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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2017
Gearbox, Llc, Bellevue, WA (US);
Ralph G. Dacey, Jr., St. Louis, MO (US);
Gregory J. Della Rocca, Columbia, MO (US);
Colin P. Derdeyn, St. Louis, MO (US);
Joshua L. Dowling, Webster Groves, MO (US);
Eleanor V. Goodall, Seattle, WA (US);
Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, WA (US);
Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Livermore, CA (US);
Jordin T. Kare, San Jose, CA (US);
Eric C. Leuthardt, St. Louis, MO (US);
Nathan P. Myhrvold, Medina, WA (US);
Michael A. Smith, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);
Victoria Y. H. Wood, Livermore, CA (US);
Gregory J. Zipfel, St. Louis, MO (US);
Gearbox, LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
Methods and related systems for modulating neural activity by repetitively blocking conduction in peripheral neural structures with chemical blocking agents are disclosed. Methods and systems for reversing effects of chemical blocking agents and/or for producing substantially permanent conduction block are also disclosed.