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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2016
Applicant:
Med-el Elektromedizinische Geraete Gmbh, Innsbruck, AT;
Inventor:
Werner Lindenthaler, Oberperfuss, AT;
Assignee:
MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geraete GmbH, Innsbruck, AT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61H 23/00 (2006.01); A61F 9/007 (2006.01); A61H 23/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61H 23/00 (2013.01); A61F 9/00718 (2013.01); A61N 1/36003 (2013.01); A61N 1/36057 (2013.01); A61N 1/36067 (2013.01); A61N 1/36139 (2013.01); A61H 23/004 (2013.01); A61H 23/0245 (2013.01); A61H 2201/501 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5012 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5097 (2013.01); A61H 2205/024 (2013.01); A61N 1/36014 (2013.01); A61N 1/36046 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method of treating hyperactivity of an eyelid closing muscle in a subject includes providing a stimulation system in the subject with the hyperactivity of the eyelid closing muscle, sensing an activity of the eyelid closing muscle, and selectively stimulating eyelid opening muscle(s) or innervating nerves, eyelid opening reflexes, or eyelid opening reflexes in non-muscular tissue, using the stimulation system, without substantially activating the eyelid closing muscle. The system and method evokes eyelid movement in the subject.