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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2011
Applicant:
Lisa L. Shafer, Stillwater, MN (US);
Inventor:
Lisa L. Shafer, Stillwater, MN (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/00 (2006.01); A61K 38/18 (2006.01); C07K 14/475 (2006.01); C07K 14/48 (2006.01); C12N 5/00 (2006.01); C12N 5/079 (2010.01); A61B 5/0432 (2006.01); A61K 48/00 (2006.01); A01N 63/00 (2006.01); A61K 35/54 (2006.01); A61N 1/32 (2006.01); A61K 38/19 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/18 (2013.01); A61K 35/545 (2013.01); A61N 1/326 (2013.01); A61K 38/185 (2013.01); A61K 38/19 (2013.01); A61N 1/36082 (2013.01);
Abstract
Devices and methods for treating diseases associated with loss of neuronal function are described. The methods are designed to promote proliferation, differentiation, migration, or integration of endogenous progenitor stem cells of the central nervous system (CNS). A therapy, such as an electrical signal or a stem cell enhancing agent, or a combination of therapies, is applied to a CNS region containing endogenous stem cells or a CNS region where the endogenous stem cells are predicted to migrate and eventually reside, or a combination thereof.