Patent ID: 11857788
Assignee: THE FEINSTEIN INSTITUTES FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A system for accelerating clot formation at an injury site of a patient using non-invasive electrical stimulation, the system comprising:
an apparatus configured to be worn upon a portion of a head and/or neck of a patient, wherein
the apparatus comprises at least two electrodes,
a first electrode of the at least two electrodes configured to be disposed in a region of a branch of the trigeminal nerve, and
a second electrode of the at least two electrodes configured to be disposed in a region of a branch of the vagus nerve; and

a controller in electrical communication with the at least two electrodes, the controller being configured to deliver, via the apparatus, electrical stimulation for accelerating clot formation, wherein
the electrical stimulation comprises, over a time period of at least five minutes,
applying electrical trigeminal nerve stimulation (TNS) pulses to the trigeminal nerve via the first electrode, and
simultaneous with, overlapping with, and/or near-overlapping with application of the electrical TNS pulses, applying electrical vagal nerve stimulation (VNS) pulses to the vagus nerve via the second electrode, and
the electrical stimulation is configured to significantly accelerate clot formation at an injury site of the patient.