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The NeuStim NN-01 is an electrical stimulation device indicated for the following uses: Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES): Improvement of hand function and active range of motion in patients with hemiplegia due to stroke or upper limb paralysis due to C5 spinal cord injury. NeuroMuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES): - · Maintaining or increasing hand range of motion; - · Prevention or retardation of disuse atrophy; - · Increasing local blood circulation; - · Relaxation of muscle spasms; and - · Muscle re-education. The NeuStim NN-01 is intended for use on the right arm/right hand only.

The NeuStim Model NN-01 (herein Device) consists of a voltage-controlled generating source that connects to disposable electrodes that are worn by the patient on the anterior and posterior forearm and around the thumb, these are named the Flexor, Extensor and Thumb Disposable Electrodes respectively. The disposable electrodes consist of multiple contacts that can stimulate the muscles in different areas of the forearm and thumb with 10kHz voltage pulses generated by the NeuStim voltage-controlled stimulator. The Device is classified as a Functional Stimulation (FES) and NeuroMuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES) device. The Device uses galvanic electrical energy to evoke muscle contractions. The Device has 181 addressable electrode contacts enabling fine spatial resolution of stimulation to the patient. The Device allows manual electrode scanning to facilitate rapid mapping of effective stimulation points, which can be stored for use in future sessions. This rapid scanning capability is enabled through the use of solid-state relay technology embedded in the flexible patches that mate directly with the disposable electrodes. The motion of the user's (i.e. licensed healthcare professional) finger on the screen of the NeuStim" Tablet electronically steers the stimulation point through the use of a solid-state relay matrix in each patch and thumb dongle, while lighting LED indicators on the back of the patch/dongle under control. This allows immediate, dynamic visual indication of the stimulation location which facilitates rapid mapping (i.e. user can quickly find and return to useful stimulation points). When the user observes desired muscle activations and associated wrist, hand, or finger movements, the related stimulation locations can be stored as a pattern. Up to three of these stored patterns can then be combined into a compound move where the stimulator will continuously time multiplex between them to allow for compound motion. Finally, up to three compound moves or patterns can be combined into a sequence where each of the selected compound moves or patterns are applied for a user configurable number of seconds. The Device uses a stimulation pulse repetition rate of 50 Hz. The stimulation pulse is comprised of a multiphasic (5 cycle) waveform with a total duration of 0.5 ms. The stimulation output (peak) voltage is less than 65V (500 Ohm load) and less than 120V (10,000 Ohm load). The stimulation output power will not exceed 0.25 W/cm^2 (averaged over one second) into a 500 Ohm Load.