Patent ID: 8612005
Filing Date: 2013-12-17
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. A method of affecting a sleep disorder in a subject having the sleep disorder said method comprising: a) identifying at least one nucleus in a brain of the subject, said nucleus being a nucleus of the sleep circuitry of the brain; b) directly stimulating the at least one identified nucleus so as to modulate the nucleus, thereby affecting the sleep disorder, the at least one identified nucleus selected from the group consisting of the locus coeruleus, the dorsal raphe nucleus, the posterior hypothalamus, the supra-chiasmatic nucleus of the hypothalamus, the nucleus reticularis pontis oralis, the nucleus reticularis pontis caudalis, and the basal forebrain; and c) providing an impulse generator including an internally synchronizable clock for re-synchronizing the patient's sleep patterns, wherein the clock activates stimulation of the at least one identified nucleus to synchronize the patient's abnormal sleep patterns with a normal sleep pattern.