Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vestibular nerve stimulation
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Application No.: US16817736Application Date: 2020-03-13
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Publication No.: US11351372B2Publication Date: 2022-06-07
- Inventor: Angel Manuel Ramos Macias , Angel Ramos de Miguel
- Applicant: Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
- Applicant Address: ES Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
- Assignee: Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
- Current Assignee: Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
- Current Assignee Address: ES Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
- Agency: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC
- Main IPC: A61N1/36
- IPC: A61N1/36 ; A61N1/05 ; A61N1/372

Abstract:
Presented herein are techniques for electrically stimulating a recipient's vestibular nerve in order to mask vestibular noise signals (vestibular noise) generated by the peripheral vestibular system (e.g., prevent erroneous balance information generated by the peripheral vestibular system from being sent to the brain of the recipient). A vestibular nerve stimulator in accordance with embodiments presented herein includes a plurality of electrodes implanted in an inner ear of a recipient at a location that is adjacent to the otolith organs of the inner ear. The vestibular nerve stimulator is configured to generate one or more continuous pulse trains and to deliver the one or more continuous pulse trains to the inferior branch of the recipient's vestibular nerve.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210023370A1 VESTIBULAR NERVE STIMULATION Public/Granted day:2021-01-28
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