Patent ID: 9693725
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61F,A61M,A61N,G16H

Claim:
1. A method of treating depression in a subject, the method comprising: (a) applying diagnostic vestibular stimulation to a subject, the diagnostic vestibular stimulation comprising rotary, caloric and/or optokinetic stimulation; (b) registering the subject's response to the diagnostic vestibular stimulation, said registering comprising measuring an asymmetry between a right side of the subject's vestibular system and a left side of the subject's vestibular system; and (c) treating depression in the subject by applying therapeutic vestibular stimulation to the subject using at least one apparatus, the therapeutic vestibular stimulation determined using at least one processor based on the asymmetry measured in response to the diagnostic vestibular stimulation, the therapeutic vestibular stimulation comprising rotary, caloric and/or optokinetic stimulation, wherein the therapeutic vestibular stimulation is configured to stimulate the left side of the subject's vestibular system and the right side of the subject's vestibular system in a different manner, and wherein the different manner between said stimulation of the left side of the subject's vestibular system and the right side of the subject's vestibular system is determined, by the at least one processor, based on the registered response to the diagnostic vestibular stimulation.