Electronically initiating an administration of a neuromodulation treatment regimen chosen in response to contactlessly acquired information

US9697336B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Gearbox, Inc.

Inventors

• Roderick A. Hyde · Redmond, US
• Muriel Y. Ishikawa · Livermore, US
• Eric C. Leuthardt · Chesterfield, US
• Dennis J. Rivet · Chesapeake, US
• Elizabeth A. Sweeney · Seattle, US
• Lowell L. Wood, JR. · Bellevue, US
• Victoria Y.H. Wood · Livermore, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 28, 2009
• Grant date: Jul 4, 2017
• Expiry date: Aug 22, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B5/05
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In an embodiment, a method includes acquiring electronic data indicative of a property of a mammal without making physical contact with the mammal. The method also includes extracting digital information indicative of a physiological characteristic of the mammal from the electronic data indicative of the property of the mammal. The method further includes choosing from an electronically accessible treatment database a neuromodulation treatment regimen for administration to the mammal in response to the information indicative of a physiological characteristic of the mammal. The method also includes electronically initiating an administration of the chosen neuromodulation treatment regimen to a nervous system component of the mammal.