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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2017
Applicant:
Rainbow Medical Ltd., Herzliya, IL;
Inventors:
Gideon Fostick, Givat Shmuel, IL;
Yossi Gross, Moshav Mazor, IL;
Assignee:
RAINBOW MEDICAL LTD., Herzliya, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 1/32 (2006.01); A61N 1/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36082 (2013.01); A61N 1/0529 (2013.01); A61N 1/0534 (2013.01); A61N 1/306 (2013.01); A61N 1/327 (2013.01);
Abstract
Apparatus is provided that includes a parenchymal electrode, configured to be implanted in brain parenchyma of a subject identified as at risk of or suffering from Alzheimer's disease; and a ventricular electrode, configured to be implanted in a ventricular system of a brain of the subject. Control circuitry is configured to drive the parenchymal and the ventricular electrodes to clear a substance from the brain parenchyma into the ventricular system. Other embodiments are also described.