SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR APPLYING SIGNALS TO VAGUE NERVES FOR THE PREVENTION OF CERTAIN CONSEQUENCES OF EPILEPSY

摘要

A treatment system based on vagus 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 vagus 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 using a detection probe, - means (24) provided in the detection and control unit control and able, in response to the detection of a massive discharge, to apply to stimulation probes (10g, 10d) signals capable of causing depolarization and / or hyperpolarization of the vagus nerves and of blocking the conduction of d potentials action at least in the efferent direction. Application to the prevention of the risk of sudden death in the event of an epileptic seizure in affected patients.