US 12,109,405 B2
Methods and apparatuses for reducing bleeding via electrical trigeminal nerve stimulation
Jared M. Huston, New York, NY (US); Jason R. Fritz, New York, NY (US); Seema G. Amin, New York, NY (US); Christopher J. Czura, Lake Grove, NY (US); and Kevin J. Tracey, Old Greenwich, CT (US)
Assigned to The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY (US)
Filed by The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY (US)
Filed on Apr. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/303,991.
Application 18/303,991 is a division of application No. 16/391,155, filed on Apr. 22, 2019, granted, now 11,660,443.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/660,915, filed on Apr. 20, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0270996 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
Int. Cl. A61N 1/04 (2006.01); A61H 23/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/0468 (2013.01) [A61H 23/00 (2013.01); A61N 1/36034 (2017.08); A61N 7/00 (2013.01); A61H 2201/10 (2013.01); A61N 2007/0017 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
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1. A method of treating a hemophiliac subject, the method comprising:
determining when the subject is bleeding; and
applying one or more of mechanical or electrical stimulation to the subject's trigeminal nerve to reduce bleeding wherein applying said one or more of mechanical or electrical stimulation comprises avoiding triggering a diver's reflex, and thereby reducing bleeding.