The drug-free device we're building — out loud.
"No pre-order, no price yet. Just what we're actually building, and why."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 exactly how we're making it, and how it's meant to help. If you'd want one, tell us — we'll come find you when it's ready.
It genuinely works. When it's done 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. So we're building the one that does both — tells you the number, and doesn't bill you monthly for it.
Proctor et al., Cochrane, 2002 / 2009
How we're making it truly help
Every choice here serves one thing: relief you can actually feel, without the tricks. These are the calls we've made so far.
A pod, not a belt.
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.)
High-frequency — and we'll print the number.
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. We'll print it on the box in plain type, not bury it in a manual.
Fine control, not three big jumps.
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 number goes on the page at launch, not in a footnote. No membership to remember to cancel.
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. Nothing here is exciting. All of it matters.
Safety designed in, not bolted on.
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 will be the first thing you read, not a line buried at the bottom.
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 first — not us.
Carefully, not quickly.
Because Pulse sends a small current, it's a regulated medical device. That means proper safety testing and certification before it can reach you, and we'd rather do that properly than rush it — which is why it'll arrive after Relief · Warmth and Patches. We won't promise a date we can't keep. What we can promise: when it's ready, this list hears first, and gets a say in shaping the final thing.
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 — not as a courtesy, just because that's the deal we're offering you by asking for your email before there's a product.
Want it when it's ready?
Leave your email or phone and we'll let you know the day Pulse is ready. No payment, no spam. This list gets founding pricing before anyone else, and if you want to tell us what it should do, we're still listening.
You're on the list.
We'll come find you the day Pulse is ready — thank you for helping us build it right.