US 12,186,557 B2
Auricular nerve stimulation to address patient disorders, and associated systems and methods
Vivek K. Sharma, San Ramon, CA (US); Konstantinos Alataris, Menlo Park, CA (US); Gary Heit, La Honda, CA (US); Jason Sutor, Pacific Grove, CA (US); and Pankaj Sunkeri, Belmont, CA (US)
Assigned to NextSense, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by NextSense, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/805,220.
Application 17/066,404 is a division of application No. 16/581,139, filed on Sep. 24, 2019, granted, now 10,835,747, issued on Nov. 17, 2020.
Application 17/805,220 is a continuation of application No. 17/066,404, filed on Oct. 8, 2020, granted, now 11,376,430.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/891,203, filed on Aug. 23, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/785,205, filed on Dec. 26, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/735,492, filed on Sep. 24, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0145581 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/36034 (2017.08) [A61N 1/0456 (2013.01); A61N 1/36021 (2013.01); A61N 1/36025 (2013.01); A61N 1/36036 (2017.08)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for delivering electrical signals to a person having a disorder, comprising:
a signal generator having instructions to generate an electrical signal to address the person's disorder, the disorder including at least one of asthma, allergic rhinitis, allergic bronchitis, and exercise-induced bronchoconstriction;
wherein at least a portion of the electrical signal has:
a frequency in a frequency range from about 15 kHz to about 50 kHz;
an amplitude in an amplitude range from about 0.1 mA to about 10 mA; and
a pulse width in a pulse width range from about 5 microseconds to about 30 microseconds; and
an earpiece shaped to fit against skin of the person's external ear, external ear canal, or both, the earpiece carrying an electrode coupled to the signal generator and configured to be positioned in electrical communication with at least one auricular nerve of the person,
wherein the signal generator has instructions to apply a first electrical signal to the right ear and a second electrical signal to the left ear, the second electrical signal differing from the first electrical signal with respect to one or more of frequency or amplitude.