Mitigation of pressure ulcers using electrical stimulation

Details Mitigation of pressure ulcers using electrical stimulation Mitigation of pressure ulcers using electrical stimulation

A - Human Necessities

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A61N 1/00 (2006.01) A61N 1/36 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2620288

There is provided a method for mitigating or preventing formation of pressure ulcers in a patient by transmitting an electrical stimulus to a skin portion of a patient sufficient to effect contraction of a muscle, wherein the method includes a first mode of operation and a second mode of operation. The method includes over a period of at least about one hour, continuously switching between the first mode of operation and the second mode of operation. For each instance of the first mode of operation, the first mode of operation lasts a respective predetermined stimulus time duration, and a respective operative electrical stimulus, sufficient to effect contraction of a muscle, is transmitted to the skin portion, thereby effecting contraction of the muscle, during the entire, or substantially the entire, respective predetermined stimulus time duration. For each instance of the second mode of operation, the second mode of operation lasts a respective predetermined relaxation time duration, and the muscle is relaxed during the entire, or substantially the entire, respective predetermined relaxation time duration.

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