A - Human Necessities – 61 – N
Patent
A - Human Necessities
61
N
A61N 1/05 (2006.01) A61N 1/20 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2466883
An apparatus for stimulating regeneration and repair of damaged spinal nerves, comprising at least two electrodes placed intraverbally near the site of spinal axon injury and delivering DC current thereto. A method for stimulating regeneration and repair of damaged spinal nervous tissue, comprising placing electrodes intravertebrally near the site of spinal cord injury and applying DC current at a level sufficient to induce regeneration and repair of damaged spinal axons but less than the current level at which tissue toxicity occurs.
Appareil servant à stimuler la régénération et la réparation de nerfs rachidiens lésés, qui comporte au moins deux électrodes placées de manière intravertébrale à proximité du site de la lésion des axones et qui est destiné à appliquer un courant continu sur ce site. La présente invention concerne également un procédé destiné à stimuler la régénération et la réparation de tissus médullaires lésés, qui consiste à placer des électrodes de manière intravertébrale à proximité du site de lésion médullaire et à appliquer un courant continu à un niveau suffisant pour induire la régénération et la réparation des axones, mais à un niveau inférieur au niveau de courant toxique pour les tissus.
Femano Philip A.
Zanakis Michael F.
Dynamed Systems Llc
Ridout & Maybee Llp
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