Action potential conduction prevention

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2008-06-17

2011-11-15

Schaetzle, Kennedy (Department: 3766)

Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application

Light, thermal, and electrical application

Electrical therapeutic systems

C607S074000

Reexamination Certificate

active

08060208

ABSTRACT:
An example method for selectively and reversibly preventing the conduction of action potentials in a targeted nerve region is presented. The method includes generating an electrical waveform having two phases and selectively depolarizing a nerve membrane using the electrical waveform. The nerve membrane is depolarized to a state where the nerve membrane cannot conduct an action potential. The depolarization is achieved by selectively repetitively providing the electrical waveform to a targeted nerve region associated with the nerve region to control m gates and h gates in the region and thus to control the availability of ions.

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patent: 2002/0055779 (2002-05-01), Andrews
patent: 2002/0128694 (2002-09-01), Holsheimer
patent: 2004/0015203 (2004-01-01), McGraw et al.

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