Neurocybernetic prosthesis
CA 1259379 A · Owner: Zabara, Jacob · Inventors: Zabara, Jacob
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Abstract, A neurocybernetic prosthesis for controlling or preventing epileptic seizures and other motor disorders includes a pulse generator (10) which generates electrical pulses having a frequency of between 30 and cycles per second, a pulse duration of between .3 and 1 millisecond and a constant current of between 1 and 10 milliamperes. The generator (10) is enclosed in an epoxy-titanium shell and is implanted in the body, preferably in the axilla (66). Electrode leads (18, 20) pass from the generator (10) through a sub cutaneous tunnel and terminate in an electrode patch (62) on the vagus nerve (26). Provisions are made for varying the electrical signal. from the generator (10) after it …
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- Granted September 12, 1989. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended September 12, 2006.
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