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Patent No.:

US 9014802 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 09, 2013

Method and system for modulating neural activity in a limb

Applicant:

Searete Llc, Bellevue, WA (US);

Inventors:

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);

Assignee:

The Invention Science Fund I, LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:

Brian T Gedeon

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/18 (2006.01); A61N 7/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61M 5/142 (2006.01); A61M 5/172 (2006.01); A61M 35/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 5/0205 (2006.01); A61B 5/021 (2006.01); A61B 5/024 (2006.01); A61B 5/0402 (2006.01); A61B 5/0476 (2006.01); A61B 5/0488 (2006.01); A61B 5/145 (2006.01); A61F 7/00 (2006.01); A61M 5/168 (2006.01); A61M 37/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/30 (2006.01); A61N 1/32 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01); A61N 2/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 7/00 (2013.01); A61B 5/0205 (2013.01); A61B 5/021 (2013.01); A61B 5/024 (2013.01); A61B 5/0402 (2013.01); A61B 5/0476 (2013.01); A61B 5/0488 (2013.01); A61B 5/1118 (2013.01); A61B 5/14539 (2013.01); A61B 5/411 (2013.01); A61B 5/441 (2013.01); A61B 5/4821 (2013.01); A61B 5/4839 (2013.01); A61F 7/00 (2013.01); A61M 5/14244 (2013.01); A61M 5/14276 (2013.01); A61M 5/16827 (2013.01); A61M 5/1723 (2013.01); A61M 35/00 (2013.01); A61M 37/0015 (2013.01); A61M 2005/14208 (2013.01); A61M 2005/1726 (2013.01); A61M 2037/0007 (2013.01); A61M 2205/0244 (2013.01); A61M 2210/1003 (2013.01); A61N 1/0412 (2013.01); A61N 1/0428 (2013.01); A61N 1/30 (2013.01); A61N 1/303 (2013.01); A61N 1/306 (2013.01); A61N 1/325 (2013.01); A61N 1/327 (2013.01); A61N 1/36103 (2013.01); A61N 1/37252 (2013.01); A61N 2/002 (2013.01); A61N 1/36135 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and related systems for modulating neural activity by cyclically blocking conduction in peripheral neural structures are disclosed. In an aspect, neural activity is blocked cyclically with a blocking stimulus source positioned adjacent a skin surface in a vicinity of a nerve. Neural modulation may be used, for example, to modulate an immune or inflammatory response or process.

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