Vagal nerve stimulation for treating dopamine-related conditions

    公开(公告)号:US11623080B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-11

    申请号:US17702051

    申请日:2022-03-23

    申请人: ELECTROCORE, INC

    摘要: Vagal nerve stimulation devices and methods are provided for treating medical conditions, such as conditions associated with insufficient dopamine and/or endogenous opioids in the brain. A device includes one or more electrodes having a contact surface for contacting an outer skin surface of a patient and an energy source coupled to the electrodes. The energy source generates one or more electrical impulses and transmits the electrical impulses to the electrodes and transcutaneously through the outer skin surface of the patient at or near a vagus nerve. The one or more electrical impulses is sufficient to modulate the vagus nerve and release dopamine and/or endogenous opioids in a brain of the patient.

    Vagal nerve stimulation devices and methods for treating medical conditions

    公开(公告)号:US11623079B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-11

    申请号:US17461886

    申请日:2021-08-30

    申请人: ElectroCore, Inc.

    摘要: Vagal nerve stimulation devices and methods are provided for treating medical conditions, such as conditions associated with insufficient dopamine and/or endogenous opioids in the brain. A device includes one or more electrodes having a contact surface for contacting an outer skin surface of a patient and an energy source coupled to the electrodes. The energy source generates one or more electrical impulses and transmits the electrical impulses to the electrodes and transcutaneously through the outer skin surface of the patient at or near a vagus nerve. The one or more electrical impulses is sufficient to modulate the vagus nerve and release dopamine and/or endogenous opioids in a brain of the patient.

    Devices and methods for non-invasive vagal nerve stimulation

    公开(公告)号:US11623078B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-11

    申请号:US17072392

    申请日:2020-10-16

    申请人: ELECTROCORE, INC.

    摘要: Devices and methods for non-invasive stimulation of nerves, such as the vagus nerve, include a housing and an electrode spaced from the housing. The electrode is configured to be positioned adjacent to, or in contact with, an outer skin surface of a patient. A source of energy is positioned within the housing and operably coupled to the electrode, either wirelessly or via a lead or other wired connection. The source of energy emits an electrical impulse to the electrode such that the electrical impulse passes through the outer skin surface of the patient to a nerve at a target region in the patient sufficient to modulate the nerve. The electrical impulse comprises bursts each with a frequency from about 1 Hz to about 100 Hz, wherein each of the bursts comprises 2 pulses to 20 pulses.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING BLOOD CLOTS WITH NERVE STIMULATION

    公开(公告)号:US20230005626A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-05

    申请号:US17944131

    申请日:2022-09-13

    申请人: ELECTROCORE, INC

    IPC分类号: G16H50/80 G16H70/60 G16B35/00

    摘要: Systems and methods are provided for treating blood clots associated with a replicating pathogen, such as a virus in the coronaviridae family. The methods include emitting an electrical impulse near a vagus nerve within the patient sufficient to inhibit or reduce an inflammatory or allergic response in the patient, provide relief for bronchoconstriction that results in the tightening of airways and the inability to breath without ventilator support and/or lessen the abnormal blot clotting that develops in some patients. The systems and methods are particularly useful for treating post-COVID conditions or post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 that develop in “long-haul” or COVID patients.

    Non-invasive vagal nerve stimulation to treat disorders

    公开(公告)号:US11517742B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-06

    申请号:US16540476

    申请日:2019-08-14

    申请人: ElectroCore, Inc.

    IPC分类号: A61N1/36 A61N1/04 A61N2/00

    摘要: Devices, systems and methods are disclosed for treating a variety of diseases and disorders that are primarily or at least partially driven by an imbalance in neurotransmitters in the brain, such as asthma, COPD, depression, anxiety, epilepsy, fibromyalgia, and the like. The invention involves the use of an energy source comprising magnetic and/or electrical energy that is transmitted non-invasively to, or in close proximity to, a selected nerve to temporarily stimulate, block and/or modulate the signals in the selected nerve such that neural pathways are activated to release inhibitory neurotransmitters in the patient's brain.

    NON-INVASIVE NERVE STIMULATION WITH MOBILE DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20220266015A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-25

    申请号:US17694655

    申请日:2022-03-14

    申请人: ELECTROCORE, INC

    摘要: Devices, systems and methods for treating various disorders and medical conditions through noninvasive stimulation of a nerve. A system comprises a stimulator including an electrode configured to contact an outer skin surface of a patient and an energy source coupled to the housing, The energy source generates an electrical impulse and the stimulator transmits the electrical impulse from the electrode transcutaneously through an outer skin surface of the patient to a selected nerve within the patient. The system further includes an application on a mobile device that receives data from a remote source. The mobile device couples to the stimulator and the application causes the mobile device to transmit the data to the stimulator.

    NERVE STIMULATOR FOR USE WITH A MOBILE DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20220088382A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-24

    申请号:US17542390

    申请日:2021-12-04

    申请人: electroCore, Inc.

    摘要: Devices, systems and methods are disclosed for treating seizures, such as epileptic seizures, by electrical non-invasive stimulation of a nerve, such as the vagus nerve. A stimulator comprises a contact surface, such as an electrode, for contacting an outer skin surface of a patient. The stimulator is configured for coupling to a mobile device configured to receive a wireless signal. The stimulator is configured to transmit the electrical impulse through the contact surface and the outer skin surface sufficient to modulate a nerve within a patient and to ameliorate one or more symptoms of a seizure in the patient.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING HEADACHE WITH VAGAL NERVE STIMULATION

    公开(公告)号:US20220023619A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-27

    申请号:US17402690

    申请日:2021-08-16

    申请人: ELECTROCORE, INC

    摘要: Devices, systems and methods are disclosed for electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve to treat or prevent symptoms of headache in a patient. The headache may include primary headache, such as migraine and cluster headache, or secondary headache resulting from an underlying medical condition, such as post-concussion headache. The methods comprise transmitting impulses of energy to the vagus nerve according to a treatment paradigm that includes single doses of between about 30 seconds to about 5 minutes. The electrical impulses may have a frequency of about 1 kHz to about 20 kHz.