SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR APPLICATION OF SIGNALS TO WAVE NERVE PROBES FOR THE PREVENTION OF CERTAIN CONSEQUENCES OF EPILEPSY

摘要

A treatment system based on vague nerve probes comprises the following elements: - a detection and control unit (20); at least one probe (10g, 10d) connected to the detection and control unit and intended to be applied to at least one of the two vague nerves of a patient, means (24) provided in the detection and control unit for detecting a phenomenon of massive discharge of action potentials in at least one vagus nerve by means of a detection probe; means (24) provided in the detection and control unit; control and capable, in response to the detection of a massive discharge, to apply to stimulation probes (10g, 10d) signals able to cause depolarization and / or hyperpolarization of the vagus nerves and to block the conduction of the potentials of at least in the efferent sense. Application to the prevention of the risk of sudden death in epileptic seizures in patients with.