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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2019
The Trustees of Columbia University IN the City of New York, New York, NY (US);
Elisa E. Konofagou, New York, NY (US);
Matthew Downs, New York, NY (US);
Stephen Lee, New York, NY (US);
Min Gon Kim, Fort Lee, NJ (US);
Hermes Arytto Salles Kamimura, New York, NY (US);
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Techniques for modulating peripheral nerves using focused ultrasound (FUS) are provided. Methods include locating a peripheral nerve in a subject using an imaging probe, providing a FUS having one or more ultrasound parameters to a location on the peripheral nerve, and modulating the peripheral nerve. The methods can further include eliciting and measuring a physiological response from the FUS modulation, generating tissue deformation in the vicinity of the FUS modulation, and imaging the nerve and the tissue deformation simultaneously with FUS modulation. Systems for use in the modulation of peripheral nerves are also provided.