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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:
Sep. 10, 2019

Filed:

Feb. 19, 2016
Applicants:

Galvani Bioelectronics Limited, Brentford, Middlesex, GB;

Huntington Medical Research Institutes, Pasadena, CA (US);

University of Chile, Santiago, CL;

Inventors:

Hans Jakob Kristoffer Famm, Stevenage, GB;

Hernan E. Lara, Santiago, CL;

Victor Eugene Pikov, Stevenage, GB;

Arun Sridhar, Stevenage, GB;

Assignee:

Galvani Bioeletronics Limited, Brentford, Middlesex, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61F 7/12 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 1/20 (2006.01); A61N 5/06 (2006.01); A61N 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/3606 (2013.01); A61F 7/12 (2013.01); A61N 1/0551 (2013.01); A61N 1/20 (2013.01); A61N 1/36007 (2013.01); A61N 1/36135 (2013.01); A61N 5/0622 (2013.01); A61N 7/00 (2013.01); A61F 2007/126 (2013.01); A61N 2005/063 (2013.01); A61N 2007/0026 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods for treating polycystic ovarian syndrome with a neuromodulation device that modulates sympathetic neural activity are described herein. The neuromodulation device is an apparatus for the treatment of polycystic ovarian syndrome. In one aspect, the apparatus decreases the neural activity of a postganglionic ovary-innervating sympathetic nerve. Modulation in neural activity may be achieved using an apparatus comprising one or more stimulators each configured to apply a signal to a postganglionic ovary-innervating sympathetic nerve of the patient, a controller coupled to the one or more stimulators, the controller controlling the signal to be applied by each of the one or more stimulators, such that the signal decreases the neural activity of the nerve to produce a physiological and/or biochemical response in the patient, wherein the physiological and/or biochemical response comprises an improvement in one or more symptoms of polycystic ovarian syndrome.


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