Method and apparatus of noninvasive, regional brain thermal stimuli for the treatment of neurological disorders
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
A61F-007/00
A61F-007/02
출원번호
US-0788694
(2007-04-20)
등록번호
US-8236038
(2012-08-07)
발명자
/ 주소
Nofzinger, Eric A.
출원인 / 주소
University of Pittsburgh-Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
대리인 / 주소
Shay Glenn LLP
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A method and device for treating neurological disorders involving the application of noninvasive, regional brain thermal stimulation to a region of a patient's head associated with a subject neurological disorder. The brain thermal stimulation method and device alters the brain function in the regio
A method and device for treating neurological disorders involving the application of noninvasive, regional brain thermal stimulation to a region of a patient's head associated with a subject neurological disorder. The brain thermal stimulation method and device alters the brain function in the region of the brain underlying the region of the patient's head to which the brain cooling is applied. The method can also include the steps of adjusting the temperature and timing of the thermal stimulation process to optimize the impact on the subject disorder. The brain thermal stimulation device is comprised of a localized means for cooling or warming a desired region of a patient's brain.
대표청구항▼
1. A method of brain thermal stimulation for treating a subject neurological disorder, comprising applying a noninvasive, regional brain thermal stimuli to a region of a patient's head associated with the subject neurological disorder, wherein the method for regional brain thermal stimulation is com
1. A method of brain thermal stimulation for treating a subject neurological disorder, comprising applying a noninvasive, regional brain thermal stimuli to a region of a patient's head associated with the subject neurological disorder, wherein the method for regional brain thermal stimulation is combined with a method for controlling sleep apnea. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the noninvasive, regional brain thermal stimuli alters brain function in a region of a brain underlying the region of the patient's head to which the noninvasive, regional brain thermal stimuli is applied. 3. The method of claim 2, wherein the noninvasive, regional brain thermal stimuli alters a temperature of a cortical surface of the brain region. 4. The method of claim 1, further comprising a step of monitoring a patient's physiological characteristics selected from the group consisting of body temperature and level of sleep. 5. The method of claim 4, further comprising a step of adjusting a temperature of the noninvasive, regional brain thermal stimuli based upon the results of the monitoring step. 6. The method of claim 1, further comprising a step of providing the noninvasive, regional brain thermal stimuli in a temperature range depending upon the subject neurological disorder. 7. The method of claim 1, wherein the noninvasive, regional brain thermal stimuli is provided by a method of thermal adjustment selected from the group consisting of circulating coolant or warmed fluids, non-circulating cooling or warming compounds, and thermoelectric cooling or warming. 8. A method of treating neurological disorders, comprising the steps of: identifying a region of a patient's brain that is altered in connection with the neurological disorder;identifying a time duration and a temperature for providing a noninvasive, regional brain thermal stimuli to alter brain function in the brain region; andapplying the noninvasive, regional brain thermal stimuli to the regional area of a patient's head over the brain region at the time duration and the temperature to alter brain function in the brain region; andcombining the noninvasive, regional brain thermal stimuli with a method for controlling sleep apnea. 9. The method of claim 8, wherein the noninvasive, regional brain thermal stimuli alters the brain function in the region of the brain underlying the region of the patient's head to which the noninvasive, regional brain thermal stimuli is applied. 10. The method of claim 9, wherein the noninvasive, regional brain thermal stimuli alters the temperature of a cortical surface of the brain region. 11. The method of claim 8, further comprising a step of monitoring the patient's body temperature during the application of region brain thermal stimuli. 12. The method of claim 8, further comprising a step of monitoring a patient's physiological characteristics selected from the group consisting of body temperature and level of sleep. 13. The method of claim 12, further comprising a step of adjusting the temperature of the noninvasive, regional brain thermal stimuli based upon the results of the monitoring step. 14. The method of claim 8, wherein the noninvasive, regional brain thermal stimuli is provided by a method of thermal adjustment selected from the group consisting of circulating coolant or warmed fluids, non-circulating cooling or warming compounds, and thermoelectric cooling or warming. 15. The method of claim 8, wherein the neurological disorder comprises a sleep disorder. 16. A method of brain thermal stimulation to treat a sleep disorder, the method comprising: applying noninvasive, regional brain thermal stimuli to a region of a patient's head associated with the sleep disorder, wherein the regional brain thermal stimulation is applied in conjunction with a method for controlling sleep apnea.
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