Abstract: A combination soft body tissue stimulator and heating device including two thin, flat, multi-layered flexible pads, each formed as a unit, one side of which defines a working surface. The working surface of each pad is defined by a very thin conductive foil layer which, when properly installed, makes electrical contact with, and receives support from, a separate disposable double-sided flexible adhesive electrode attached to the skin over the soft tissue. The electrodes adhesively attached to the skin are generally aligned with the conductive working surface so that only the adhesive attachment between each working surface and one electrode is required to hold each pad in place against the skin. A resistive heating element is layered within the pad which is generally coextensive with and electrically isolated from the working surface. A thin layer of foam or neoprene is attached against the other surface of the heating element or layer.

Abstract: A combination soft body tissue stimulator and heating device including a thin, flat, molded flexible plastic pad, one side of which defines a working surface. The molded pad has a plurality or an array of spaced separate conductive areas each having an exposed conductive surface which is generally coplanar with the working surface. When the device is properly installed, each conductive area makes electrical contact with, and receives support from, a separate disposable double-sided flexible adhesive electrode attached to the skin over the soft tissue. The array of electrodes adhesively attached to the skin is generally aligned with the array of conductive areas of the pad so that only the adhesive attachment between the conductive areas and the electrodes is required to hold the device in place against the skin.