Abstract: Safety needle assemblies that include a needle having a sharp distal tip and a needle tip cover mounted on the needle are disclosed. The needle tip cover includes a first portion having a channel receiving the needle and a second portion attached to the first portion. The second portion has a proximal wall, an opening in the proximal wall receiving the needle, a sidewall extending distally from the proximal wall, first and second spring arms extending transversely from opposite edges of the sidewall, and a third spring arm extending distally from the sidewall. The first spring arm and the second spring arm extend at least partially around the first portion. The third spring arm includes a flange extending radially inward and configured to bear against the needle to deflect the third spring arm radially outward against a spring restoring force in a ready to use position.

Abstract: An exemplary infusion set includes a tubing, a first connector, and a second connector. The first connector connects a first terminus of the tubing to an exit port of an infusion pump, providing fluid communication between fluid being conveyed by the infusion pump and the tubing. The second connector connects a second terminus of the tubing to a delivery module, providing fluid communication between the tubing and the delivery module. Full engagement of the first connector and the exit port of the infusion pump actuates operation of the infusion pump.

Abstract: A medical device such as an infusion system detects that an accessory has been coupled to the device. The medical device initially operates in a first mode of operation. The medical device, in response to the detecting, associates the accessory with a different mode of operation for the medical device that requires changes to at least one of the operating parameters for the infusion system or elements within a graphical user interface. The medical device then automatically changes the mode of operation from the first mode of operation to the associated different mode of operation to reflect the coupling of the accessory to the infusion system. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an infusion control valve adapted to be actuated by a valve actuator. The present disclosure further relates to an infusion valve actuator adapted to actuate an infusion control valve upon being triggered by an authentication unit. Furthermore, the present disclosure relates to methods for the administration of a substance.

Abstract: An infusion apparatus for delivering medication includes a housing, a drive mechanism, a force sensor, and a transfer element. The drive mechanism comprises first and second conveying elements, the second conveying element for advancing a plug in a reservoir in the distal direction, the first conveying element with limited axial movement relative to the housing but rotatable to cause an ejecting or resetting movement of the second conveying element. The force sensor is arranged along a central axis between the housing and the proximal end of the drive mechanism. The transfer element is axially arranged between the force sensor and the first conveying element and the force sensor bears axial forces exerted by the ejection movement. The second conveying element moves the transfer element away from the first conveying element against the bias of a restoring force such that the force sensor bears axial forces exerted by the resetting movement.

Abstract: A computerized electro-mechanical drug delivery device (10) configured to deliver at least one dose of two or more medicaments. The device comprises a control unit (300). An electro-mechanical drive unit (500, 600) is operably coupled to the control unit and a primary reservoir (90) for a first medicament and a secondary reservoir (100) for a fluid agent, e.g. a second medicament. An operator interface (60) is in communication with the control unit (300). A single dispense assembly (200) is configured for fluid communication with the primary (90) and the secondary (100) reservoir. Activation of the operator panel sets a first dose from the primary reservoir and based on the first dose and a therapeutic dose profile (860), the control unit (300) is configured to determine a dose or range of the fluid agent. Alternatively, the control unit determines or calculates a dose or range of a third medicament.

Abstract: An autoinjector that includes a canister having a liquefied gas, a flow regulator, and an actuator is provided. The flow regulator engages the canister to receive a flow of gas generated by the liquefied gas. The actuator is coupled to the canister and the flow regulator, and includes a passageway for receiving the flow of gas downstream from the flow regulator. The actuator moves relative to the canister between an engaged position whereby the flow regulator is in fluid communication with the canister for receiving the flow of gas and a storage position whereby the flow regulator is spaced from the canister.

Abstract: An enteral feeding syringe assembly includes a syringe including an engagement surface. A projecting connector portion extends from the engagement surface. A connector is configured for attachment to the syringe to connect the syringe to a fluid conduit or reservoir. The connector includes a male connector portion including a rim and a passage extending through the male connector portion. The projecting connector portion of the syringe is sized and shaped to be received in the male connector portion of the connector when the connector is attached to the syringe such that an exterior wall of the projecting connector portion sealingly engages the male connector portion within the passage of the male connector portion and the rim of the male connector portion engages the engagement surface of the syringe sealing the male connector portion around the projecting connector portion.

