| CPC A61F 11/12 (2013.01) [A61F 11/00 (2013.01); A61F 11/08 (2013.01); A61H 9/0007 (2013.01); A61H 9/005 (2013.01); A61H 9/0071 (2013.01); A61H 21/00 (2013.01); A61F 11/085 (2022.01); A61F 2250/0013 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0153 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0207 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0214 (2013.01); A61H 2201/10 (2013.01); A61H 2201/105 (2013.01); A61H 2205/027 (2013.01)] | 26 Claims |
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1. A method for alleviating migraine headache pain being experienced by a patient having a first ear and a second ear on respective a first side and a second side of a head of the patient, the method comprising:
engaging the first ear on the first side of the head with an earpiece to allow a first pressure in a first external ear canal of the first ear to be adjusted;
controlling a flow of fluid through the earpiece to make at least one pressure adjustment to the first pressure to generate at least one pressure differential between the first pressure in the first external ear canal of the first ear and an ambient pressure outside the first external ear canal of the first ear;
observing a response of the migraine headache pain to the at least one pressure adjustment, wherein the observed migraine headache pain response comprises a change in a headache pain distribution that results in a higher degree of headache pain on the second side than on the first side of the patient's head; and
based on the observed migraine headache pain response, making at least one additional pressure adjustment to a second pressure in a second external ear canal of the second ear to create at least one second pressure differential between the second pressure and the ambient pressure,
wherein the method is configured to cause a physiological response that is therapeutic for alleviating the migraine headache pain.
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