Treatment of dementia by nerve stimulation
US5269303A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 22, 1991 |
| Grant date | Dec 14, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 22, 2011 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61N1/36167
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of treating symptoms of dementia, including cortical dementia, subcortical dementia, and multi-infarct dementia, includes selecting a patient suffering from dementia, and applying to the patient's vagus nerve an electrical stimulation signal having parameter values selected to modulate the electrical activity of the vagus nerve in a manner to modulate the activity of preselected portions of the reticular activating system of the brain stem.
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