US 11,806,528 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 Mar. 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/177,269.
Application 18/177,269 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.
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 2023/0201589 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
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 first energy comprising pulsed electric current having a frequency in a range of 0.1 Hz to 12 kHz;
a second generator configured to generate a second energy;
a control unit configured to control the electric current generator and the second generator; and
a pad coupled to the electric current generator and the second generator, the pad configured to be attached to a body part of a patient during a treatment, the pad comprising:
a flexible substrate comprising an underside configured to face the patient during the treatment;
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;
an active element coupled to the underside of the flexible substrate and configured to provide the second energy to the body part to heat the body part; and
an adhesive layer configured to attach the pad to the body part,
wherein a side of the electrode configured to face the body part is at least partially covered by the adhesive layer, and
wherein the electrode is configured to be in contact with the body part via the adhesive layer,
wherein the body part comprises a face, a neck, or a submentum.