CONCURRENT BILATERAL SPG MODULATION

摘要

Apparatus (1) is provided, including a first electrode (7a) and a second electrode (7b), adapted to be applied to a first site and a second site of a subject, respectively, the first site different from the second site, and the first and second sites selected from the list consisting of: a left sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG) (6a), a right SPG (6b), a left vidian nerve, a right vidian nerve, a left greater palatine nerve, a right greater palatine nerve, a left lesser palatine nerve, a right lesser palatine nerve, a left sphenopalatine nerve, a right sphenopalatine nerve, a left otic ganglion, a right otic ganglion, an afferent fiber going into the left otic ganglion, an afferent fiber going into the right otic ganglion, an efferent fiber going out of the left otic ganglion, and an efferent fiber going out of the right otic ganglion. A control unit (8) is adapted to drive a current that travels in sequence from the control unit (8) to the first electrode (7a), to the first site, to the second site, to the second electrode (7b), and back to the control unit (8).