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Treatment of patients in coma by nerve stimulation

  • US 5,571,150 A
  • Filed: 12/19/1994
  • Issued: 11/05/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/19/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of treating a patient in coma, comprising the stepsplacing at least one electrode of an electrode array in juxtaposition with a preselected cranial nerve of the patient for electrical stimulation thereof;

  • applying an electrical pulse waveform to said electrode array to stimulate said cranial nerve; and

    adjusting electrical parameters of said pulse waveform to modulate electrical activity of said cranial nerve in an effort to rouse the patient from the coma.

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