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Methods and devices for treating primary headache

  • US 9,020,598 B2
  • Filed: 09/16/2013
  • Issued: 04/28/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of treating a headache in a patient, the method comprising:

  • positioning a device adjacent to a skin surface of a neck of the patient;

    generating one or more electrical impulses with the device; and

    transmitting, via the device, the electrical impulses to a vagus nerve of the patient, wherein the electrical impulses are sufficient to generate action potentials within fibers of the vagus nerve responsible for activating neural pathways causing a release of GABA within a brain of the patient to at least partially relieve a pain associated with the headache.

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