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

Claim 19:
20. A method for accelerating clot formation, comprising:
providing an apparatus to be worn upon a portion of a head and/or neck of a patient, the apparatus comprising at least two electrodes, wherein, when the apparatus is worn by the patient,
a first electrode of the at least two electrodes is disposed in a region of a branch of the trigeminal nerve, and
a second electrode of the at least two electrodes is disposed in a region of a branch of the vagus nerve; and

delivering, via a controller in electrical communication with the at least two electrodes, 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 a current or future injury site of the patient.