Patent ID: 9233245
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: A61N

Claim Text:
1. A method for treating a subject, comprising: applying electrical stimulation to a site of the subject selected from the group consisting of: a sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG), a greater palatine nerve, a lesser palatine nerve, a sphenopalatine nerve, a communicating branch between a maxillary nerve and an SPG, an otic ganglion, an afferent fiber going into the otic ganglion, an efferent fiber going out of the otic ganglion, an infraorbital nerve, a vidian nerve, a greater superficial petrosal nerve, and a lesser deep petrosal nerve; and configuring the stimulation to excite nervous tissue of the site at a strength that (a) is sufficient to induce at least one neuroprotective occurrence selected from the group consisting of: an increase in cerebral blood flow (CBF) of the subject, and a release of one or more neuroprotective substances, and (b) is insufficient to induce a significant increase in permeability of a blood-brain barrier (BBB) of the subject.