发明名称 |
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STIMULATING THE SPHENOPALATINE GANGLION TO MODIFY PROPERTIES OF THE BBB AND CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW |
摘要 |
Apparatus for modifying a property of a brain of a patient is provided, including one or more electrodes (7), adapted to be applied to a site selected from a group of sites consisting of: a sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG) (6) of the patient and a neural tract originating in or leading to the SPG. A control unit (8) is adapted to drive the one or more electrodes to apply a current to the site capable of inducing (a) an increase in permeability of a blood-brain barrier (BBB) of the patient, (b) a change in cerebral blood flow of the patient, and/or (c) an inhibition of parasympathetic activity of the SPG. |
申请公布号 |
WO0185094(A3) |
申请公布日期 |
2002.03.28 |
申请号 |
WO2001IL00402 |
申请日期 |
2001.05.07 |
申请人 |
BRAINSGATE LTD.;SHALEV, ALON;GROSS, YOSSI |
发明人 |
SHALEV, ALON;GROSS, YOSSI |
分类号 |
A61B5/01;A61B5/022;A61B5/026;A61B5/0295;A61B5/0476;A61B8/06;A61N1/05;A61N1/32;A61N1/36;A61P9/10 |
主分类号 |
A61B5/01 |
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