Respiratory control by means of neuro-electrical coded signals

• US 6,937,903 B2
• Filed: 05/17/2004
• Issued: 08/30/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ortiz & Lopez PLLC
• Original Assignee: Medical Scientific Incorporated
• Inventors: Schuler, Eleanor, Lee, Claude K.
• Primary Examiner(s): Jastrzab, Jeffrey R.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Alter, Alyssa M.
• Application Number:
  US10/847,738
• Publication Number:
  US 20040230251A1
• Time in Patent Office: 470 Days
• Field of Search: 607/42, 607/73, 607/68, 607/62, 607/48, 607/76, 601/15, 601/2
• US Class Current: 607/42
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/3601 of respiratory organs
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/3611 Respiration control stimulating respiratory organs A61N1/3601

Abstract

A method and device for respiratory control. The method comprises selecting neuro-electrical coded signals from a storage area that are representative of body organ function. The selected neuro-electrical coded signals are then transmitted to a treatment member, which is in direct contact with the body, and which then broadcasts the neuro-electrical coded signals to a specific body respiration nerve or organ to modulate the body organ functioning. A control module is provided for transmission to the treatment member. The control module contains the neuro-electrical coded signals which are selected and transmitted to the treatment member, and computer storage can be provided for greater storage capacity and manipulation of the neuro-electrical coded signals.

Claims

1. A method for controlling respiration comprising the steps of:

a. selecting from a storage area one or more waveforms generated in the body and carried by neurons in the body;

b. transmitting or conducting the selected waveforms to a treatment member in contact with the body; and

c. broadcasting the selected waveforms from the treatment member to an area in the body such that an organ in the body is affected to control respiration.

2. The method according to claim 1, in which step “

a”

further includes selecting said waveforms from a storage area in a computer.

3. The method according to claim 1, in which step “

b”

further comprises transmitting the selected waveforms remotely to the treatment member.

4. The method according to claim 1, in which step “

b”

further comprises seismic transmission of the selected waveforms.

5. An apparatus for controlling respiration, comprising:

a. a source of collected waveforms generated in the body and indicative of body organ functioning;

b. a treatment member adapted to be in direct contact with the body;

c. means for transmitting one or more of the collected waveforms to the treatment member; and

d. means for broadcasting the collected waveforms from the treatment member to an area in the body such that a body organ is affected, thereby controlling respiration.

6. The apparatus according to claim 5, in which said transmitting means includes a digital to analog converter.

7. The apparatus according to claim 5, in which said source comprises a computer having collected waveforms stored in digital format.

8. The apparatus according to claim 7, in which said computer includes separate storage areas for collecting waveforms of different respiratory functional categories.

9. The apparatus according to claim 5, in which the treatment member comprises an antenna for broadcasting respiratory signals.

10. The apparatus according to claim 5, in which the treatment member comprises an electrode.

11. A method for controlling respiration comprising the steps of:

a. selecting from a storage area one or more waveforms generated in the body and carried by neurons in the body;

b. transmitting or conducting the selected waveforms to a treatment member in contact with the body; and

c. directing the selected waveforms from the treatment member to a point in a body to control respiration.

12. The method according to claim 11, in which step “

a”

further includes selecting said waveforms from a storage area in a computer.

13. The method according to claim 11, in which step “

b”

further comprises transmitting the selected waveforms remotely to the treatment member.

14. The method according to claim 11, in which step “

b”

further comprises seismic transmission of the selected waveforms.