Patent ID: 9079031
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. A method for improving functional recovery after stroke in a human or animal in need thereof, said method comprising: (a) applying to a first cranial nerve a first stimulating signal optimized so as to promote stroke recovery, wherein the stroke recovery is evidenced by improvement to one or more of factors diminished by stroke, wherein the factors are selected from the group consisting of motor strength, fine motor movements, sensory, balance, swallowing, thalamic pain, language, memory, and continence; and (b) applying to one or more of the first cranial nerve and a second cranial nerve a second stimulating signal optimized so as to control a concomitant dysfunction, wherein the first and second cranial nerves are opposite vagus nerves and wherein the concomitant dysfunction is one or more of dysfunctions selected from the group consisting of post-stroke mood disorder, post-stroke epilepsy, coma, high blood pressure, and cardiac arrhythmia.