External stimulation of the cranial nerves
AssigneeNurelief, L.L.C.
InventorsJin Shimada, Harry A. Puryear
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Abstract
Methods and devices for treating patients such as patients who suffer from migraine headaches including attaching electrodes of an electrical stimulation device to the patient bilaterally at a first location overlying a trigeminal nerve and at a second location overlying a second nerve, and then delivering electrical series of stimulation pulses to the patient, the stimulation pulses having a duration of between about 1 and about 20 microseconds, wherein the electrical stimulation device comprises a stimulation unit and a plurality of electrodes.
Claims14
A method of treating a patient comprising:
- attaching electrodes of an electrical stimulation device to a patient bilaterally at a first location overlying a trigeminal nerve and at a second location overlying a second nerve, and then delivering electrical series of stimulation pulses to the patient, the stimulation pulses having a duration of between about 1 and about 10 microseconds,
- wherein the electrical stimulation device comprises a stimulation unit and a plurality of electrodes.
A method of treating a patient suffering from a migraine headache, the method comprising:
- while the patient is suffering from a migraine headache, hanging an electrical stimulation unit from the patient's neck using a loop of flexible material attached to the electrical stimulation unit;
- attaching electrodes of an electrical stimulation device to the patient bilaterally at a first location overlying a portion of an auriculotemporal nerve and at a second location overlying a second nerve, and then delivering a series of electrical stimulation pulses to the patient at a frequency of between about 1 and about 1000 Hz and at a pulse duration of between about 1 and about 10 microseconds, wherein the electrical stimulation device comprises a stimulation unit and a plurality of electrodes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.