Wearable, unsupervised transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) device for movement disorder therapy, and method of using

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8583238
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13633358

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The present invention relates to a system and methods for noninvasively providing therapy for movement disorder symptoms. The present invention provides such a therapy system which provides trans-cranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in order to treat those symptoms and the disorders. The present invention further provides such tDCS therapy while the subject sleeps in order to minimize the time required and impact of the therapy on the subject's waking life. The system, methods, and devices of the present invention are intended to provide a low-dose electrical current, trans-cranially, to a specific area of the subject's brain while he or she sleeps in order to decrease the occurrence, severity, and duration of the symptoms of movement disorders. The present invention aims to reduce the amount of medication necessary, counteract the effects of medication wearing off during sleep, and to overall improve the quality of life of subjects suffering from movement disorders.

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GREAT LAKES NEUROTECHNOLOGIES INC10055 SWEET VALLEY DR VALLEY VIEW OH 44125

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Giuffrida, Joseph P Hinckley, US 51 1442
Heldman, Dustin A Shaker Heights, US 51 1427

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