ELECTRICAL SUBSTANCE CLEARANCE FROM THE BRAIN

Apparatus is provided that includes an extracranial electrode, configured to be placed outside and in electrical contact with a skull of a subject identified as at risk of or suffering from a disease; and a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) electrode, configured to be implanted in a ventricular system of a...

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Main Authors TENDLER, Alex, GROSS, Yossi
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 04.10.2023
Subjects
ELECTROTHERAPY
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
MAGNETOTHERAPY
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
RADIATION THERAPY
ULTRASOUND THERAPY
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Summary:Apparatus is provided that includes an extracranial electrode, configured to be placed outside and in electrical contact with a skull of a subject identified as at risk of or suffering from a disease; and a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) electrode, configured to be implanted in a ventricular system of a brain of the subject. Control circuitry is configured to drive the extracranial and the CSF electrodes to clear a substance from brain parenchyma of the subject into the ventricular system of the brain. Other embodiments are also described.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20200864523