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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2008
Ralph G. Dacey, Jr., St. Louis, MO (US);
Gregory J. Della Rocca, Columbia, MO (US);
Colin P. Derdeyn, St. Louis, MO (US);
Joshua L. Dowling, Webster Groves, MO (US);
Eleanor V. Goodall, Seattle, WA (US);
Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, WA (US);
Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Livermore, CA (US);
Jordin T. Kare, Seattle, WA (US);
Eric C. Leuthardt, St. Louis, MO (US);
Nathan P. Myhrvold, Medina, WA (US);
Michael A. Smith, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);
Victoria Y. H. Wood, Livermore, CA (US);
Gregory J. Zipfel, St. Louis, MO (US);
Ralph G. Dacey, Jr., St. Louis, MO (US);
Gregory J. Della Rocca, Columbia, MO (US);
Colin P. Derdeyn, St. Louis, MO (US);
Joshua L. Dowling, Webster Groves, MO (US);
Eleanor V. Goodall, Seattle, WA (US);
Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, WA (US);
Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Livermore, CA (US);
Jordin T. Kare, Seattle, WA (US);
Eric C. Leuthardt, St. Louis, MO (US);
Nathan P. Myhrvold, Medina, WA (US);
Michael A. Smith, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);
Victoria Y. H. Wood, Livermore, CA (US);
Gregory J. Zipfel, St. Louis, MO (US);
The Invention Science Fund I, LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
Methods and related systems for modulating neural activity by repetitively blocking conduction in peripheral neural structures with electrical stimuli are disclosed. Methods and systems for reversing effects of blocking stimuli and/or for producing substantially permanent conduction block are also disclosed.