US 11,911,617 B2
Methods for treatment of disease using galvanic vestibular stimulation
Paul Duncan McGeoch, Del Mar, CA (US); and Vilayanur S. Ramachandran, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Oakland, CA (US)
Filed by THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Oakland, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 9, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/897,171.
Application 16/897,171 is a continuation of application No. 15/644,727, filed on Jul. 7, 2017, granted, now 10,675,465, issued on Jun. 9, 2020.
Application 15/644,727 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/770,333, granted, now 9,731,125, issued on Aug. 15, 2017, previously published as PCT/US2014/019658, filed on Feb. 28, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/771,766, filed on Mar. 1, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2020/0306535 A1, Oct. 1, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/36014 (2013.01) [A61N 1/0408 (2013.01); A61N 1/0456 (2013.01); A61N 1/36031 (2017.08)] 10 Claims
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1. A method for altering body mass composition in a human subject, the method comprising:
connecting the subject with a device which produces an alternating polarity electrical current by disposing electrodes at the subject's scalp at a location corresponding to each of the subject's left and right vestibular systems; and
applying galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS) from the device to the subject via the electrodes to maintain a constant current across the subject's scalp to alter body mass composition.