Patent ID: 8755896
Filing Date: 2014-06-17
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for diminishing a user's desire for oral gratification, the apparatus comprising: (a) at least two spaced-apart electrodes for establishing an electric circuit across a portion of a user's body, at least one of the electrodes being configured to contact a surface in the user's oral cavity; and (b) circuitry configured to generate, across the electrodes, an electrical signal comprising a train of pulses having a width that is varied over time during a single application of the signal to the surface in the user's oral cavity, the signal eliciting a neural response that diminishes the user's desire for oral gratification, wherein the train comprises some pulses having a first width and other pulses having a second width different from the first, and the pulse-widths vary from the first width to the second width and back to the first width during a single application of the signal.