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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2022
Applicant:
Board of Regents, the University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Michael P. Kilgard, Richardson, TX (US);
Navzer Engineer, Plano, TX (US);
David Pierce, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM, Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 11/00 (2022.01); A61B 5/12 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01); G09B 23/28 (2006.01); H04R 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 11/00 (2013.01); A61B 5/128 (2013.01); A61N 1/36053 (2013.01); A61N 1/361 (2013.01); A61N 1/36167 (2013.01); A61N 1/36171 (2013.01); A61N 1/36178 (2013.01); A61N 1/37235 (2013.01); G09B 23/28 (2013.01); H04R 25/75 (2013.01); A61N 1/0551 (2013.01); A61N 1/36092 (2013.01); A61N 1/36132 (2013.01); A61N 1/37247 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method (of treating a patient who has tinnitus) includes: providing to the patient a series of tones including at least a single tone which is at least a half-octave outside a tinnitus frequency of the patient; and applying vagus nerve stimulation to the patient to induce a period of plasticity in a cortex of the patient that is transitory and that represents a transitory opportunity for learning to occur; and wherein the at least a single tone occurs during the transitory opportunity for learning.