Abstract: An injection device for dosing and for releasing a defined dose of a liquid product includes: a threaded rod with a thread that includes teeth; a rotating sleeve with an engaging element that can engage with the teeth of the threaded rod; a guide sleeve having an engaging element that can engage with the teeth of the threaded rod; and a dosing sleeve arranged in an axially moveable manner in relation to the rotating sleeve and the guide sleeve, the dosing sleeve in a threaded engagement with the rotating sleeve.

Abstract: An injection device includes a housing; a receptacle for injection fluid; a dosing piston to press out the injection fluid; a feed part connected to the dosing piston via a first threaded connection; a slide having a thread of a second threaded connection; and, a setting part having a thread of a third threaded connection and configured to set an amount of injection fluid to be dispensed. The setting part moves in the distal direction by virtue of the third threaded connection when the amount of injection fluid to be dispensed is being set. The setting part can move in the proximal direction when the injection fluid is pressed out. A latching unit defines a latching position of the setting part and acts between the setting part and housing. Each latching position has an unequivocal rotational position of the setting part in relation to the housing assigned thereto.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical injection device comprises a main body case, a piston, a drive motor, a controller, a memory, a communication component, and a battery. The piston pushes a pharmaceutical contained in the main body case out through an injection needle and into the patient's body. The drive motor drives the piston. The controller is connected to the drive motor. The memory is connected to the controller. The battery supplies power to the drive motor, the controller, the memory, and the communication component. The controller receives change data pertaining to the amount of drive by the drive motor from a mobile communication device through the communication unit, records the change data in the memory, and sends the execution of change data, as the change data reception status, back to the mobile communication device through the communication component.

Abstract: The present invention discloses novel devices, methods, and formulations for multiple dose delivery of an appropriate formulation of Heparin or low molecular weight heparin or a heparin-like compound.

Abstract: In an elongated casing, an active agent container connected to an injection needle can be shifted axially by a spring force. Auto-injectors which are sold or distributed filled and with the springs tensed have to be provided with a needle protecting cap to ensure the sterility of the injection needle. When such a needle protecting cap is removed as preparation for using the auto-injector, a tensile force can be exerted on the active agent container. Therefore, the active agent container comprising the injection needle must be prevented from being undesirably pulled forwards. At least one latching tongue prevents the active agent container from being prematurely shifted with respect to the casing, by abutting a flange arranged on a sliding sleeve which accommodates the active agent container. When the auto-injector is placed onto a person's skin, a needle protecting tube is shifted into the casing, forcing the latching tongue away from the flange and, thus, freeing the travel path for needle movement.

Abstract: A device for delivery of medicament is presented that has an elongated housing, a container mounted within the housing and adapted to contain liquid medicament, a stopper slidably arranged within said container, and a delivery mechanism comprising a resilient member, a plunger assembly having one end connected to the stopper and a second end being operably connected to the resilient member, a rotatable latch for releasably retaining the plunger assembly in a first position where the resilient member has an accumulated energy, where rotation of the latch releases the plunger assembly such that the accumulated energy is transferred to the plunger assembly for driving the stopper within the container whereby the medicament within said container is delivered to an injection site. After delivery of the medicament a rotator having a hard stop feature aligns with a rib on the protective shield to prevent retraction of the protective shield.

Abstract: A syringe adapter includes a housing having a first end and a second end and defining an interior space, a seal arrangement received within the interior space of the housing, a connector body positioned adjacent the first end of the housing and configured to be connected with a syringe barrel with the connector body secured to the housing and rotatable relative to the housing in first and second directions, and a cannula secured to the connector body. The connector body is axially fixed relative to the housing. The seal arrangement is configured to cooperate with the cannula to provide a sealed transfer of fluids through the cannula to a mating connector.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an injection apparatus in which a cartridge has a distal end sealed by a pierceable flexible septum abutting a pressure element. Further a shielded needle cannula penetrates the distal septum. This pressure element is axially movable whenever the shield is axially moved such that the volume of cartridge decreases. A motion transforming means transforms axial movement of the shield into axial movement of the pressure element via a rotational movement of the motion transforming means.

