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6915166 |
Optimizing cochlear implant electrode selection
A method is described to allow for better selection of electrodes for neural stimulation, for example in a cochlear implant. A series of stimuli, at different stimulation levels, are provided at...
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6879859 |
External pulse generator for adjunct (add-on) treatment of obesity, eating disorders, neurological, neuropsychiatric, and urological disorders
An external pulse generator comprising a primary coil and adapted to inductively couple to an implanted receiving means, is designed to deliver neuromodulation therapy for disorders comprising...
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6873872 |
Adaptive electric field modulation of neural systems
The present invention relates to devices and methods of modifying the neuronal activity of a neural system comprising neurons, comprising, one or more of the following steps, measuring the neuronal...
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6871098 |
Method for treating obsessive-compulsive disorder with electrical stimulation of the brain internal capsule
A method for treating a patient with an obsession, a compulsion, an anxiety or a depression disorder, comprising applying chronic electrical stimulation to at least a portion of the patient's...
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6819956 |
Optimal method and apparatus for neural modulation for the treatment of neurological disease, particularly movement disorders
A neurological control system for modulating activity of any component or structure comprising the entirety or portion of the nervous system, or any structure interfaced thereto, generally referred...
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6788975 |
Fully implantable miniature neurostimulator for stimulation as a therapy for epilepsy
A small implantable stimulator(s) with at least two electrodes is small enough to have the electrodes located adjacent to a nerve structure at least partially responsible for epileptic seizures....
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6782292 |
System and method for treatment of mood and/or anxiety disorders by electrical brain stimulation and/or drug infusion
A system and method for introducing one or more stimulating drugs and/or applying electrical stimulation to the brain to treat mood and/or anxiety disorders uses an implantable system control unit...
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6762687 |
Biofeedback device for treating obsessive compulsive spectrum disorders (OCSDs)
A biofeedback device for treatment of certain obsessive compulsive spectrum and habit disorders including trichotillomania (hair pulling), onychophagia (nail biting), thumb-sucking, skin-scratching...
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6760626 |
Apparatus and method for treatment of neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders using programmerless implantable pulse generator system
System and method for neuromodulation therapy of neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders comprises an implantable lead and pulse generator system for providing the appropriate electrical...
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6712753 |
Electromagnetically induced anesthesia and sensory stimulation
Sensory stimulation and sensory anesthesia are induced by means of a device which creates a time varying magnetic field which, in turn, creates an electric field in a direction parallel to the...
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6708064 |
Modulation of the brain to affect psychiatric disorders
A method for treating neurological conditions by proper placement of a probe and sensing, stimulating or both areas of the brain especially the intralaminar nuclei (ILN”). Moreover, stimulation...
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6690974 |
Stimulation signal generator for an implantable device
An implantable multimodal neurostimulator having improved efficacy in treating epilepsy and other neurological disorders and processes of using that neurostimulator are described herein. The...
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6684105 |
Treatment of disorders by unidirectional nerve stimulation
Apparatus for treating a condition of a subject is provided. An electrode device is adapted to be coupled to longitudinal nervous tissue of the subject, and a control unit is adapted to drive the...
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6647296 |
Implantable apparatus for treating neurological disorders
Disclosed is a multiple electrode, closed-loop, responsive system for the treatment of certain neurological diseases such as epilepsy, migraine headaches and Parkinson's disease. Brain electrodes...
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6622047 |
Treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders by near-diaphragmatic nerve stimulation
A method and apparatus for treating patients with neuropsychiatric disorder includes unilaterally or bilaterally stimulating one or both of the left and right branches of a patient's vagus nerve...
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6615085 |
Apparatus for adjunct (add-on) therapy of Dementia and Alzheimer's disease utilizing an implantable lead and an external stimulator
An apparatus and method for adjunct (add-on) therapy for dementia and Alzheimer's disease comprises an implanted lead-receiver, and an external stimulator. The implanted lead receiver comprises a...
