Electrotherapeutic facial mask apparatus

Claim 1

ELECTROTHERAPEUTIC APPARATUS FOR APPLYING TO SELECTED ORGANIC TISSUE NON-PAINFUL ELECTRICAL STIMULI, COMPRISING A FACIAL MASK HAVING AN INTERIOR SURFACE PORTION LARGER THAN, AND GENERALLY SHAPED IN A MANNER SIMILAR TO THE AVERAGE EXTERIOR CONFIGURATION OF ONE RANGE OF HUMAN FACIAL SIZES AND SHAPES, A SOURCE OF ELECTRICAL STIMULI HAVING A PAIR OF OUTPUT TERMINLS, A PLURALITY OF PAIRS OF ELECTRODE MEANS POSITIONED ON EACH SIDE OF SAID MASK, LEAD MEANS FOR CONNECTING SAID PAIRS OF ELECTRODE MEANS TO RESPECTIVE ONES OF SAID OUTPUT TERMINALS, ELECTRODE MOUNTING MEANS FOR MOUNTING THE ELECTRODE MEANS OF EACH OF SAID PAIRS IN CLOSELY SPACED RELATIONSHIP EXTENDING OUTWARDLY AND SPACED APART BY A DISTANCE SUFFICIENT TO DEFINE AN ELECTRICAL STIMULATION PATH THROUGH A MOTOR POINT OF A MOTOR NERVE ENTERING MUSCLE TISSUE WHICH IS TO BE ELECTRICALLY STIMULATED BY A SUBSTANTIALLY ARCUATE ELECTRICAL STIMULATION PATH BETWEEN SAID PAIR OF ELECTRODE MEANS, SAID ELECTRICAL STIMULATION PATH DEFINED BY EACH PAIR OF ELECTRODE MEANS BEING SHORTER THAN THE DISTANCE BETWEEN ANY TWO PAIRS OF ELECTRODE MEANS, THEREBY AVOIDING STIMULATION OF SENSORY NERVES WHEN SAID ELECTRICAL STIMULATION PATH IS EXCITED TO HIT THE MOTOR UNIT OF A MOTOR NERVE.