US 12,343,526 B1
Blood flow enhancement therapy systems
Yossi Gross, Moshav Mazor (IL); Ofri Vaisman, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Ivan Tzvetanov, Kailua Kona, HI (US); Steve Herbowy, San Francisco, CA (US); and Apratim Dixit, Round Rock, TX (US)
Assigned to BRAINFLOW MEDICAL, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed by BRAINFLOW MEDICAL, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 6, 2025, as Appl. No. 19/011,088.
Application 19/011,088 is a continuation in part of application No. 18/640,726, filed on Apr. 19, 2024, granted, now 12,208,267.
Int. Cl. A61N 1/05 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/0558 (2013.01) [A61N 1/0546 (2013.01); A61N 1/0553 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for stimulating a sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG) of a patient, the method comprising:
inserting a tube and an electrode mount into a nasal cavity of the patient and advancing the tube along a floor of the nasal cavity to near a posterior end of an inferior turbinate;
deploying one or more electrodes of the electrode mount superiorly away from the tube while the tube is disposed along the floor of the nasal cavity and the electrode mount is disposed within the nasal cavity, so as to bring at least one of the one or more electrodes into contact with a wall of the nasal cavity; and
applying, to the one or more electrodes, a current configured to stimulate the SPG via the wall,
wherein deploying the one or more electrodes comprises deploying the one or more electrodes superiorly and laterally away from the tube to an area of a middle meatus and an area of a sphenopalatine foramen while the tube is disposed along the floor of the nasal cavity.