Methods for treating central nervous system damage
CA 2497674 A1 · Owner: Mcdonald, John W. Iii · Inventors: Mcdonald, John W. Iii
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Methods for the treatment of CNS damage are described and include inducing in , a subject in need of such treatment a therapeutically effective amount of functional electronic stimulation (FES) sufficient to evoke patterned movement in the subject~s muscles, the control of which has been affected by the CNS damage. The induction of FES-evoked patterned movement at least partially restores lost motor and sensory function and stimulates regeneration of , neural progenitor cells in the subject patient.
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- Filed September 4, 2003. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended September 4, 2023.
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