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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2007
Alon Shalev, Raanana, IL;
Yossi Gross, Moshav Mazor, IL;
Alon Shalev, Raanana, IL;
Yossi Gross, Moshav Mazor, IL;
Brainsgate Ltd., Ra'anana, IL;
Abstract
Apparatus for modifying a property of a brain of a patient is provided, including one or more electrodes (), adapted to be applied to a site selected from a group of sites consisting of: a sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG) () of the patient and a neural tract originating in or leading to the SPG. A control unit () is adapted to drive the one or more electrodes to apply a current to the site capable of inducing (a) an increase in permeability of a blood-brain barrier (BBB) of the patient, (b) a change in cerebral blood flow of the patient, and/or (c) an inhibition of parasympathetic activity of the SPG.