Abstract: A system, device, and method for transcutaneous nerve stimulation such as facial nerve stimulation, and in particular, to using transcutaneous nerve stimulation for artificially eliciting eye blink, such as with humans with acute facial paralysis (Bell's palsy or Dry Eye syndrome), is disclosed. A battery-operated wearable device may employ a pulse generator for periodically and automatically In generating bursts train of asymmetrical Bi-Phasic square pulses. The output pulses are fed to two electrodes that are attached to the skin of the treated person to stimulate the facial nerve for eliciting blinking at a rate that mimics normal blinking operation. The device may include a sensor and a wireless connection, and the parameters of, or the activation of, the generated bursts may be controlled by the sensor output, by human user control, or by data received from the wireless network. Further, the device may transmit status to the wireless network.

Abstract: A system includes a wearable device including at least four magnets and a plurality of device electrical connectors, wherein first and second portions of the magnets are positioned to respective first and second sides of a wearable device line of symmetry; and an electrode device including a plurality of magnetic elements and a plurality of electrode electrical connectors, wherein first and second portions of the magnetic elements are positioned to respective first and second sides of an electrode device line of symmetry, wherein a first total magnetic force that is to a first side of the wearable device line of symmetry is sufficiently equal to a second total magnetic force that is to a second wearable device line of symmetry, whereby the first total magnetic force and the second total magnetic force cooperate to retain the device electrical connectors in contact with the electrode electrical connectors.

Abstract: A system, device, and method for transcutaneous nerve stimulation such as facial nerve stimulation, and in particular, to using transcutaneous nerve stimulation for artificially eliciting eye blink, such as with humans with acute facial paralysis (Bell's palsy or Dry Eye syndrome), is disclosed. A battery-operated wearable device may employ a pulse generator for periodically and automatically generating bursts train of asymmetrical Bi-Phasic square pulses. The output pulses are fed to two electrodes that are attached to the skin of the treated person to stimulate the facial nerve for eliciting blinking at a rate that mimics normal blinking operation. The device may include a sensor and a wireless connection, and the parameters of, or the activation of, the generated bursts may be controlled by the sensor output, by human user control, or by data received from the wireless network. Further, the device may transmit status to the wireless network.