Method and apparatus for treating chronic pain syndromes, tremor, dementia and related disorders and for inducing electroanesthesia using high frequency, high intensity transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation
CA 2290058 A1 · Owner: The Synaptic Corporation · Inventors: Silverstone, Leon M.
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Provided herein is a non-invasive method of treating, controlling or preventing medical psychiatric, or neurological disorders using transcutaneous, electrical stimulation. The method employs a plurality of stimulation frequency parameters, ranging from a relatively high frequency, for example about 40,000 Hertz, to a relatively low frequency, for example about 250 Hertz, the: entire plurality of frequency parameters being administered at each of a plurality of stimulation intensity levels. In particular, the method involves stimulating at a first highest frequency parameter and a first lowest intensity parameter, incrementally decreasing the: stimulation frequency parameter a lowest …
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