Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Functional electrical stimulation method, use and apparatus for mood alteration
- Patent Title (中): 功能电刺激方法，心情改变的使用和装置
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Application No.: US14204829Application Date: 2014-03-11
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Publication No.: US09259576B2Publication Date: 2016-02-16
- Inventor: Milos R. Popovic , Jose Zariffa , Sander L. Hitzig
- Applicant: UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK
- Applicant Address: CA Toronto, Ontario
- Assignee: UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK
- Current Assignee: UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK
- Current Assignee Address: CA Toronto, Ontario
- Agency: Barnes & Thornburg LLP
- Agent Jason A. Bernstein
- Main IPC: A61N1/00
- IPC: A61N1/00 ; A61N1/36 ; A61N1/05 ; A61N1/04
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for providing functional electrical stimulation to an individual for altering a mood or emotional parameter associated with a mood or emotional state is provided. The method involves providing functional electrical stimulation to facial muscles of the individual so as to elicit a detectable contraction in said muscles associated with a facial expression associated with a desired mood or emotional parameter.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140277309A1 FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION METHOD, USE AND APPARATUS FOR MOOD ALTERATION Public/Granted day:2014-09-18
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