TWM612626U - Cranial electrotherapy stimulation device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a cranial electrotherapy stimulation device, comprising: a microprocessor for performing a waveform generation module to generate a waveform included a current pulse; and at least one electrode connected to the microprocessor to apply the waveform to at least one stimulation point of a user to generate a current in the user's brain. The cranial electrotherapy stimulation device of the present disclosure can control anxiety, insomnia, depression and pain.

Description

Transcranial microcurrent stimulation device

This creation relates to a micro-current device, especially a transcranial micro-current stimulation device.

Electrical stimulation therapy has become one of the feasible treatment types for several diseases and disorders of the human body. It mainly transmits micro-currents to the parts or tissues to be treated in the human body for repeated stimulation to achieve the therapeutic effect.

However, the existing electrical stimulation treatment devices can only stimulate and treat specific parts of the human body (such as bones or muscles), and cannot generate electric currents in the brain, thereby controlling anxiety, insomnia, depression, and pain. Therefore, how to provide a micro-current stimulation device that can improve the aforementioned problems is one of the problems that need to be solved urgently in the industry.

This creation mainly provides a transcranial micro-current stimulation device, including: a microprocessor, which generates a waveform including a current pulse through a waveform generation module; and at least one electrode, which is connected to the microprocessor for the waveform At least one stimulation point applied to a user to generate an electric current in the user's brain.

In the aforementioned transcranial microcurrent stimulation device, the microprocessor further controls the operation time of the transcranial microcurrent stimulation device to be less than 1 hour through a time reciprocal module.

In the aforementioned transcranial microcurrent stimulation device, the current pulse has a current in the range of 50 to 600 microamperes.

In the aforementioned transcranial microcurrent stimulation device, the current pulse is adjusted by a voltage adjustment circuit and a positive and negative pulse adjustment circuit, so that the microprocessor generates the waveform accordingly.

In the aforementioned transcranial micro-current stimulation device, the positive and negative pulse adjustment circuit outputs a positive pulse and a negative pulse from the voltage provided by the voltage adjustment circuit to form the waveform.

In the aforementioned transcranial microcurrent stimulation device, the voltage range provided by the voltage adjustment circuit is within ±34V.

In the aforementioned transcranial microcurrent stimulation device, the electrode is an ear clip electrode, and the stimulation point is the earlobe of the user.

The aforementioned transcranial microcurrent stimulation device further includes a power supply unit for supplying power.

The aforementioned transcranial microcurrent stimulation device further includes a display unit for displaying information including at least one of power, electrotherapy time, countdown time, electrotherapy intensity, electrotherapy start or electrotherapy stop.

In the aforementioned transcranial microcurrent stimulation device, the frequency of the waveform is 0.5 Hz, 1.5 Hz, or 100 Hz, and the duty cycle of the waveform is 50%.

1: Transcranial microcurrent stimulation device

11: Microprocessor

111: Waveform generation module

112: Time Countdown Module

12: Voltage adjustment circuit

13: Positive and negative pulse adjustment circuit

14: Power supply unit

15: display unit

16: electrode

20: battery display

21: Timing display

22: Power button

23: Electrotherapy start/stop display

24: Electrotherapy intensity display

25: Cumulative electrotherapy time display

26: Electrode connection seat

27: Electrotherapy intensity increase/decrease button

28: Timing adjustment button

Figure 1 is the overall schematic diagram of the transcranial microcurrent stimulation device created.

Figure 2 is a functional block diagram of the created transcranial micro-current stimulation device.

The following specific examples are used to illustrate the implementation of this creation, and those familiar with this technology can easily understand the other advantages and effects of this creation from the content disclosed in this specification, and can also use other different specific embodiments. To implement or apply.

The transcranial microcurrent stimulation device in this creation uses microcurrent electrotherapy (MET), which is different from transcutaneous electrical nerve simulation (TENS). Microcurrent electrotherapy (MET) will affect the cerebral cortex structure or thalamus, insula and inferior The thalamus and other subcortical structures and brainstem structures produce significant currents to control anxiety, insomnia, depression, and pain symptoms.

1 and 2, the transcranial microcurrent stimulation device 1 of the present invention includes a microprocessor 11 and at least one electrode 16. The microprocessor 11 is used to execute a waveform generation module 111 to generate a pulse including current The electrode 16 is connected to the microprocessor 11 to apply the waveform to at least one stimulation point of a user to generate an electric current in the user's brain.

In one embodiment, the microprocessor 11 further executes a time countdown module 112 to control the operating time of the transcranial microcurrent stimulation device 1, for example, it can be less than 1 hour, but this creation is not limited to this .

In this embodiment, the aforementioned waveform generation module 111 and time reciprocal module 112 may be code fragments, software or firmware executed by the microprocessor 11, or may be other hardware or a mixture of software and hardware. It can be executed by the microprocessor 11, but this creation is not limited to this.

In one embodiment, after the current pulse is adjusted by the voltage adjustment circuit 12 and the positive and negative pulse adjustment circuit 13, the microprocessor 11 executes the waveform generation module 111 to generate the waveform. Specifically, the voltage adjustment circuit 12 can provide a voltage (for example, a voltage range of ±34V) to a positive and negative pulse adjustment circuit. Circuit 13, so that the positive and negative pulse adjustment circuit 13 increases/decreases the pulse voltage with the increase/decrease of the voltage, and finally outputs the positive pulse and the negative pulse, and the positive pulse and the negative pulse constitute the waveform. The current amount of the current pulse can be in the range of 50 to 600 microamperes, and the frequency of the waveform can be 0.5Hz, 1.5Hz or 100Hz, and the duty cycle can be 50%, but this creation is not limited to this.