Abstract: A nebulization system comprises a power adapter and a nebulizer. The nebulizer comprises a nebulization module for placing a liquid and a nebulization driving device. The nebulization driving device comprises a battery unit, an input terminal, a voltage detection unit, a voltage adjustment unit, a control unit and a driving unit. The input terminal is coupled to the power adapter and the battery unit. The voltage detection unit detects whether an input voltage of the input terminal is larger than a predefined value. The control unit controls the voltage adjustment unit to adjust the input voltage to a first/second operating voltage as an output voltage respectively if the input voltage is larger/smaller than the predefined value. The first operating voltage is larger than the second operating voltage. The driving unit drives the nebulization module to nebulize the liquid according to the output voltage of the voltage adjustment unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a medical device for intranasal delivery of a medicament. The medicament may be any type of medicament suitable for nasal administration and delivery in the form of a spray. The present invention ensures that a complete dosage of the medicament is delivered, especially to specific areas in the nasal cavity, such as the rear of the nasal cavity where the SPG is located.

Abstract: A portable rescue inhaler having a first canister containing a gas mixture of helium, oxygen, and nitrogen, and having a second canister containing an aerosolized medicine. The gas mixture of helium, oxygen, and nitrogen contained in the first canister has a density slightly lower than the density of atmospheric air. The portable rescue inhaler is capable of delivering the lower density gas mixture simultaneously with the aerosolized medicine for emergency hand held rescue of patients suffering from asthma, asthmatic bronchitis, COPD, emphysema, cystic fibrosis, and myocardial insufficiency. The portable rescue inhaler is capable of providing a vaporized anesthetic for greater medical assistance for patients in need of anesthesia due to respiratory insufficiency. The portable rescue inhaler reduces intra-operative risks in respiratory patients prior to gaining access to a hospital or care center.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an endotracheal tube holder and a band-locking mechanism. The endotracheal tube holder has an elongated body portion and a tube-grasping portion. The body portion may have a band-locking mechanism to secure the endotracheal tube holder to a patient. The tube-grasping portion has a tube clamp having a bite-block portion, a tube-securing portion, and at least one channel separating the bite-block portion from the tube-securing portion. The tube securing portion further has a locking assembly and the tube-grasping portion further includes at least one hinge.

Abstract: The present invention is a nasal respiratory assembly and methods of using the same wherein the assembly comprises a mask, a ventilator hose and a strap. The mask has a top surface, a base, an exhaust port having a one-way valve and two rotatable intake ports. The hose has a first end and a second end adapted to be received by the first and second intake ports and at least a third end to connect to the ventilator. The hose and/or the mask further contain a rotatable medication delivery port to allow treatment delivery in close proximity to the patient. The rotatable intake ports are located on either side of the mask so that the pressurised air is not delivered directly into the patient's nasal cavities.

Abstract: Systems and methods for making a custom sleep apnea mask or other wearable article are disclosed. The sleep apnea system comprises a face mask, a headband integrally connected to the face mask, and at least one air duct configured to direct air from the CPAP machine to nasal tubes. The face mask preferably comprises: an inner surface having the same shape as the user's face; an upper surface configured to sit at a first predetermined distance between the user's nose and eyes; and an outer surface configured to extend a second predetermined distance from the inner surface. Nearly shape and position of substantially all the surfaces of the mask are configured based on the shape and or location of facial features, resulting in a highly customized mask optimized for each individual patient.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a patient interface (10) for delivering a flow of breathable gas to a patient (12), comprising: a sealing portion (22) for sealing an interface between the patient interface (10) and a patient's face when the patient (10) interface is worn by the patient (12); a detection unit (30) including a displacement sensor (32, 32?) for generating a displacement signal including information on a displacement of the sealing portion (22) with respect to the patient's face relative to an identified reference position of the sealing portion (22) with respect to the patient's face; one or more actuators (36, 36?, 36?) for positioning at least parts of the sealing portion (22) relative to the patient's face; and a control unit (34) that is configured to actuate the one or more actuators (36, 36?, 36?) based on the displacement signal in order to adjust a position of at least parts of the sealing portion (22) with respect to the patient's face during use.

Abstract: An electronic device in which or by which air humidity can be controlled includes an enclosure and a humidifying module. The humidifying module is located in the enclosure. The humidifying module includes a chamber and a launcher. The launcher is movable relative to the chamber. The chamber stores the fluid required to create humidity. When the launcher is open, the humidification fluid in the form of vapor can emanate from the fluid chamber.

