Means for treating symptoms of Meniere's disease or the like

Details Means for treating symptoms of Meniere's disease or the like Means for treating symptoms of Meniere's disease or the like

1979-11-27

1982-04-20

Howell, Kyle L.

Surgery

Truss

Pad

128745, 128746, 128401, A61B 504

Patent

active

043253865

ABSTRACT:
Binaural pressure-response differentials which are symptomatic of vertigo, particularly Meniere's disease, are therapeutically treated by establishing a thermal environment externally local to one ear drum with respect to the other, in the polarity sense which reduces such response differentials. For cases in which a nystagmus condition has developed, the invention utilizes observed nystagmus rate to provide automatic control of the locally applied thermal environment, in magnitude and duration suited to observed abatement of the nystagmus condition. Portable apparatus of the invention enables the patient to apply his own therapy whenever he senses onset symptoms of an attack.

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patent: 3000271 (1961-09-01), Harvey et al.
patent: 3563231 (1971-02-01), Ducote et al.
patent: 4023561 (1977-05-01), Servos
patent: 4106493 (1978-08-01), Proctor et al.
patent: 4106496 (1978-08-01), Proctor et al.

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