US 12,029,905 B2
Device and method for unattended treatment of a patient
Tomás Schwarz, Prague (CZ); Lucia Jelínková, Prague (CZ); and Vojtech Kubík, Brevnov (CZ)
Assigned to BTL Healthcare Technologies A.S., Prague (CZ)
Filed by BTL Healthcare Technologies A.S., Prague (CZ)
Filed on Nov. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/507,846.
Application 18/507,846 is a continuation of application No. 18/174,368, filed on Feb. 24, 2023, granted, now 11,813,451.
Application 18/174,368 is a continuation of application No. 17/941,777, filed on Sep. 9, 2022, granted, now 11,633,596.
Application 17/941,777 is a continuation of application No. 17/664,161, filed on May 19, 2022, granted, now 11,878,167.
Application 17/664,161 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/518,243, filed on Nov. 3, 2021.
Application 17/518,243 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/IB2021/000300, filed on May 3, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/019,619, filed on May 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0082576 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. A61N 1/04 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 5/06 (2006.01); A61N 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/36034 (2017.08) [A61N 1/0452 (2013.01); A61N 1/0492 (2013.01); A61N 5/0616 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0642 (2013.01); A61N 2007/0008 (2013.01); A61N 2007/0034 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for a treatment of a patient, comprising:
an electric current generator configured to generate a pulsed electric current having a frequency in a range of 0.1 Hz to 12 kHz and a pulse duration in a range of 0.5 μs to 500 ms;
a user interface configured to allow an operator of the device to select a treatment protocol;
a control unit configured to control the electric current generator according to the treatment protocol selected by the operator; and
an applicator configured to be coupled to a body part of a patient, the body part comprising a face, a neck, or a submentum, the applicator comprising:
a connector configured to couple the applicator with the electric current generator and comprising a contact;
a pad having a surface area in a range of 0.5 cm2 to 100 cm2 and configured to be attached to the body part during a treatment, the pad comprising:
a flexible substrate comprising an underside configured to face the patient during the treatment; and
an electrode coupled to the underside of the flexible substrate and configured to provide the pulsed electric current to the body part to cause a muscle contraction of a muscle within the body part;
a connecting part coupling the pad with the connector and comprising a conductive lead configured to couple the electrode with the contact; and
a conductive adhesive layer positioned below the electrode and configured to attach the electrode to the body part,
wherein a side of the electrode configured to face the body part is at least partially covered by the conductive adhesive layer, and
wherein the electrode is configured to be in contact with the body part via the conductive adhesive layer.