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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2014
Microtransponder, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
The Board of Regents, the University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Michael P. Kilgard, Richardson, TX (US);
Navzer Engineer, Plano, TX (US);
David Michael Pierce, Plano, TX (US);
Robert L. Rennaker, Sachse, TX (US);
MICROTRANSPONDER, INC., Austin, TX (US);
THE BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM, Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A method of treating motor deficits in a stroke patient, comprising assessing a patient's motor deficits, determining therapeutic goals for the patient, based on the patient's motor deficits, selecting therapeutic tasks based on the therapeutic goals, performing each of the selected therapeutic tasks repetitively, observing the performance of the therapeutic tasks, initiating the stimulation of the vagus nerve manually at approximately a predetermined moment during the performance of the therapeutic tasks, stimulating the vagus nerve of the patient during the performance of the selected therapeutic tasks, and improving the patient's motor deficits.