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6609030 |
Method of treating psychiatric diseases by neuromodulation within the dorsomedial thalamus
A method for treating psychiatric diseases such as Affective Disorder (including Major Depression and Bipolar Disorder), Anxiety Disorder (including General Anxiety Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive...
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6606526 |
System behavior modification for maintenance of chaos
An accessible parameter of a chaos embodying system of a physical or biological type is monitored by extraction of measurement data and recordation thereof on a return map as a dynamic...
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6597953 |
Furcated sensing and stimulation lead
A furcated medical electrical lead for neurological applications has a distal portion having a plurality of distal end segments, each of which bears at least one distal electrode for electrographic...
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6597954 |
System and method for controlling epileptic seizures with spatially separated detection and stimulation electrodes
A system and method for controlling epilepsy and other neurological disorders by providing electrical stimulation to a patient's brain in response to detected neurological conditions. An...
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6594524 |
Adaptive method and apparatus for forecasting and controlling neurological disturbances under a multi-level control
A method and apparatus for forecasting and controlling neurological abnormalities in humans such as seizures or other brain disturbances. The system is based on a multi-level control strategy....
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6591138 |
Low frequency neurostimulator for the treatment of neurological disorders
A system for treating neurological conditions by low-frequency time varying electrical stimulation includes an electrical device for applying such low-frequency energy, in a range below...
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6560490 |
Waveforms for selective stimulation of central nervous system neurons
Asymmetric charge-balanced stimulation waveforms are defined and used for CNS stimulation with selective stimulation of either neuronal cell bodies or axon fibers of passage in favor of the other....
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6556861 |
Fetal brain monitor
A Fetal Brain Monitor (FBM) utilizes a transducer which is placed on the abdomen of a mother and which is pulsed to generate auditory sounds, i.e., clicks, to provide auditory brainstem evoked...
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6556868 |
Methods for improving learning or memory by vagus nerve stimulation
Methods of improving memory and learning in humans and animals by vagus nerve stimulation are provided. These methods comprise selecting an appropriate human or animal subject and applying to the...
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6539263 |
Feedback mechanism for deep brain stimulation
Disclosed is a method for improving cognitive function or for improving coordination of function across a patient's cortical regions. The method includes applying electrical stimulation to at least...
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6529774 |
Extradural leads, neurostimulator assemblies, and processes of using them for somatosensory and brain stimulation
This is directed to a neurostimulator assembly that is preferably implantable and is suitable for treating epilepsy and other neurological disorders. The assembly includes inventive leads that are...
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6503187 |
Stimulator head and method for attenuating the sound emitted by a stimulator coil
The present invention relates to a stimulator head of a magnetic stimulator used in the stimulation of living tissue such as the human brain. Such a stimulator bead comprises a stimulator head body...
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6484059 |
Method for optimized brain stimulation for treating movement disorders
There is provided apparatus and a method for testing to optimally place a deep brain lead, particularly for stimulating the GPi or other deep brain target to treat neurological disorders such as...
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6480743 |
System and method for adaptive brain stimulation
An implantable neurostimulator adapted to provide adaptive electrical brain stimulation includes a detection subsystem for isolating an electrographic signal characteristic and a stimulation system...
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6466822 |
Multimodal neurostimulator and process of using it
This is directed to an implantable multimodal neurostimulator having improved efficacy in treating epilepsy and other neurological disorders and to processes of using that neurostimulator. The...
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6463328 |
Adaptive brain stimulation method and system
Adaptive brain stimulation systems and methods aids in the rehabilitation of patients from traumatic brain injury, coma, movement disorder, or other brain dysfunction. After a direct brain...
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6459936 |
Methods for responsively treating neurological disorders
Disclosed is a multiple electrode, closed-loop, responsive system for the treatment of certain neurological diseases such as epilepsy, migraine headaches and Parkinson's disease. Brain electrodes...
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6427086 |
Means and method for the intracranial placement of a neurostimulator
Disclosed is a means and method for placing an implantable neurostimulator control module into a place in the cranium where cranial bone has been removed. The method for accomplishing this cranial...
