Treatment of disorders by unidirectional nerve stimulation
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1. A method for treating a condition of a subject, comprising:
- driving into longitudinal nervous tissue of the subject a current which is capable of inducing action potentials that propagate in the nervous tissue in a first direction, so as to treat the condition; and
suppressing action potentials from propagating in the nervous tissue in a second direction opposite to the first direction.
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Abstract
Apparatus for treating a condition of a subject is provided. An electrode device is adapted to be coupled to longitudinal nervous tissue of the subject, and a control unit is adapted to drive the electrode device to apply to the nervous tissue a current which is capable of inducing action potentials that propagate in the nervous tissue in a first direction, so as to treat the condition. The control unit is further adapted to suppress action potentials from propagating in the nervous tissue in a second direction opposite to the first direction.
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72 Claims
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1. A method for treating a condition of a subject, comprising:
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driving into longitudinal nervous tissue of the subject a current which is capable of inducing action potentials that propagate in the nervous tissue in a first direction, so as to treat the condition; and
suppressing action potentials from propagating in the nervous tissue in a second direction opposite to the first direction. - 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, 71, 72)
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35. Apparatus for treating a condition of a subject, comprising:
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an electrode device, adapted to be coupled to longitudinal nervous tissue of the subject; and
a control unit, adapted to drive the electrode device to apply to the nervous tissue a current which is capable of inducing action potentials that propagate in the nervous tissue in a first direction, so as to treat the condition, and adapted to suppress action potentials from propagating in the nervous tissue in a second direction opposite to the first direction. - View Dependent Claims (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)
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