Electrical treatment of alzheimer's disease
US9775996B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 8, 2017 |
| Grant date | Oct 3, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 8, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61N1/36025
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Apparatus is provided that includes midplane treatment electrodes, configured to be disposed over a superior sagittal sinus, outside and in electrical contact with a skull of a head of a subject identified as at risk of or suffering from Alzheimer's disease; and lateral treatment electrodes, configured to be disposed between 1 and 12 cm of a sagittal midplane of the skull. Control circuitry is configured to treat the subject by electroosmotically driving fluid from a subarachnoid space to the superior sagittal sinus, by applying one or more treatment currents between (a) one or more of the midplane treatment electrodes and (b) one or more of the lateral treatment electrodes.
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