In one embodiment, the electrode 16 may be an ear clip electrode, and the number may be two. In addition, the stimulation point can be the earlobe of the user, that is, the two electrodes 16 can be clamped on the two earlobes of the user respectively, so that the user can receive the waveform through the two earlobes and generate electric current in the user's brain .

In one embodiment, the transcranial microcurrent stimulation device 1 of the present invention may further include a power supply unit 14 for providing power required by the transcranial microcurrent stimulation device 1. The power supply unit 14 can be a rechargeable lithium battery (3.7V, 500mA), and can be charged through an interface (5V, 2mA), and has the function of automatically powering off after being fully charged, but this creation does not take this as limit.

In one embodiment, the transcranial micro-current stimulation device 1 of the present invention may further include a display unit 15 for displaying information about power, electrotherapy time, countdown time, electrotherapy intensity, electrotherapy start or electrotherapy stop. For example, the display unit 15 may have a power display 20, a timing display 21, an electrotherapy start/stop display 23, an electrotherapy intensity display 24, and a cumulative electrotherapy time display 25. The power display 20 can provide the user to intuitively obtain the residual power of the power supply unit 14. The timer display 21 can display the countdown time of the time countdown module 112. The user can set it through the timer adjustment button 28. The initial value can be 20 minutes. Each increase/decrease time is 10 minutes, and the maximum is 60 minutes. When it exceeds 60 minutes, the display returns to 20 minutes. The electrotherapy start/stop display 23 displays whether the transcranial micro-current stimulation device 1 is in a starting (shown in the figure) or stopped (not shown) state, and the user can control it through the power button 22. In addition, the electrotherapy intensity display 24 can display the electrotherapy intensity, such as Level 1 to Level 6 (corresponding to the voltage value output by the voltage adjustment circuit 12 can be 4V, 10V, 16V, 22V, 28V, 34V, or 50 microamps per second Incremental increase The current level, and the current level is reduced with a current of 100 microamperes per second), etc., the user can set through the electrotherapy intensity increase/decrease button 27. In addition, the accumulated electrotherapy time display 25 can display the total accumulated electrotherapy time.

In one embodiment, the electrode 16 can be connected to the transcranial micro-current stimulation device 1 via the electrode connection base 26. The electrode connector 26 can be of various types, such as USB type-c, etc. In addition to the electrode 16 can be connected, it can also be used as an interface for the power supply unit 14 to charge, but the present creation is not limited to this.

In summary, the transcranial microcurrent stimulation device of this creation can be produced in the cerebral cortex structure or the subcortical structure and brain stem structure such as thalamus, insula and hypothalamus by clamping the electrode on the earlobe of the user. Significant electric current can control anxiety, insomnia, depression and pain symptoms. The transcranial micro-current stimulation device of this invention is a safe, effective and proven drug substitute, which can avoid the side effects of drugs, and there are usually no restrictions after treatment, allowing users to move freely.

The above implementation forms are only illustrative to illustrate the technical principles, features and effects of this creation, and are not intended to limit the scope of implementation of this creation. Anyone familiar with this technology can do the same without violating the spirit and scope of this creation. The above embodiment is modified and changed. However, any equivalent modifications and changes made by using the content taught in this creation should still be covered by the scope of the following patent applications. The scope of protection of the rights of this creation should be listed in the following patent scope.

1: Transcranial microcurrent stimulation device

11: Microprocessor

111: Waveform generation module

112: Time Countdown Module

12: Voltage adjustment circuit

13: Positive and negative pulse adjustment circuit

14: Power supply unit

15: display unit

Claims (10)

A transcranial microcurrent stimulation device, including: A microprocessor, which generates a waveform including current pulses through a waveform generation module; and At least one electrode is connected to the microprocessor to apply the waveform to at least one stimulation point of a user to generate an electric current in the user's brain. The transcranial microcurrent stimulation device according to claim 1, wherein the microprocessor further controls the operation time of the transcranial microcurrent stimulation device to be less than 1 hour through a time reciprocal module. The transcranial microcurrent stimulation device according to claim 1, wherein the current pulse has a current amount in the range of 50 to 600 microamperes. The transcranial microcurrent stimulation device according to claim 1, wherein the current pulse is adjusted by a voltage adjustment circuit and a positive and negative pulse adjustment circuit so that the microprocessor generates the waveform accordingly. The transcranial microcurrent stimulation device according to claim 4, wherein the positive and negative pulse adjustment circuit outputs a positive pulse and a negative pulse by the voltage provided by the voltage adjustment circuit, so that the positive pulse and the negative pulse form the waveform . The transcranial microcurrent stimulation device according to claim 5, wherein the voltage range provided by the voltage adjustment circuit is between ±34V. The transcranial microcurrent stimulation device according to claim 1, wherein the electrode is an ear clip electrode, and the stimulation point is the earlobe of the user. The transcranial microcurrent stimulation device according to claim 1, further comprising a power supply unit for supplying power. The transcranial microcurrent stimulation device according to claim 1, further comprising a display unit to display information including at least one of power, electrotherapy time, countdown time, electrotherapy intensity, electrotherapy start or electrotherapy stop. The transcranial microcurrent stimulation device according to claim 1, wherein the frequency of the waveform is 0.5 Hz, 1.5 Hz or 100 Hz, and the duty cycle of the waveform is 50%.

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