Electrical stimulation treatment of hypotension

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8948873-B2
Application number	US-201314108711-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 17, 2013
Priority date	Feb 10, 2006
Publication date	Feb 3, 2015
Grant date	Feb 3, 2015

Abstract

The present invention includes methods and devices for treating hypotension, such as in cases of shock, including septic shock, anaphylactic shock and hypovolemia. The method includes the step of applying at least one electrical impulse to at least one selected region of a parasympathetic nervous system of the patient. The electrical impulse is sufficient to modulate one or more nerves of the parasympathetic nervous system to increase the ratio of blood pressure to heart rate and relieve the condition and/or extend the patient's life.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method of treating a patient with a disorder comprising;
providing an electrical impulse generator and one or more electrodes coupled to the electrical impulse generator;
placing the one or more electrodes in or on a neck of the patient at a location spaced away from a target nerve region by a distance of about 5 to about 20 mm;
activating the electrical impulse generator to deliver an electrical impulse to the target nerve region.…

Assignees

• Electrocore Llc

Inventors

• Simon Bruce J
• Errico Joseph P
• Mendez Steven

Classifications

• A61N1/3616

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A61N1/36175

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A61N1/0456 Primary

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A61N1/0519

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A61N1/36114 Primary

  Human Necessities · mapped topic