Therapeutic treatment of sleep disorder by nerve stimulation

Details Therapeutic treatment of sleep disorder by nerve stimulation Therapeutic treatment of sleep disorder by nerve stimulation

1991-05-03

1994-08-09

Kamm, William E.

Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application

Light, thermal, and electrical application

Electrical therapeutic systems

A61N 136

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053356578

ABSTRACT:
Method and apparatus for treating and controlling sleep disorders by detecting the presence of the sleep disorder under treatment, and, in response, selectively applying a predetermined electrical signal to the patient's vagus nerve for stimulation thereof to alleviate the sleep disorder under treatment. The method and apparatus includes several techniques for detecting the presence of the sleep disorder under treatment, such as sensing the patient's EEG activity in the case of insomniac and hypersomniac patients, or detecting a sudden nodding of the head in the case of narcoleptic patients, or sensing the cessation of respiration in the case of sleep apnea patients.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4715367 (1987-12-01), Crossley
patent: 4830008 (1989-05-01), Meer
patent: 5025807 (1991-06-01), Zabara

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