Galvanic vestibular stimulation system and method

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A61N 1/36 (2006.01) A61N 1/365 (2006.01)

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CA 2343731

A system and method of altering the output of a vestibular system including providing a source of time-varying galvanic current, transcutaneously delivering time-varying galvanic current to vestibular afferents associated with the vestibular system in order to modulate firing level of the vestibular afferents, and inducing a coherent time-varying sway response that counteracts postural sway. In an alternative embodiment there is provided a galvanic vestibular stimulation system including a source which transcutaneously delivers time-varying galvanic current to vestibular afferents in order to modulate the firing level of the vestibular afferents, a monitor which monitors postural sway thereby providing indication of necessary galvanic current to be delivered. The system induces a coherent time-varying sway response that counteracts the monitored postural sway.

L'invention concerne un système et un procédé permettant de modifier la sortie d'un système vestibulaire, lequel procédé consiste à utiliser une source de courant galvanique variant dans le temps, à appliquer de manière transcutanée ce courant galvanique variant dans le temps aux afférents vestibulaires associés au système vestibulaire afin de moduler le niveau de décharge des afférents vestibulaires, et à induire en retour un balancement cohérent variant dans le temps s'opposant au balancement postural. Dans un autre mode de réalisation, l'invention concerne un système de stimulation vestibulaire galvanique comprenant une source appliquant de manière transcutanée le courant galvanique variant dans le temps aux afférents vestibulaires afin de moduler le niveau de décharge des afférents vestibulaires, un dispositif de surveillance du balancement postural permettant d'obtenir des indications sur la quantité nécessaire de courant galvanique à appliquer. Le système de l'invention induit en retour un balancement cohérent variant dans le temps contrebalançant le balancement postural mesuré.

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