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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2003
Yossi Gross, Moshav Mazor, IL;
Alon Shalev, Ra'anana, IL;
Raphael Benary, Tel Aviv, IL;
Adi Lorian, Tiberias, IL;
Yossi Gross, Moshav Mazor, IL;
Alon Shalev, Ra'anana, IL;
Raphael Benary, Tel Aviv, IL;
Adi Lorian, Tiberias, IL;
Brainsgate, Ltd., Caesarea, IL;
Abstract
Apparatus for treating a subject is provided, the apparatus comprising (a) a stimulation device (), adapted to be implanted in a vicinity of a site selected from the list consisting of: a sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG) () of the subject and a neural tract originating in or leading to the SPG; and (b) a connecting element (), coupled to the stimulation device (), and adapted to be passed through at least a portion of a greater palatine canal () of the subject. Also provided is a method for implanting a treatment stimulation device () in a vicinity of a site of a subject, the method comprising passing the device () through a greater palatine foramen () of the subject, and bringing the device () into contact with the vicinity of the site, the site selected from the list consisting of: a sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG) () of the subject and a neural tract originating in or leading to the SPG.