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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 9789315 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 06, 2016

Method and system for modulating neural activity

Applicant:

Gearbox, Llc, Bellevue, WA (US);

Inventors:

Ralph G. Dacey, Jr., 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);

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, San Jose, CA (US);

Eric C. Leuthardt, St. Louis, MO (US);

Assignee:

Gearbox, LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:

Brian T Gedeon

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/18 (2006.01); A61M 35/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61F 7/00 (2006.01); A61M 5/142 (2006.01); A61M 5/172 (2006.01); A61M 37/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/04 (2006.01); A61N 7/00 (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); A61M 5/168 (2006.01); A61N 1/30 (2006.01); A61N 1/32 (2006.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01); A61N 2/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36103 (2013.01); A61B 5/1118 (2013.01); A61B 5/4041 (2013.01); A61B 5/411 (2013.01); A61B 5/4821 (2013.01); A61B 5/4839 (2013.01); A61F 7/00 (2013.01); A61F 7/0085 (2013.01); A61M 5/14244 (2013.01); A61M 5/14276 (2013.01); A61M 5/1723 (2013.01); A61M 35/00 (2013.01); A61M 37/00 (2013.01); A61M 37/0015 (2013.01); A61M 37/0092 (2013.01); A61N 1/0412 (2013.01); A61N 1/0428 (2013.01); A61N 1/303 (2013.01); A61N 1/327 (2013.01); A61N 1/36135 (2013.01); A61N 2/006 (2013.01); A61N 7/00 (2013.01); A61B 5/021 (2013.01); A61B 5/024 (2013.01); A61B 5/0205 (2013.01); A61B 5/0402 (2013.01); A61B 5/0476 (2013.01); A61B 5/0488 (2013.01); A61B 5/14539 (2013.01); A61B 5/4035 (2013.01); A61B 5/441 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0075 (2013.01); A61M 5/16827 (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 1/30 (2013.01); A61N 1/306 (2013.01); A61N 1/325 (2013.01); A61N 1/37252 (2013.01); A61N 2/002 (2013.01); A61N 2007/0026 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and related systems for modulating neural activity by cyclically modulating neural activity in peripheral neural structures are disclosed. Neural activity may be modulated cyclically by stimuli delivered via various types of stimulus sources. In an aspect, activity of a sensory nerve is modulated. Neural modulation may be used, for example, to modulate an undesired sensation, such as pain, or an immune or inflammatory response or process. Delivery of stimuli for modulating neural activity may be controlled in part in response to an input from a user input device.

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