Patent ID: 9504831
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: A61B,A61N,G09B

Claim Text:
1. A method of improving motor deficits in a stroke patient, the method comprising: stimulating a vagus nerve of the patient by delivering pulse trains of artificial electrical stimulation energy from a stimulation device to the vagus nerve while the patient is performing a movement of a therapeutic task; terminating the stimulation of the vagus nerve so that there is no stimulation between movement execution; and improving the patient's motor deficits, wherein the action of stimulating the vagus nerve of the patient further comprises determining respective beginnings of performances of the therapeutic task, and applying the pulse trains to the vagus nerve based on the determined beginnings of the performances, wherein the vagus nerve stimulation pulse trains begin after the beginning of the respective therapeutic tasks, wherein the vagus nerve stimulation pulse trains end prior to the end of the respective therapeutic tasks, and wherein the vagus nerve stimulation pulse train is not presented between performances of the therapeutic task.