Patent ID: 8630706

Claim:
A neural modulation system comprising: a signal input structure configured to receive a signal indicative of an activity state of at least a portion of a body of a subject innervated by a peripheral neural structure; a signal processing portion configured to: distinguish a low activity state of the at least a portion of the body of the subject innervated by the peripheral neural structure from a higher activity state of the at least a portion of the body of the subject innervated by the peripheral neural structure from the signal received at the signal input structure; generate a chemical blocking agent control signal for driving delivery of a chemical blocking agent adapted to reversibly block conduction in the peripheral neural structure of the subject during at least a portion of the low activity state; and generate a chemical reversing agent control signal for driving delivery of a chemical reversing agent to counter the chemical blocking agent used to produce a reversible conduction block in the peripheral neural structure of the subject; a chemical blocking agent source configured to deliver the chemical blocking agent responsive to the chemical blocking agent control signal; and a chemical reversing agent source configured to deliver the chemical reversing agent responsive to the chemical reversing agent control signal.