Invention Grant
US08583238B1 Wearable, unsupervised transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) device for movement disorder therapy, and method of using
有权
用于运动障碍治疗的穿戴式无监督经颅直流刺激(tDCS)装置及其使用方法
- Patent Title: Wearable, unsupervised transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) device for movement disorder therapy, and method of using
- Patent Title (中): 用于运动障碍治疗的穿戴式无监督经颅直流刺激(tDCS)装置及其使用方法
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Application No.: US13633358Application Date: 2012-10-02
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Publication No.: US08583238B1Publication Date: 2013-11-12
- Inventor: Dustin A. Heldman , Joseph P. Giuffrida
- Applicant: Great Lakes NeuroTechnologies Inc.
- Applicant Address: US OH Cleveland
- Assignee: Great Lakes Neuro Technologies Inc.
- Current Assignee: Great Lakes Neuro Technologies Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US OH Cleveland
- Agent Brian Kolkowski
- Main IPC: A61N1/04
- IPC: A61N1/04

Abstract:
The present invention relates to a system and methods for noninvasively providing therapy for movement disorder symptoms. The present invention provides such a therapy system which provides trans-cranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in order to treat those symptoms and the disorders. The present invention further provides such tDCS therapy while the subject sleeps in order to minimize the time required and impact of the therapy on the subject's waking life. The system, methods, and devices of the present invention are intended to provide a low-dose electrical current, trans-cranially, to a specific area of the subject's brain while he or she sleeps in order to decrease the occurrence, severity, and duration of the symptoms of movement disorders. The present invention aims to reduce the amount of medication necessary, counteract the effects of medication wearing off during sleep, and to overall improve the quality of life of subjects suffering from movement disorders.
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