Method and treatment with transcranially applied electrical signals
First Claim
1. A method of treating a subject with an electrical signal transcranially comprisinga first step of generating a first signal train comprising a plurality of pulses and applying said train across a subject'"'"'s head,a second step of terminating the applying of said first signal train,a third step of applying no signal across said subject'"'"'s head for a duration of a first off period,a fourth step of generating a successive signal train comprising a plurality of pulses and applying said trains across said subject'"'"'s head,a fifth step of terminating the applying of said successive signal train,a sixth step of varying the duration of the applying of said successive train in respect to a duration of the applying of a preceding train,a seventh step of applying no signal across said subject'"'"'s head for a duration of a successive off period,an eighth step of varying the duration of said successive off period in respect to a duration of a preceding off period, anda ninth step of repeating said fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth steps such that an activation of nerves of said brain by said signal, comprising a series of trains and off periods the durations of which are varied in accordance with said sixth and eighth steps, is at a substantially continuous rate as the application of said trains and off periods proceeds.
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Abstract
A method of applying an electrical signal transcranially includes the steps of generating a series of signal trains and applying the signal trains across the head of a subject, wherein each of the trains comprises a number of pulses and is separated from other trains by off periods, during which the signal is not applied. The signal trains are of such short duration that substantially no nerves within the subject'"'"'s brain that receive the signal trains are demyelinized. In certain embodiments, the signal trains and the off periods are of irregular duration such that the activation of nerves of the brain by a signal is of a substantially continuous rate as the application of the signal train proceeds. The invention also includes particular characteristics of signals used to treat respective afflictions, including drug addictions and habituations, appetite disturbances, stress, insomnia, and pain.
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1. A method of treating a subject with an electrical signal transcranially comprising
a first step of generating a first signal train comprising a plurality of pulses and applying said train across a subject'"'"'s head, a second step of terminating the applying of said first signal train, a third step of applying no signal across said subject'"'"'s head for a duration of a first off period, a fourth step of generating a successive signal train comprising a plurality of pulses and applying said trains across said subject'"'"'s head, a fifth step of terminating the applying of said successive signal train, a sixth step of varying the duration of the applying of said successive train in respect to a duration of the applying of a preceding train, a seventh step of applying no signal across said subject'"'"'s head for a duration of a successive off period, an eighth step of varying the duration of said successive off period in respect to a duration of a preceding off period, and a ninth step of repeating said fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth steps such that an activation of nerves of said brain by said signal, comprising a series of trains and off periods the durations of which are varied in accordance with said sixth and eighth steps, is at a substantially continuous rate as the application of said trains and off periods proceeds.
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