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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2018
Applicant:
Rainbow Medical Ltd., Herzliya, IL;
Inventors:
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 1/20 (2006.01); A61N 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36082 (2013.01); A61N 1/0456 (2013.01); A61N 1/0531 (2013.01); A61N 1/0534 (2013.01); A61N 1/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method is provided that includes positioning electrodes in or in contact with the head of a subject identified as in need of enhanced microglial cell activation. Control circuitry is activated to drive the electrodes to apply an electrical current to the brain of the subject, and to configure the electrical current to enhance microglial cell activation for taking up a substance from brain parenchyma. Other embodiments are also described.