Abstract: A dispensing apparatus (1) is provided comprising a fluid reservoir (4) and a valve (2). The fluid reservoir comprising a body which defines an internal volume which contains a fluid and the body comprising an open mouth. The valve (2) is sealingly coupled to the body of the fluid reservoir (4) to close the open mouth and the valve comprises a gasket seal (18) which engages the body of the fluid reservoir. The gasket seal (18) comprises an elastomer based on an ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymer, which terpolymer comprises from 45 to 55 wt. % ethylene, from 40 to 50 wt. % propylene, and ENB (ethylidenenorbornene) in an amount of 0.5 to 6 wt. %; and wherein the fluid comprises comprises a halogenated ether.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for controlling a temperature adjustment device using a sensing device are provided. The method includes setting a test temperature, transmitting a temperature adjustment instruction corresponding to the test temperature to a temperature adjustment device, calculating a sleep score based on bio information received from the sensor, when applying the test temperature, and determining a sleep optimal temperature based on the calculated sleep score.

Abstract: A catheter includes an elongated tube, wherein a portion of the elongated tube is positionable inside the body of a subject such that, during use, bodily fluids travel from the subject through the elongated tube. A timing device is coupled to the elongated tube, wherein, after the catheter is inserted into the body of the subject, the timing device provides an indication of the amount of time that the catheter has been disposed inside the subject.

Abstract: A catheter includes a flexible tube-shaped main catheter body, a hub connected to a proximal portion of the main catheter body, and a strain relief supported by a distal portion of the hub, the strain relief surrounding a predetermined range of a proximal side of the main catheter body. The strain relief includes a hard portion which is provided in each of regions opposite from each other with respect to an axis in at least a distal-side portion, and which is configured to be harder than another portion in a circumferential direction.

Abstract: An active catheter device is provided. At least one elongate catheter segment includes an elongate flexible tube member defining an axis, and a pair of ferrule members operably engaged with and spaced apart along the tube member. The ferrule members are not rotatable about the axis relative to each other. At least one articulation member is operably engaged with and extends at least between the ferrule members along the tube member. Each articulation member is configured to be actuatable to cause a change in a distance between the ferrule members so as to articulate the tube member. Associated systems and methods are also provided.

Abstract: Needle assemblies and related methods are disclosed. The needle assemblies can include a catheter hub and a catheter tube and wherein the catheter hub has a low profile to facilitate attaching the catheter hub to the skins of a patient.

Abstract: The invention relates to a guide wire for medical devices, which has at least one marking, wherein the guide wire (1) in its distal area has a spiral (11), which extends from the distal end of the guide wire (1) in proximal direction and which has at least two adjoining spiral sections (110, 111) as markings, which at least at their surface consist of different materials.

Abstract: A medical guidewire system including an inner member having an outer diameter and an outer member having an inner diameter, the inner diameter being larger than the outer diameter. The inner and outer members are relatively slidable to adjust a stiffness of the guidewire system. The lumen of the outer member forms a gap for fluid flow therethrough. A connector to the inner member and a fluid infusion channel communicating with the gap for injection of fluid through the gap to exit a distal portion of the outer member.

Abstract: A content inflation and delivery system including a container including a fluid inlet in fluid communication with a fluid outlet; wherein the fluid outlet is positioned between the fluid inlet and a second end of the container. The system also includes an inflatable content being configured for inflation and delivery from the second end of the container.

Abstract: A device that can be placed within or near the cranial vault that fluctuates in size in response to changes in CSF pressure is disclosed. The device diminishes in size when CSF pressures rise and increases in size as CSF pressures diminish. The device has the effect of reducing the flow of CSF occurring in the foramen magnum and provides an alternative to craniovertebral decompression in Chiari I patients. The device may have applications in other neurologic illnesses associated with abnormal CSF flow, such as Idiopathic Syringomyelia, Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus, and CSF dural leaks.

Abstract: A drug and fluid dispenser includes a first mechanism for holding and dispensing a fluidized food; a second mechanism for measuring, holding, and dispensing a specified amount of fluid to be taken with a set of medicines at a specified time; a third mechanism for holding and dispensing one or more sets of medicines in a chronological order according to a pre-determined schedule of administration to an individual; a fourth mechanism for granulating a next scheduled set of medicines and mixing the granulated next scheduled set of medicines with the specified amount of fluid at the specified time; a first output mechanism for administering contents of the first mechanism and contents of the fourth mechanism to the individual; and a second output mechanism for rinsing the fourth mechanism subsequent to administration of each of the sets of medicines.

