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Methods for enhancing exposure therapy using vagus nerve stimulation

  • US 9,089,703 B2
  • Filed: 04/27/2011
  • Issued: 07/28/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/02/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • obtaining access to a patient that is a mammal;

    identifying a stimulus that evokes an identifiable reaction indicative of a psychological response to the stimulus in the patient;

    providing an exposure therapy to the patient including presenting the stimulus to the patient;

    electrically stimulating the patient'"'"'s vagus nerve at the same time as the exposure therapy; and

    obtaining data indicative of whether the identified stimulus evokes the reaction, whereinthe actions of providing an exposure therapy to the patient and stimulating the patient'"'"'s vagus nerve at the same time as the exposure therapy are repeated at least until the identified stimulus evokes the reaction no more than about one-fifth of the time that the identified stimulus is presented to the patient.

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