Apparatus and methods for producing brain activation via the vestibular system with time-varying waveforms
AssigneeScion NeuroStim, LLC
InventorsLesco L. Rogers, Lanty L. Smith, Robert D. Black
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Abstract
A device for delivering caloric vestibular stimulation to an individual, includes: (a) an earpiece configured to be at least partially insertable into the ear canal of the individual for delivering said caloric vestibular stimulation; (b) a power supply operatively associated with said earpiece; and (c) a controller operatively associated with said power supply and said earpiece for configuring said caloric vestibular stimulation as at least a first and second time-varying waveform. Preferably, the waveforms are actively controlled waveforms.
Claims20
A device for delivering caloric vestibular stimulation to an individual, comprising:
- (a) an earpiece configured to be at least partially insertable into the ear canal of the individual for delivering said caloric vestibular stimulation;
- (b) a power supply operatively associated with said earpiece;
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- (c) a controller operatively associated with said power supply and said earpiece for configuring said caloric vestibular stimulation as at least a first and second time-varying waveform configured to induce nystagmus such that the nystagmus is substantially present over a period of at least four minutes.
A method of administering caloric vestibular stimulation to a subject in need thereof, comprising:
- administering caloric vestibular stimulation (CVS) to said subject in a treatment-effective amount,
- said caloric vestibular stimulation comprising at least a first and a second actively controlled time varying waveform stimulus configured to induce nystagmus such that the nystagmus is substantially present over a period of at least four minutes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.