Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cervical spinal cord stimulation for the treatment and prevention of cerebral vasospasm
- Patent Title (中): 颈髓脊髓刺激治疗和预防脑血管痉挛
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Application No.: US12510848Application Date: 2009-07-28
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Publication No.: US08494638B2Publication Date: 2013-07-23
- Inventor: Konstantin V. Slavin
- Applicant: Konstantin V. Slavin
- Applicant Address: US IL Urbana
- Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
- Current Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Urbana
- Agency: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP
- Main IPC: A61N1/00
- IPC: A61N1/00

Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method of prevention and treatment of narrowing of cerebral blood vessels after subarachnoid hemorrhage, and in particular, to a method of applying electrical energy through electrical stimulation electrodes particularly positioned in the cervical region of a patient to affect the sympathetic tone of the blood vessels supplying the brain.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100042193A1 Cervical Spinal Cord Stimulation for the Treatment and Prevention of Cerebral Vasospasm Public/Granted day:2010-02-18
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