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SPG stimulation for treating complications of subarachnoid hemorrhage

US8010189B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 30, 2007
Grant dateAug 30, 2011
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Expiry dateDec 12, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61N1/37229
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method is provided including identifying that a subject has suffered a subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), and treating a complication of the SAH by stimulating at least one site of the subject in conjunction with treating the SAH, the site selected from the group consisting of: a sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG), a greater palatine nerve, a lesser palatine nerve, a sphenopalatine nerve, a communicating branch between a maxillary nerve and an SPG, an otic ganglion, an afferent fiber going into the otic ganglion, an efferent fiber going out of the otic ganglion, an infraorbital nerve, a vidian nerve, a greater superficial petrosal nerve, and a lesser deep petrosal nerve.

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