DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TREATING MEDICAL DISORDERS WITH EVOKED POTENTIALS AND VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION

    公开(公告)号:US20190336764A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-11-07

    申请号:US16511953

    申请日:2019-07-15

    申请人: ElectroCore, Inc.

    摘要: Devices, systems and methods for treating medical disorders, such as migraine or other primary headaches, or fibromyalgia, by noninvasive electrical stimulation of a vagus nerve, used in conjunction with the measurement of evoked potentials (EPs). The system comprises a stimulator that is applied to the surface of the patient's neck to apply electrical impulses sufficient to stimulate a cervical vagus nerve, scalp electrodes that are used to measure EPs that are evoked by that stimulation, feedback or biofeedback circuits to vary the stimulation based upon EP characteristics, and other sensory stimulation modalities that produce EPs. The system is preferably used to optimize the placement of the stimulator, to test whether a patient is a suitable candidate for treatment using vagus nerve stimulation, and to select the stimulation parameters that optimized acute or chronic treatment, e.g., by correcting an EP habituation deficit.

    NON-INVASIVE MAGNETIC OR ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION TO TREAT OR PREVENT DEMENTIA

    公开(公告)号:US20190275327A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-12

    申请号:US16356639

    申请日:2019-03-18

    申请人: ElectroCore, Inc.

    摘要: Devices, systems and methods are disclosed for treating or preventing dementia, such as Alzheimer's disease. The methods comprise transmitting impulses of energy non-invasively to selected nerve fibers, particularly those in a vagus nerve, that modulate the activity of a patient's locus ceruleus. The transmitted energy impulses, comprising magnetic and/or electrical energy, stimulate the selected nerve fibers to cause the locus ceruleus to release norepinephrine into regions of the brain that contain beta-amyloids. The norepinephrine counteracts neuroinflammation that would damage neurons in those regions and the locus ceruleus, thereby arresting or slowing the progression of the disease in the patient.

    DEVICES AND METHODS FOR NON-INVASIVE VAGAL NERVE STIMULATION

    公开(公告)号:US20240278012A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-22

    申请号:US18653888

    申请日:2024-05-02

    申请人: ElectroCore, Inc.

    摘要: Devices and methods are described to produce therapeutic effects in a patient by utilizing an energy source that transmits energy non-invasively to nervous tissue. A device for modulating a nerve within a body of a patient comprises a housing comprising a power supply and a signal generator for generating an electrical impulse. The electrical impulse comprises bursts of 2 to 20 pulses, wherein each of the bursts has a frequency of 15 to 50 Hz. The device further comprises first and second electrodes coupled to the housing and having a contact surface configured for contacting an outer skin surface of a neck of a user. The energy source is configured to transmit the electrical impulse from the first and second electrodes through the outer skin surface of the user to a vagus nerve.

    NON-INVASIVE ELECTRICAL STIMULATION FOR MEDICAL DISORDERS

    公开(公告)号:US20240139508A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-02

    申请号:US18405000

    申请日:2024-01-05

    申请人: ElectroCore, Inc.

    摘要: Methods and devices are provided for the non-invasive treatment of diseases or disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), multiple sclerosis, postoperative cognitive dysfunction, or postoperative delirium. A method for comprises positioning an electrode in contact with an outer skin surface of a neck of the patient and transmitting, via the electrode, an electric current transcutaneously and non-invasively through the outer skin surface of the neck of the patient to generate an electrical impulse at or near a vagus nerve within the patient. The electrical impulse comprises bursts of 2 to 20 pulses with each of the bursts comprising a frequency from about 15 Hz to about 50 Hz and with each of the pulses comprising a duration from about 20 microseconds to about 1000 microseconds.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING NEUROSTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20240050733A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-15

    申请号:US18492739

    申请日:2023-10-23

    申请人: ElectroCore, Inc.

    IPC分类号: A61N1/04 A61N1/36 A61N1/40

    摘要: Systems and methods are provided for delivering energy impulses (and/or fields) to bodily tissues. In certain aspects, the systems and methods are particularly useful for temporarily or permanently improving intelligence, learning capacity, memory retention, recall, mood, alertness and/or sleep efficiency in human beings. In certain embodiments, the methods and devices enhance neurostructural development over a period of time by increasing neurogenesis, neuronal plasticity and/or neural connectivity efficiency, and/or by improving the chemical microenvironment of the evolving neural network. In some embodiments, these enhancements may provide temporary improvement to enable an individual to, for example, accomplish a particular task while under duress, sleep deprivation, stress, anxiety or the like. In other embodiments, these changes permanently enhance the intelligence, emotional stability, and overall brain health of the treated individual.