Cranial nerve stimulation treatments using neurocybernetic prosthesis
First Claim
1. A method of treating, controlling or preventing medical, psychiatric or neurological disorders selected from the group consisting of motor disorders;
- migraine;
chronic nervous illness;
pancreatic endocrine disorders including diabetes and hypoglycemia;
dementia including cortical, subcortical, multi-infarct, Alzheimer'"'"'s disease and Pick'"'"'s disease;
eating disorders including anorexia nervosa, bulimia, and compulsive overeating;
sleep disorders including insomnia, hypersomnia, narcolepsy and sleep apnea; and
neuropsychiatric disorders including schizophrenia, depression and borderline personality disorder, comprising the steps of attaching at least one electrode to afferents of at least one of a patient'"'"'s trigeminal and glossopharyngeal nerves, and applying modulating electric signals to at least one of the patient'"'"'s trigeminal and glossopharyngeal nerves through the at least one electrode.
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Abstract
The treatment, control or prevention of medical, psychiatric or neurological disorders may be accomplished by application of modulating electric signals to one or both of a patient'"'"'s trigeminal and glossopharyngeal nerves. The disorders treatable, controllable or preventable by such nerve stimulation include voluntary and involuntary disorders, migraine, epileptic seizure, motor disorders, Parkinson'"'"'s disease, cerebral palsy, spasticity, chronic nervous illnesses and involuntary movement; pancreatic endocrine disorders including diabetes and hypoglycemia; dementia including cortical, subcortical, multi-infarct, Alzheimer'"'"'s disease and Pick'"'"'s disease; sleep disorders including central sleep apnea, insomnia and hypersomnia; eating disorders including anorexia nervosa, bulimia and compulsive overeating; and neuropsychiatric disorders including schizophrenia, depression and borderline personality disorder.
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13 Claims
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1. A method of treating, controlling or preventing medical, psychiatric or neurological disorders selected from the group consisting of motor disorders;
- migraine;
chronic nervous illness;
pancreatic endocrine disorders including diabetes and hypoglycemia;
dementia including cortical, subcortical, multi-infarct, Alzheimer'"'"'s disease and Pick'"'"'s disease;
eating disorders including anorexia nervosa, bulimia, and compulsive overeating;
sleep disorders including insomnia, hypersomnia, narcolepsy and sleep apnea; and
neuropsychiatric disorders including schizophrenia, depression and borderline personality disorder, comprising the steps of attaching at least one electrode to afferents of at least one of a patient'"'"'s trigeminal and glossopharyngeal nerves, and applying modulating electric signals to at least one of the patient'"'"'s trigeminal and glossopharyngeal nerves through the at least one electrode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
- migraine;
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