Patent ID: 9731134
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: A61N

Claim:
1. A method for treating chronic or refractory rhinitis in a subject, said method comprising the steps of: implanting a closed-loop therapy delivery system in the subject so that at least one therapy delivery component of the system is positioned substantially adjacent a target location where modulation of the ANS is effective to treat chronic or refractory rhinitis in a subject suffering therefrom, the therapy delivery component including at least one electrode configured to deliver electric current to the target location; delivering electric current to the at least one electrode to effect a change in the ANS; sensing, by the therapy delivery system, of at least one physiological parameter associated with chronic or refractory rhinitis; and activating the therapy delivery component of the system to adjust application of electric current to the target site in response to the sensed at least one physiological parameter to treat the chronic or refractory rhinitis in the subject.