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Methods and devices for treating primary headache

  • US 10,384,061 B2
  • Filed: 01/11/2016
  • Issued: 08/20/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for treating a medical disorder 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 one or more electrical impulses to a vagus nerve of the patient, wherein the one or more electrical impulses is above a threshold for generating an action potential within a fiber of the vagus nerve responsible for activating neural pathways to cause a release of a sufficient level of an inhibitory neurotransmitter within a brain of the patient and is sufficient to reduce a level of glutamate in the brain of the patient to at least partially relieve a symptom associated with the medical disorder.

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