A61M2205/054

SMARTPHONE-CONTROLLED IMPLANTABLE NEURAL DEVICES FOR LONG-TERM WIRELESS DRUG DELIVERY AND LIGHT STIMULATION, AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF

Various embodiments, which relate to an electronic device implanted in tissue of an animal and for delivering stimulation to the neural tissue and operating method thereof, may be configured to generate a control instruction based on a control signal wirelessly received from an external device, and based on the control instruction, to input stimulation through a neural probe formed with flexible material and led out to a predetermined location of the tissue. According to various embodiments, the stimulation includes chemical stimulation by a fluid type of drug, and the neural probe may be formed to flow drug, and may include at least one fluid tube for inputting the chemical stimulation by being opened at one end of the neural probe.

AIR FILTRATION AND USER MOVEMENT MONITORING DEVICES
20210299371 · 2021-09-30 ·

Air filtration and user movement monitoring devices, as well as uses thereof are provided herein. An example device includes a power supply; an automated air blower mechanism coupled to the power supply; a filtration medium; a sealed nasal cannula with air ports; sensors configured to measure breathing patterns of a user of the device; a set of one or more channels connecting the automated air blower mechanism to the filtration medium and the sealed nasal cannula; a memory configured to store program instructions; and a processor operatively coupled to the memory to execute the program instructions to: modulate power supplied from the power supply to the automated air blower mechanism based on the breathing patterns of the user; and modulate temporal operation parameters of the automated air blower mechanism based on the breathing patterns of the user.

Cancer Immunotherapy by Radiofrequency Electrical Membrane Breakdown (RF-EMB)
20210177491 · 2021-06-17 ·

A method of non-thermally ablating undesirable tissue in the body by application of pulsed, bipolar, instant charge reversal electrical fields of sufficient energy to cause complete and immediate cell membrane rupture and destruction. Energy is delivered through radio frequency pulses of particular frequencies, wave characteristics, pulse widths and pulse numbers, such that enhanced physical stresses are placed on the cell membrane to cause its immediate and complete destruction thereby spilling the entire cell content and membrane constituents into, the extracellular space without denaturing proteins so as to enable an immunological response to destroy and remove the target tissue and similarly marked tissue elsewhere in the subject.

SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR NEUROSTIMULATION HAVING A MODULATION OF PACKETS
20210169684 · 2021-06-10 ·

A method of neurostimulation may include delivering an electrical signal to a plurality of electrodes connected to a patient. The electrical signal may include a plurality of spaced-apart packets of electrical pulses. The method may include modulating at least one of a quantity of the plurality of electrical pulses within ones of the plurality of packets of electrical pulses, a width in time of the plurality of electrical pulses within ones of the plurality of packets of electrical pulses, an amplitude in voltage of the plurality of electrical pulses within ones of the plurality of packets of electrical pulses, a separation in time between adjacent ones of the plurality of electrical pulses within ones of the plurality of packets of electrical pulses, and a separation in time between adjacent ones of the plurality of packets of electrical pulses to modulate the electrical signal.

SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR GALVANIC VESTIBULAR STIMULATION HAVING AN ENVELOPE MODULATION
20210169685 · 2021-06-10 ·

A method of galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS) may include delivering an electrical signal via transdermal electrical stimulation using a plurality of electrodes connected to a patient. The electrical signal may include an amplitude and a carrier frequency. The method may include modulating at least one of the amplitude and the carrier frequency based on a modulation waveform to modulate the electrical signal, the modulation waveform may include a modulation frequency that is less than the carrier frequency.

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR NEUROSTIMULATION WITH MODULATION BASED ON AN AUDIO WAVEFORM
20210169686 · 2021-06-10 ·

A method of neurostimulation may include delivering an electrical signal to a plurality of electrodes connected to a patient. The electrical signal may include an amplitude and a carrier frequency. The method may include modulating the electrical signal based on an audio waveform. In some embodiments, the modulating may include modulating at least one of the amplitude and the carrier frequency based on the audio waveform to modulate the electrical signal.

Apparatus for therapeutic treatment of tissue injuries
11033730 · 2021-06-15 · ·

An apparatus (1) far the therapeutic treatment of a user's tissue injury comprising a control unit (2), to which aft applicator (3) is connected adapted to be positioned in proximity of the tissue injury to be treated is described, said control unit (2) being configured to generate at the applicator (3) an electric field adapted to be applied on the tissue injury. The control unit (2) is also configured, to generate an air or oxygen flow which is directed to the applicator (3), and to transform at the applicator (3) the air or oxygen flow into an ozone flow adapted to be diffused and applied on the tissue injury in combination with said electric field.

Enhancing left ventricular relaxation through neuromodulation
11033741 · 2021-06-15 · ·

Neuromodulation is used to enhance left ventricular relaxation. An exemplary neuromodulation system includes a therapy element positionable in proximity to at least one nerve fiber, and a stimulator configured to energize the therapy element to delivery therapy to the at least one nerve fiber such that left ventricular relaxation and left ventricular contractility are contemporaneously enhanced.

Catheter with Plurality of Sensing Electrodes Used as Ablation Electrode
20210169421 · 2021-06-10 ·

A system includes a switching assembly and a processor. The switching assembly is connected to multiple electrodes that are disposed on an expandable distal end of a catheter, and is configured to switch the electrodes between a position tracking system, an electrophysiological (EP) sensing module and a generator of an ablative power. The processor is configured to control the switching assembly to switch the electrodes.

Systems and methods for ambulatory generation of nitric oxide

Systems and methods are provided for portable and compact nitric oxide (NO) generation that can be embedded into other therapeutic devices or used alone. In some embodiments, an ambulatory NO generation system can be comprised of a controller and disposable cartridge. The cartridge can contain filters and scavengers for preparing the gas used for NO generation and for scrubbing output gases prior to patient inhalation. The system can utilize an oxygen concentrator to increase nitric oxide production and compliment oxygen generator activity as an independent device. The system can also include a high voltage electrode assembly that is easily assembled and installed. Various nitric oxide delivery methods are provided, including the use of a nasal cannula.