System and Method for Eyelid Simulation
AssigneeMED-EL Elektromedizinische Geraete GmbH
InventorWerner Lindenthaler
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Abstract
A system and method of treating hyperactivity of an eyelid closing muscle in a subject after facial nerve paralysis includes providing a stimulation system and selectively stimulating eyelid opening muscle(s) or innervating nerves, eyelid opening reflexes, or eyelid opening reflexes in non-muscular tissue, using the stimulation system, without substantially activating the eyelid closing muscle. The system and method evokes eyelid movement in the subject.
Claims21
A method of treating hyperactivity of an eyelid closing muscle in a subject, the method comprising:
- providing a stimulation system;
- and
- selectively stimulating one or more eyelid opening muscles or innervating nerves, using the stimulation system, without substantially activating the eyelid closing muscle, thereby evoking eyelid movement in the subject.
A stimulation system for treating hyperactivity of an eyelid closing muscle in a subject, the system comprising:
- a processor having program code for generating at least one stimulation parameter that is used to stimulate one or more eyelid opening muscles or innervating nerves of the subject;
- and
- a stimulator configured to receive the stimulation parameter and to stimulate the one or more eyelid opening muscles or innervating nerves of the subject based on the stimulation parameter.
A method of treating hyperactivity of an eyelid closing muscle in a subject, the method comprising:
- providing a stimulation system;
- and
- selectively stimulating one or more eyelid opening reflexes in muscles, using the stimulation system, without substantially activating the eyelid closing muscle, thereby evoking eyelid movement in the subject.
A stimulation system for treating hyperactivity of an eyelid closing muscle in a subject, the system comprising:
- a processor having program code for generating at least one stimulation parameter in order to stimulate one or more eyelid opening reflexes in muscles of the subject;
- and
- a stimulator configured to receive the stimulation parameter and to activate the one or more eyelid opening reflexes in muscles of the subject based on the stimulation parameter.
A method of treating hyperactivity of an eyelid closing muscle in a subject, the method comprising:
- providing a stimulation system;
- and
- selectively stimulating one or more eyelid opening reflexes in non-muscular tissue, using the stimulation system, without substantially activating the eyelid closing muscle, thereby evoking eyelid movement in the subject.
A stimulation system for treating hyperactivity of an eyelid closing muscle in a subject, the system comprising:
- a processor having program code for generating at least one stimulation parameter in order to stimulate one or more eyelid opening reflexes in non-muscular tissue of the subject;
- and
- a stimulator configured to receive the stimulation parameter and to activate the one or more eyelid opening reflexes in non-muscular tissue of the subject based on the stimulation parameter.
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