient and is electrically connected with said intermittent analgesia means, said amplitude adjusting means, and said power means for regulating the latter three means to control the repetition of the pulses regulated by said intermittent analgesia means, the amplitude of current pulses regulated by said amplitude adjusting means, and the level of the additional direct component provided by said power means, as by increasing the repetition frequency of pulses, the amplitude of current pulses, and the level of the additional direct component in response to an increase of pain experienced by the patient.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
94 words
The combination of claim 1 and wherein each of said intermittent analgesia means, amplitude adjusting means, and power means including a variable resistor for regulating the repetition frequency of said intermediate analgesia means, said amplitude of said adjusting means, and the additional direct component of said power means, and said remote control means including variable resistors respectively connected electrically to said invariable resistors of said intermittent analgesia means, amplitude adjusting means, and said power means for adjusting the latter variable resistors so as to achieve the remote regulation of pain intensity by the patient.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
The combination of claim 2 and wherein said variable resistors of said remote control means are all interconnected for simultaneous operation by the patient.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
74 words
The combination of claim 1 and wherein said intermediate means includes a switch means for optionally connecting said intermittent analgesia means to or for disconnecting the same from said intermediate means, so that when said switch means is in a position for disconnecting said intermittent means from said intermediate means, said remote means is still available for controlling the amplitude of the current pulses and the additional direct component provided by said power means.