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6418344 |
Method of treating psychiatric disorders by electrical stimulation within the orbitofrontal cerebral cortex
A method for treating psychiatric diseases such as Anxiety disorder (including General Anxiety Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disease, and Panic Disorder), Affective Disorder(including Major...
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6415184 |
Implantable neuro-stimulator with ball implant
A ball semiconductor for stimulating a mass of nervous system brain tissue for therapeutic purposes. The ball ( 120 ) is embedded in a mass of nervous system tissue ( 215 ) of a brain. Electrical...
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6374140 |
Method and apparatus for treating seizure disorders by stimulating the olfactory senses
The present invention discloses techniques for preventing a possible onset of a seizure using a sensor, a signal generator and at least one implantable electrode. The electrodes are positioned to...
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6366814 |
External stimulator for adjunct (add-on) treatment for neurological, neuropsychiatric, and urological disorders
An external stimulator adapted to be inductively coupled with an implanted lead-receiver is designed to deliver neuromodulation therapy for disorders including depression, migraine, partial complex...
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6366813 |
Apparatus and method for closed-loop intracranical stimulation for optimal control of neurological disease
A neurological control system for modulating activity of any component or structure comprising the entirety or portion of the nervous system, or any structure interfaced thereto, generally referred...
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6356786 |
Method of treating palmar hyperhydrosis by electrical stimulation of the sympathetic nervous chain
A method for treating hyperhidrosis by applying an oscillating electric field to the stellate ganglion. The method includes the steps of inserting an electrode into the vacinity of the sympathetic...
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6356788 |
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ADJUNCT (ADD-ON) THERAPY FOR DEPRESSION, MIGRAINE, NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS, PARTIAL COMPLEX EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED EPILEPSY AND INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT DISORDERS UTILIZING AN EXTERNAL STIMULATOR
An apparatus and method for adjunct (add-on) therapy of depression, migraine, neuropsychiatric disorders, partial complex epilepsy, generalized epilepsy and involuntary movement disorders comprises...
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6356787 |
Method of treating facial blushing by electrical stimulation of the sympathetic nerve chain
A method for treating excessive facial blushing by applying an oscillating electric field to the stellate ganglion. The method includes the steps of inserting an electrode into the vacinity of the...
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6339725 |
Methods of modulating aspects of brain neural plasticity by vagus nerve stimulation
Methods of modulating brain neural plasticity, improving memory and learning, improving recovery from traumatic brain injury, preventing epilepsy, treating memory disorders and chronic memory...
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6337997 |
Implantable seizure warning system
Techniques for warning a patient of a possible onset of a seizure using a sensor, a signal generator and at least one implantable electrode. The electrodes are positioned to stimulate the spinal...
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6304782 |
Method of reducing physiological stress
Viral induced physiological stress is reduced by electronic diagnosis and treatment. A patient is slowly scanned with a sinusoidal signal over a frequency range within some 2,000 Hz to 6,000 Hz...
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6263237 |
Techniques for treating anxiety disorders by brain stimulation and drug infusion
Techniques using one or more drugs and/or electrical stimulation for treating an anxiety disorder by means of an implantable signal generator and electrode and/or an implantable pump and catheter....
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6253109 |
System for optimized brain stimulation
There is provided apparatus and a method for testing to optimally place a deep brain lead, particularly for stimulating the GPi or other deep brain target to treat neurological disorders such as...
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6245021 |
Method for diagnosing psychiatric disorders
A method for diagnosing a psychiatric disorder in a subject, the method comprising the steps of measuring the pattern of a subject's heart rate, and using said pattern to diagnose the psychiatric...
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6221908 |
System for stimulating brain plasticity
A system for stimulating brain plasticity releases acetylcholine into the learner's brain while the learner is receiving incoming stimuli or performing an activity during the learning process. It...
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6167311 |
Method of treating psychological disorders by brain stimulation within the thalamus
A method for treating psychological disorders such as obsessive compulsive disorder, Tourette's syndrome, depression, bipolar disorder, panic attacks, schizophrenia, and attention deficit disorder...
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