US 12,576,271 B2 · Systems, devices and methods for anxiety treatment using vestibular nerve stimulation

Abstract

Methods, systems and devices are provided to stimulate the vestibular system in such a way as to influence the neurological components of the autonomic nervous system and reduce an anxiety level in a subject. A device with one or more electrodes placed over a subject's scalp provides vestibular nerve stimulation (VeNS) to the vestibular nerve, which is then carried into the vestibular nucleus in the brainstem and thereafter transmitted to the neurological components of the autonomic nervous system to reduce a physiological reaction to an anxiety event. The characteristics of the stimulation signal and duration of the treatment are configured to allow the treatment to be delivered before, during or after an anxiety event to potentially prevent or at the very least reduce an anxiety response in the subject.

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Dependent claims

A method of reducing anxiety in a human subject through delivery of vestibular nerve stimulation (VeNS), the method comprising:

positioning at least one electrode into electrical contact with the human subject and proximate to a location of the subject's vestibular system;
and
delivering VeNS to the human subject from a current source connected with the at least one electrode, the current source configured to deliver an alternating polarity square wave current within a range of 0.01 mA to 1 mA at a frequency of approximately 100 Hz with an approximately 50% duty cycle.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Systems, devices and methods for anxiety treatment using vestibular nerve stimulation

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Systems, devices and methods for anxiety treatment using vestibular nerve stimulation

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