Abstract: Implantable devices and methods for controlled drug delivery are provided. The device includes a device structure deformable between a retention shape and a low profile shape for deployment in the bladder of a patient and has a drug reservoir lumen in which a drug formulation is housed. The device also includes a buoyancy retention portion, which includes a volume of entrapped air or a gas-generating or effervescent powder which will generate a volume of entrapped air following contact with urine in the bladder. The buoyancy retention portion may include a water permeable and/or biodegradable wall, which can release the entrapped air following drug release, to cause the device to sink into the bladder neck to facilitate device expulsion without the need for a device retrieval medical procedure.

Abstract: A cartridge assembly for modifying a treating surface, having a body that defines a reservoir that has a standpipe. The reservoir stores a treatment composition. The body comprises a reservoir wall and a die wall that collectively define a reservoir volume. The standpipe is defined by a standpipe wall that extends into the reservoir from a standpipe base, wherein the standpipe base comprises a portion of the die wall. The standpipe base and the standpipe wall collectively define a standpipe volume. The ratio of the reservoir volume to the standpipe volume is from about 50:1 to about 3:1, preferably from about 20:1 to about 4:1, and more preferably about 8:1. Further, the ratio of the surface area of the die wall to the standpipe base is from about 1.1:1 to about 3:1.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a painless and patchless shooting microstructure, and a microstructure shooting device. According to the present invention, it is possible to inject a microstructure into the skin within the time of less than one second, and the inconvenience of waiting for the decomposition of a microstructure and removing a patch are completely overcome. A patch-type conventional technology has a problem wherein it is difficult to be applied to a region having hair, but the present invention completely overcomes this problem. According to the present invention, it is possible to precisely control the permeation depth of a microstructure into the skin by controlling discharge power.

Abstract: A first tubular body having a first longitudinal axis extending centrally through the tubular body includes at least one delivery port extending through a wall of the first tubular body. A second tubular body having a second longitudinal axis extends through the second tubular body, the first and second longitudinal axes being displaced from each other such that an asymmetrical longitudinally extending gap is formed between an outer surface of the second tubular body and an interior surface of the first tubular body. A temperature sensor forming a thermocouple extending longitudinally within the gap between the first tubular body and the second tubular body. An inner core is positioned within the second tubular body. The inner core includes least one ultrasound element.

Abstract: The present invention relates to subcutaneously implanted graft-port systems, devices and methods for establishing access to the vascular system of a patient requiring multiple blood treatments over an extended period of time. The systems, devices and methods disclosed herein reduce miscannulation, promote intra-session hemostasis, and decrease the incidence of bacteremia and sepsis among other improvements and advantages. The devices include a port with a flattened plateau-like surface for receiving an access tube. The flat surface may include a tactile or visual guide to assist with placement of the access tube into the tapered seat. Optional valve mechanisms reduce the size and form factor of the implantable graft-port device and seals the conduit of the port closed to physiologic pressures until the valve is opened upon percutaneous insertion of the access tube. The access tube does not pass into the conduit.

Abstract: A valve body, e.g. a valve body adapted to be disposed in a connector to be connected to a catheter, has an opening/closing part which opens upon inserting a member into the opening/closing part and which closes upon withdrawing the member from the opening/closing part. The valve body includes a main body part made of a silicone rubber and a surface layer disposed on a surface of the main body part. This surface layer serves as a sliding surface which, when a guide wire has been inserted into the opening/closing part, slides on the guide wire. The surface layer is constituted mainly of silicon oxide and hence improves the sliding properties of the guide wire. Thus, the valve body is reduced in the resistance of sliding on the guide wire.

Abstract: System, apparatus and method for opening a heat-bonded connection formed between two hollow, flexible thermoplastic conduits. A pressure difference is created between the inside of at least one of the conduits and the ambient atmosphere sufficient to cause expansion of a wall of the tubing conduit in the vicinity of a frangible portion at least partially blocking the connection to disrupt the frangible portion and reduce the blocking.

