Vagal nerve stimulation devices and methods
AssigneeElectroCore, Inc.
InventorsBruce J. Simon, Joseph P. Errico, John T. Raffle
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Abstract
Vagal nerve stimulation devices and methods are provided herein. A device comprises one or more electrodes having a contact surface for contacting an outer skin surface of a patient and an energy source coupled to the electrodes. The energy source generates one or more electrical impulses and transmits the electrical impulses to the electrodes and transcutaneously through the outer skin surface of the patient at or near a vagus nerve. The one or more electrical pulses comprise bursts of 2 to 20 pulses within each burst with each burst having a frequency of about 5 Hz to about 100 Hz.
Claims20
A device comprising:
- one or more electrodes;
- and
- a power source coupled to the electrodes, wherein the power source is configured to generate one or more electrical impulses and to transmit the electrical impulses to the electrodes through an outer skin surface of a user at or near a vagus nerve, wherein each of the one or more electrical impulses comprises bursts, wherein each burst comprises a burst period having 2 to 20 pulses and a constant period having zero pulses and wherein each burst has a frequency of about 5 Hz to about 100 Hz.
A method comprising:
- positioning one or more electrodes in contact with an outer skin surface of a user;
- generating one or more electrical impulses;
- and
- transmitting the one or more electrical impulses to the one or more electrodes through the outer skin surface of the user at or near a vagus nerve within the user, wherein each of the one or more electrical impulses comprises-bursts, wherein each burst comprises a burst period having 2 to 20 pulses and a constant period having zero pulses and wherein each burst has a frequency of about 5 Hz to about 100 Hz.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.