The TENS device we're still designing.
No pre-order, no price yet.Pulse is our high-frequency TENS device for period pain: a small pod you'll barely notice wearing. It's still on the workbench, and because it's a regulated medical device, it'll follow Warmth and Patches instead of launching beside them. Here's where the design has got to. If you'd want one, tell us and we'll come find you when it's ready.
TENS works, when the settings are right.
After heat, high-frequency electrical stimulation (TENS) has the best evidence for period pain: in the Cochrane review it clearly beat a placebo, with an odds ratio of 7.2. It's drug-free, it hides under your clothes, and it's the natural step up for the days heat alone doesn't touch. The catch is the market: the good devices lock you into a membership, and the cheap ones won't say whether they're even running the setting that works. Ours runs the setting that works, prints the number on the box, and has no subscription.
Proctor et al. Cochrane, 2002 / 2009
The design so far
Seven calls we've made, and the reasoning behind each.
A pod, worn on the skin.
TENS has to sit on bare skin with a little gel to do its job, so a warming belt is the wrong shape for it. Pulse is a small pod, about the size of a large coin, that clips onto two slim gel pads placed right where it aches. Invisible under your clothes. (Heat is a different job; that's what Relief · Warmth is for.)
80–100Hz, printed on the box.
It runs at around 80–100Hz, because that's the setting shown to work in trials. The lower-frequency kind did no better than a placebo, and most devices never say which one they are. Ours is printed on the box.
Fifteen steps of strength.
TENS can feel sharp if the strength leaps between settings. So Pulse will have 15-plus small steps, plus a "boost" for a peak moment, so you can settle on the exact level that feels like relief instead of a jolt.
It works without an app.
Everything you need is on the device: up, down, off. No phone, no account, no login just to turn it on. We may build an app later for people who want one, but the basics will never sit behind a screen.
The running cost, upfront.
The gel pads are reusable for around 20 to 30 uses, then they wear out. Refills will run about ₹349 a set. That price will be on the page at launch, and there's no membership.
The unglamorous parts.
USB-C charging with the cable you already own, an auto-off timer, no audible buzz, and small enough to forget in a pocket. None of it is exciting. All of it matters.
It starts at the gentlest setting.
A device that sends a current into your body deserves real care. Pulse will start every session on the gentlest setting, and the guidance on who shouldn't use it comes before anything else.
Who Pulse won't be for
Electrical stimulation is drug-free, but it isn't for everyone. Pulse won't be suitable if you have a pacemaker or any implanted electrical device, if you're pregnant, or if you have epilepsy. It should never sit over broken, inflamed, or numb skin, or anywhere near your heart or throat. When it arrives, it'll walk you through starting on the lowest level and easing up from there. If you're unsure, ask your doctor.
Why it's taking longer.
Because Pulse sends a small current, it's a regulated medical device. That means safety testing and certification before it can reach you, which is why it'll arrive after Warmth and Patches. We don't have a date yet. When it's ready, this list hears first.
Pulse is still in development. Everything on this page is our current design intent, and some of it may change once we actually test and certify. We'll keep this page updated as it takes shape.
Want it when it's ready?
Leave your email or phone and we'll let you know the day Pulse is ready. No payment. This list gets founding pricing first, and if you want to tell us what it should do, we're listening.
You're on the list.
We'll come find you the day Pulse is ready. Thank you.