Abstract: A system for electrically stimulating and/or detecting bioelectrical signals of a user comprising: an array of permeable bodies configured to absorb a solution that facilitates electrical coupling with a body region of the user; a housing defining an array of protrusions conforming to the body region and comprising: an array of channels distributed across the array of protrusions, each channel at least partially surrounding a permeable body, configured to deliver the solution to the permeable body, and comprising a barrier that prevents passage of the permeable body past the barrier, and a manifold configured to distribute the solution to the array of channels; and a coupling subsystem comprising a first electrical coupling region in electrical communication with an interior of the manifold, wherein the first electrical coupling region is configured to couple to a second electrical coupling region that couples the first electrical coupling region to the electronics subsystem.

Abstract: A multi-vector patient contact interface and method of use are disclosed.

Abstract: Electrical non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) delivers weak electrical currents to the brain via electrodes that are affixed to the scalp. NIBS can excite or inhibit the brain in areas that are impacted by that electrical current during and for a short time following stimulation. Electrical NIBS can be used to change brain structure in terms of increasing white matter integrity as measured by diffusion tensor imaging. Together the electrical NIBS can induce changes in brain structure and function. The present methods and devices are adaptable to and configurable for facilitating the enhancement of brain performance, and the treatment of neurological diseases and tissues. The present methods and devices are advantageously designed to utilize modern electrodes deployed with, inter alia, various spatial arrangements, polarities, and current strengths to target brain areas or networks to thereby enhance performance or deliver therapeutic interventions.

Abstract: A wireless neural stimulator device can include: a housing configured to house: a first antenna configured to receive, from a second antenna and through electrical radiative coupling, an input signal containing electrical energy, the second antenna being physically separate from the wireless neural stimulator device; one or more flexible circuits electrically connected to the first antenna, the flexible circuits configured to create the one or more electrical pulses suitable to be applied at the electrodes using the electrical energy contained in the input signal and supply the one or more electrical pulses to one or more electrodes; one or more electrodes disposed on the housing, the one or more electrodes being coupled to the flexible circuits to receive the one or more electrical pulses supplied by the one or more flexible circuits; one or more fixation features disposed on the housing and configured to fixate the device to tissue.

Abstract: Methods and systems of making a medical electrical lead type having a set of tines. A system for implantation of a lead medical electrical lead in contact with heart tissue, comprises an elongated lead body; a set of curved tines mounted to and extending from a distal end of the lead body, the tines having a length (dD) and an effective cross sectional area, and a delivery catheter. The delivery catheter encloses the lead body and has a distal capsule portion enclosing the tines. The tines exerting a spring force against the capsule and provide a stored potential energy. The delivery catheter has an elastic, not stiff and low column strength ejection means for advancing the lead and tines distally from the capsule and fixating the tines within the heart tissue, the controllable and the stored potential energy of the tines together provide a deployment energy. The tines when so fixated in the tissue provide a fixation energy. The deployment energy and the fixation energy of the tines are equivalent.

Abstract: An implantable medical device, including a magnet and a body encompassing the magnet, wherein the implantable medical device includes structural components in the body configured to move away from one another upon initial rotation of the magnet relative to the body when the magnet is subjected to an externally generated magnetic field, thereby limiting rotation of the magnet beyond the initial rotation.

Abstract: A medical device lead includes a tubular conductive element disposed over a lead body. The tubular conductive element includes at least one segment having one or more kerfs formed radially therethrough in a predetermined configuration so as to affect at least one electrical property, e.g., electrical impedance, of the segment. The segment may form a shocking conductor of the medical device lead. The tubular conductive element may alternatively include proximal, intermediate and distal segments each having one or more kerfs formed radially therethrough, where the one or more kerfs in each of the proximal and intermediate segments are configured so that these segments each have a higher electrical impedance than the distal segment. A layer of insulative material is disposed over the proximal and intermediate segments, so that the proximal and intermediate segments of the tubular conductive element are operable to filter electromagnetic energy from an external source.

Abstract: A hand held electrostimulation device has a handle having a first side member and a second side member. At least one first electrode is provided on the first side member and at least one second electrode is provided on the second side member. The first side member is longer than the second side member, which is connected with the first side member at a position intermediate the ends of the second side member. The handle is configured so that a user can cause relative movement of the first and second side members from a rest position and is resiliently biased to return to the rest position to cause relative movement of the first and second electrodes to massage skin engaged by the electrodes while applying electricity to the skin via the electrodes.