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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2024

Filed:

Dec. 21, 2020
Applicants:

Washington University, St. Louis, MO (US);

The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);

Inventors:

Christian Guay, St. Louis, MO (US);

Ben Palanca, St. Louis, MO (US);

Emery N. Brown, Boston, MA (US);

Assignees:

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, St. Louis, MO (US);

THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION, Boston, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/18 (2006.01); A61K 45/06 (2006.01); A61N 1/04 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36021 (2013.01); A61K 45/06 (2013.01); A61N 1/0456 (2013.01); A61N 1/36031 (2017.08);
Abstract

Among the various aspects of the present disclosure is the provision of methods and systems for (i) modulating, enhancing, or maintaining slow waves using phase-locked neurostimulation; (ii) modulating, enhancing, or maintaining unconsciousness; or (iii) reducing the amount of anesthesia required in a subject. Briefly, therefore, the present disclosure is directed to applying neurostimulation to the brain of a subject to enhance anesthesia, thereby decreasing drug requirements of anesthesia.


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