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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2006
Alon Shalev, Ra'anana, IL;
Yossi Gross, Moshav Mazor, IL;
Hernan Altman, Haifa, IL;
Avinoam Dayan, Zikron Yaakov, IL;
Leonid Degtyar, Azor, IL;
Adi Lorian, Tiberias, IL;
Amir Natan, Tel Aviv, IL;
Alon Shalev, Ra'anana, IL;
Yossi Gross, Moshav Mazor, IL;
Hernan Altman, Haifa, IL;
Avinoam Dayan, Zikron Yaakov, IL;
Leonid Degtyar, Azor, IL;
Adi Lorian, Tiberias, IL;
Amir Natan, Tel Aviv, IL;
Brainsgate Ltd., Ra'Anana, IL;
Abstract
Apparatus for application to a subject is provided, including an elongated support element having a length of between 1.8 cm and 4 cm, and having proximal and distal ends; and one or more electrodes fixed to the support element in a vicinity of the distal end thereof, and adapted to apply an electrical current to a sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG) of the subject. The apparatus further includes a receiver, fixed to the support element, and electrically coupled to the electrodes; and a wireless transmitter, adapted to be placed in an oral cavity of the subject, and to be wirelessly coupled to the receiver. Other embodiments are also described.