System and methods for treatment of alzheimer's and other deposition-related disorders of the brain
First Claim
1. A system for the therapeutic treatment of abnormal protein-related or prion-related diseases of a human patient'"'"'s brain or neurological system comprising:
- (a) acoustic exposure therapy means comprising at least one acoustic or vibration emitter for acoustically or mechanically coupling, directly or indirectly, acoustic or vibratory emissions into a brain or neurological region which has been, is, or is expected to potentially be subject to the nucleation, growth or deposition of abnormal-protein or prion-related deposits, nodules or bodies;
(b) means for exciting said emitter to emit acoustic or vibration energy with a desired characteristic; and
(c) said emitter adapted to deliver therapeutic acoustic or vibration energy, directly or indirectly, to at least one of said brain or neurological regions, the therapy designed to provide, enable or accelerate at least one of the following therapy processes;
(i) physical breakup, breakdown, erosion, dispersion, disentanglement, de-aggregation, redistribution, dissolution, de-agglomeration, de-amalgamation or permeation of at least some said deposits, nodules or bodies, (ii) interference in, slowing of, or reversal of at least one physical, chemical, biological or genetic deposit, nodule or body formation-process, formation-sequence or formation pathway anywhere in the process, sequence or pathway, and (iii) aiding the recovery, growth, regrowth, new growth or improved chemical, physical, biological, genetic or cognitive functionality of brain-related or neurological-related cells, physiology or functional pathways negatively impacted or stressed by the deposition of, formation of, or presence of said deposits, nodules or bodies or their associated formation processes.
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Abstract
A system and methods are provided for the therapeutic treatment of brain-plaques, fibrils, abnormal-protein related or aggregation-prone protein related deposition-diseases. The system employs acoustic exposure therapy means for delivering therapeutic energy to at least one brain region. The therapy supports at least one of the following processes: (i) physical breakup, erosion, disentanglement, de-aggregation, dissolution, de-agglomeration, de-amalgamation or permeation of the deposits, (ii) interference in at least one deposit formation process, deposition related chemical reaction or biological or genetic pathway contributing to the deposits or deposition-related processes, and (iii) aiding the recovery, growth, regrowth or improved functionality of brain-related cells or functional pathways negatively impacted by, stressed by or disposed to the deposits, deposition-processes or deposition disease state, or supporting the growth of newly transplanted cells anywhere in the brain-related anatomy. The system and methods treat Alzheimer'"'"'s and other deposition-related disorders of the brain, with minimal adverse side effects to the patient and may be used in cooperation with a drug.
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96 Claims
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1. A system for the therapeutic treatment of abnormal protein-related or prion-related diseases of a human patient'"'"'s brain or neurological system comprising:
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(a) acoustic exposure therapy means comprising at least one acoustic or vibration emitter for acoustically or mechanically coupling, directly or indirectly, acoustic or vibratory emissions into a brain or neurological region which has been, is, or is expected to potentially be subject to the nucleation, growth or deposition of abnormal-protein or prion-related deposits, nodules or bodies;
(b) means for exciting said emitter to emit acoustic or vibration energy with a desired characteristic; and
(c) said emitter adapted to deliver therapeutic acoustic or vibration energy, directly or indirectly, to at least one of said brain or neurological regions, the therapy designed to provide, enable or accelerate at least one of the following therapy processes;
(i) physical breakup, breakdown, erosion, dispersion, disentanglement, de-aggregation, redistribution, dissolution, de-agglomeration, de-amalgamation or permeation of at least some said deposits, nodules or bodies, (ii) interference in, slowing of, or reversal of at least one physical, chemical, biological or genetic deposit, nodule or body formation-process, formation-sequence or formation pathway anywhere in the process, sequence or pathway, and (iii) aiding the recovery, growth, regrowth, new growth or improved chemical, physical, biological, genetic or cognitive functionality of brain-related or neurological-related cells, physiology or functional pathways negatively impacted or stressed by the deposition of, formation of, or presence of said deposits, nodules or bodies or their associated formation processes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85)
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86. A method for the therapeutic treatment of abnormal protein-related or prion-related diseases of a human patient'"'"'s brain or neurological system comprising:
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(a) acoustically coupling said patient'"'"'s brain or neurological system to acoustic therapy means comprising at least one acoustic or vibration emitter for acoustically or mechanically coupling, directly or indirectly, acoustic or vibratory emissions into a brain or neurological region which has been, is, or is expected to potentially be subject to the nucleation, growth or deposition of abnormal-protein or prion-related deposits, nodules or bodies;
(b) exciting said emitter to emit acoustic or vibration energy with a desired characteristic; and
(c) delivering therapeutic acoustic or vibration energy from said emitter, directly or indirectly, to at least one said brain or neurological region, the therapy designed to provide, enable, accelerate or initiate at least one of the following therapy processes;
(i) physical breakup, breakdown, erosion, dispersion, disentanglement, de-aggregation, redistribution, dissolution, de-agglomeration, deamalgamation or permeation of at least some said deposits, nodules or bodies, (ii) interference in, slowing of, or reversal of at least one physical, chemical, biological or genetic deposit, nodule or body formation-process, formation-sequence or formation pathway anywhere in the process, sequence or pathway, and (iii) aiding the recovery, growth, regrowth, new growth or improved chemical, physical, biological, genetic or cognitive functionality of brain-related or neurological-related cells, physiology or functional pathways negatively impacted or stressed by the deposition of, formation of, or presence of said deposits, nodules or bodies or their associated formation processes. - View Dependent Claims (87)
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88. A system for the therapeutic treatment of abnormal protein-related or prion-related diseases of a human patient'"'"'s brain or neurological system comprising:
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(a) means to direct acoustic or vibrational energy into or through at least one such diseased or potentially diseased anatomy portion; and
(b) an optional drug, medicament or controlled dietary content capable of contributing to the therapy also directly or indirectly delivered to the portion, wherein the acoustics and optional drug together at least slow a cognitive loss process by slowing, stopping or reversing a deposition process. - View Dependent Claims (89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94)
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95. A method of at least temporarily slowing, stopping or avoiding a patient'"'"'s cognitive losses associated with a neural deposition disease comprising administration of acoustic or vibrational energy into affected or potentially affected patient anatomy portions, said energy altering, blocking or reversing a cognitively-damaging deposition process, at least temporarily.
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96. A system for at least temporarily slowing, stopping or avoiding a patient'"'"'s cognitive losses associated with a neural deposition disease comprising administration of acoustic or vibrational energy controllably emitted from an acoustic emitter into affected or potentially affected patient anatomy portions, said energy altering, blocking or reversing a cognitively-damaging deposition process, at least temporarily.
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