Patents Assigned to CHU DE RENNES (CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE
  • Patent number: 11123561
    Abstract: A treatment system for stimulating the vagus nerves is described, comprising the following elements: —a detection and control unit (20); —at least one detection probe (10d, 10g) connected to the detection and control unit and intended to be applied to at least one of the two vagus nerves of a patient; —means (24) provided in the detection and control unit for detecting a phenomenon of mass discharge of action potentials in at least one vagus nerve using the detection probe or detection probes; —stimulation probes (10d, 10g) for stimulating vagus nerves, and—means (24) provided in the detection and control unit that are capable, in response to the detection of a mass discharge, of applying predefined asymmetric stimulation signals to said stimulation probes capable of causing a depolarization and/or hyperpolarization of the vagus nerves and of blocking the conduction of the action potentials at least in the efferent direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignees: UNIVERSITE DE RENNES 1, INSERM (INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA REC, CNRS (CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, CHU DE RENNES (CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE
    Inventors: Alfredo Hernandez, Benoit Martin, Arnaud Biraben