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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2017
Applicants:
Galvani Bioelectronics Limited, Brentford Middlesex, GB;
Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignees:
GALVANI BIOELECTRONICS LIMITED, Middlesex, GB;
TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 5/06 (2006.01); A61N 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36121 (2013.01); A61N 1/0556 (2013.01); A61N 1/3606 (2013.01); A61N 1/36053 (2013.01); A61N 1/36157 (2013.01); A61N 1/36175 (2013.01); A61N 5/06 (2013.01); A61N 7/022 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0643 (2013.01);
Abstract
Modulation of neural activity in the superior laryngeal nerve (SLN) or cervical sympathetic trunk (CST) is effective in treating diseases and conditions mediated by thyroid and parathyroid hormones, in particular diseases associated with calcitonin secretion (e.g. osteoporosis) or diseases associated with thyroxine secretion (e.g. hypothyroid syndrome).