Patent ID: 8954149
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for treating a condition of a subject, comprising: an energy transmitter, configured to be positioned outside a body of the subject; and a control unit, configured to: drive the energy transmitter to transmit ultrasonic energy to a site elected 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 configure the ultrasonic energy to stimulate the site to induce an increase in cerebral blood flow (CBF) of the subject.