Method and apparatus for treating restless legs syndrome
AssigneeInvicta Medical, Inc.
InventorSteven Thomas Kent
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Abstract
Apparatuses and methods are disclosed that may be used to treat one or more restless leg syndrome (RLS) symptoms of a patient. One example method may include generating first and second stimulation waveforms using a waveform generator; electrically stimulating at least a portion of a sacral region of the patient, based on the first and second stimulation waveforms, using a number of electrodes; damping or interfering with electrical signals transmitted from the patient's brain to the patient's legs via a femoral nerve of the patient using the electrical stimulation; and reducing the one or more symptoms of RLS based on damping or interfering with the electrical signals transmitted from the patient's brain.
Claims26
A method for treating one or more restless leg syndrome (RLS) symptoms of a patient, the method comprising:
- generating first and second stimulation waveforms using a waveform generator;
- electrically stimulating at least a portion of a sacral region of the patient, based on the first and second stimulation waveforms, using at least four electrodes;
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- damping or interfering with electrical signals transmitted along the patient's femoral nerve to the patient's legs based on the electrical stimulation, wherein:
- a first electrode is positioned on a left portion of the patient's lumbar region and configured to receive the first stimulation waveform on a first channel;
- a second electrode is positioned on a right portion of the patient's lumbar region and configured to receive the second stimulation waveform on a second channel separate from the first channel;
- a third electrode is positioned over a hamstring of the patient's right leg and configured to receive the first stimulation waveform on the first channel;
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- a fourth electrode is positioned over a hamstring of the patient's left leg and configured to receive the second stimulation waveform on the second channel.
A method for treating one or more restless leg syndrome (RLS) symptoms of a patient, the method comprising:
- generating first and second stimulation waveforms using a waveform generator;
- electrically stimulating at least a portion of a sacral region of the patient, based on the first and second stimulation waveforms, using at least four electrodes;
- damping or interfering with electrical signals transmitted along the patient's femoral nerve to the patient's legs based on the electrical stimulation;
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- reducing one or more symptoms of RLS based on the damping or interfering with the electrical signals, wherein:
- a first electrode is positioned on a left portion of the patient's lumbar region and configured to receive the first stimulation waveform on a first channel;
- a second electrode is positioned on a right portion of the patient's lumbar region and configured to receive the second stimulation waveform on a second channel separate from the first channel;
- a third electrode is positioned over a quadricep of the patient's right leg and configured to receive the first stimulation waveform on the first channel;
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- a fourth electrode is positioned over a quadricep of the patient's left leg and configured to receive the second stimulation waveform on the second channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.