Devices for Vestibular or Cranial Nerve Stimulation

摘要

A nerve tissue stimulator configured for contacting to or insertion in the body of a subject to stimulate a tissue therein, said probe comprising: (a) a support configured for contacting to or positioning adjacent a tissue of said subject; (b) at least one thermoelectric device (TED) on said support and positioned for thermally stimulating said nerve tissue.

主权项

1. A device comprising:
an ear insert sized and configured so as to be at least partially insertable into a subject's ear canal; a thermoelectric device (TED) attached to said ear insert; a heat sink; and a controller, wherein said TED is thermally coupled between said ear insert and said heat sink, and wherein said controller is operatively connected to said TED and is configured to activate said TED so as to produce a thermal stimulus.