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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2023
Filed:
May. 26, 2021
Applicant:
University of Pittsburgh—of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Inventor:
Changfeng Tai, Wexford, PA (US);
Assignee:
University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36164 (2013.01); A61N 1/0551 (2013.01); A61N 1/36062 (2017.08); A61N 1/36071 (2013.01); A61N 1/36153 (2013.01); A61N 1/36157 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of blocking a nerve or neuron by applying an electrical stimulation to the nerve or neuron, wherein the electrical stimulation is of an intensity below the excitation threshold of the nerve or neuron for a length of time sufficient to produce a block of nerve conduction or neuron excitation.