Method and apparatus for facilitating recovery of patients in de

Details Method and apparatus for facilitating recovery of patients in de Method and apparatus for facilitating recovery of patients in de

1996-02-08

1997-03-18

Sykes, Angela D.

Surgery

Truss

Pad

128732, 607 45, A61N 136

Patent

active

056113501

ABSTRACT:
In a medical procedure to treat a patient in a deep coma, an electrode is implanted on the vagus nerve (tenth cranial nerve) in the patient's neck. A selected pulse train is generated and applied to the electrode as a treatment for the deep coma. The patient's brain waves are collected, amplified and digitized before, during and after the treatment, and compared, using a computer system, against a reference (the patient or/and a normal group) to determine if the treatment is helping the patient.

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