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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2018
Applicant:
Nurelief, L.l.c., White Bear Lake, MN (US);
Inventors:
Jin Shimada, White Bear Lake, MN (US);
Harry A. Puryear, Shoreview, MN (US);
Assignee:
Nurelief, L.L.C., White Bear Lake, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/04 (2006.01); A61N 2/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36021 (2013.01); A61N 1/0456 (2013.01); A61N 1/36034 (2017.08); A61N 1/0476 (2013.01); A61N 1/0492 (2013.01); A61N 1/36025 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and devices for treating patients such as patients who suffer from migraine headaches including attaching electrodes of an electrical stimulation device to the patient bilaterally at a first location overlying a trigeminal nerve and at a second location overlying a second nerve, and then delivering electrical series of stimulation pulses to the patient, the stimulation pulses having a duration of between about 1 and about 20 microseconds, wherein the electrical stimulation device comprises a stimulation unit and a plurality of electrodes.