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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2020
Applicant:
Setpoint Medical Corporation, Valencia, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jacob A. Levine, West Hempstead, NY (US);
Nicole Hamlin, Centereach, NY (US);
David Chernoff, Sausalito, CA (US);
Manojkumar Gunasekaran, Valencia, CA (US);
Assignee:
SetPoint Medical Corporation, Valencia, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36053 (2013.01); A61N 1/3606 (2013.01); A61N 1/36103 (2013.01); A61N 1/36135 (2013.01); A61N 1/36171 (2013.01); A61N 1/0556 (2013.01); A61N 1/36175 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems, devices, and methods for using vagus nerve stimulation to treat demyelination disorders and/or disorder of the blood brain barrier are described. The vagus nerve stimulation therapy described herein is configured to reduce or prevent demyelination and/or promote remyelination to treat various disorders related to demyelination, such as multiple sclerosis. A low duty cycle stimulation protocol with a relatively short on-time and a relatively long off-time can be used.