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External stimulation of the SPG

  • US 8,954,149 B2
  • Filed: 01/03/2011
  • Issued: 02/10/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. Apparatus for treating a condition of a subject, comprising:

  • an energy transmitter, configured to be positioned outside a body of the subject; and

    a control unit, configured to;

    drive the energy transmitter to transmit ultrasonic energy to a site elected from the group consisting of;

    a sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG), a greater palatine nerve, a lesser palatine nerve, a sphenopalatine nerve, a communicating branch between a maxillary nerve and an SPG, an otic ganglion, an afferent fiber going into the otic ganglion, an efferent fiber going out of the otic ganglion, an infraorbital nerve, a vidian nerve, a greater superficial petrosal nerve, and a lesser deep petrosal nerve, andconfigure the ultrasonic energy to stimulate the site to induce an increase in cerebral blood flow (CBF) of the subject.

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