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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2019

Filed:

Oct. 30, 2015
Applicant:

Valencia Technologies Corporation, Valencia, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jeffrey H. Greiner, Valencia, CA (US);

David K. L. Peterson, Valencia, CA (US);

Chuladatta Thenuwara, Castaic, CA (US);

Stacy Greiner Chambliss, Valencia, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/37 (2006.01); A61H 39/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/375 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01); A61N 1/378 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61H 39/002 (2013.01); A61N 1/36096 (2013.01); A61N 1/36175 (2013.01); A61N 1/3756 (2013.01); A61N 1/37205 (2013.01); A61N 1/37223 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5005 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5038 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5097 (2013.01); A61N 1/36125 (2013.01); A61N 1/36153 (2013.01); A61N 1/36157 (2013.01); A61N 1/3758 (2013.01); A61N 1/3782 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49117 (2015.01);
Abstract

A method of treating a mental disorder of a patient includes 1) generating, by an electroacupuncture device implanted beneath a skin surface of the patient at or near an acupoint corresponding to at least one of a trigeminal nerve and an occipital nerve of the patient, stimulation sessions at a duty cycle that is less than 0.05, and 2) applying, by the electroacupuncture device, the stimulation sessions to at least one of the trigeminal nerve and the occipital nerve by way a central electrode and an annular electrode located on the electroacupuncture device in accordance with the duty cycle.


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