30 results about "Neurological lesion" patented technology

The present invention relates generally to a device and method for treating tissues of the central nervous system and more particularly, but not exclusively, to a device and method for treating the brain tissue.

The present invention is directed to methods for alleviating the symptoms associated with peripheral neuropathy. The neuropathy may be the result of a genetically inherited condition, systemic disease or exposure to a toxic agent. A reduction or elimination of symptoms is obtained by administering the drug selegiline. The invention is also directed to a method for treating patients with cancer by administering a chemotherapeutic agent known to have a toxic affect on peripheral nerves together with selegiline.

The present invention provides a method of providing acute neuroprotection by inducing the erythropoietin (EPO) signaling pathway in neuronal cells close to or subsequent to the time of excitatory insult; and inducing an insulin-like growth factor (IGF) signaling pathway in the neuronal cells close to or subsequent to the time of excitatory insult, thereby producing a synergistic acute neuroprotective effect in the neuronal cells. The invention also provides a method of preventing or reducing the severity of a neurologic condition in a subject by administering to the subject EPO or an active fragment or analog thereof at a dose of at most 2000 U / kg; and administering to the subject an IGF or an active fragment or analog thereof, thereby providing neuroprotection and preventing or reducing the severity of the neurologic condition. Such a method can be used to prevent or reduce the severity of, for example, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, epilepsy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, multiple sclerosis, a movement disorder, HIV-associated dementia, HIV-associated neuropathy, neuropathic pain, migraine, glaucoma, drug addiction, drug withdrawal, drug dependency, depression or anxiety.

The present invention describes novel methods for using 9-deoxy-2', 9-alpha-methano-3-oxa-4,5,6-trinor-3,7-(1',3'-interphenylene)-13,14-dihydro-prostaglandin F1 (also known as Treprostinil) or its derivative, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for the treatment and / or prevention of foot ulcers in subjects with diabetic neurophathy. The invention also relates to kits for treatment and / or prevention of foot ulcers, comprising an effective amount of treprostinil or its derivative, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

The invention provides methods and kits for detecting, screening, quantifying or localizing the etiology for reduced or impaired cranial nerve function or conduction; localizing a central nervous system lesion; detecting, diagnosing or screening for increased intracranial pressure, pressure or disruption of central nervous system physiology as seen with concussion; or detecting, diagnosing, monitoring progression of or screening for a disease or condition featuring increased intracranial pressure or concussion by tracking eye movement of the subject. The invention also provides methods and kits useful for detecting, screening for or quantitating disconjugate gaze or strabismus, useful for diagnosing a disease characterized by disconjugate gaze or strabismus in a subject, useful for detecting, monitoring progression of or screening for a disease or condition characterized by disconjugate gaze or strabismus in a subject or useful for quantitating the extent of disconjugate gaze or strabismus. Further, the invention provides methods for assessing or quantifying structural and non-structural traumatic brain injury or diagnosing a disease characterized by or featuring structural and non-structural traumatic brain injury.

The invention comprises methods and stem cell compositions for the treatment of diabetic retinopathy and other degenerative diseases of the eye. The invention is practiced in two stages with the first stage comprising the administration of neural stem cells to the eye, and the second stage comprising the administration of mesenchymal cells intravenously.

The increased level of glucose in blood is the result of the destruction of β cells of the Islets of Langerhans by autoimmune process in insulin-dependent form of diabetes or a relative lack of insulin in insulin-dependent form of diabetes. Constantly present hyperglycemia in diabetes and a relative lack of insulin aid the development of the neuropathy as a late complication of diabetes. For that purpose, a technical problem was set before the inventor with the request of the reduction of glucose in blood, and stopping of the process of the development of the neuropathy as the consequence of the “long” duration of diabetes. Such a mineral-protein preparation was prepared by which glycemia was successfully regulated, but the process was also stopped by depositing of Ca+ in nerve cells. Those early changes caused by diabetes were successfully stopped, so that the appearance of the neuropathy, as a late complication in diabetes, was postponed. The mineral-protein preparation showed a hypoglycemia effect and stopped the development and progressing of the diabetic neuropathy.

A Chinese medicine for treating the diabetic peripheral neuropathy is prepared from 13 Chinese-medicinal materials including astragalus root, rehmannia root, Chuan-xiong rhizome, Chinese angelica root, etc. Its preparing process is also disclosed.

The present invention relates to the use of 6-(benzyl-amino)-2(S)-[[1-(hydroxymethyl) propyl]amino]-9-isopropylpurine) or at least one of its pharmaceutical acceptable salts for manufacturing a medication intended for the prevention and / or treatment of neurological diseases, in particular associated with neurological lesions.

A physiotherapy table for treating peripheral neuropathy due to diabetes belongs to the technical field of medical instruments, and comprises a power supply 1, an intelligent controller 2, a keystroke interface 3, a digital displayer 4, a polarity control circuit 5, an impulse control circuit 6, a self-checking circuit 7, a first booster transformer 8, an output electrode 9 and a housing 10. The physiotherapy table has the following advantages: using the mutual inductance between two coils to produce two opposite induced current; and using a double-surface electrode to form a loop in local parts, which can produce low-frequency sine wave to simulate the frequency and strength of stimulation of muscular bioelectricity, thereby improving blood and lymph circulation in local tissue, ensuringbioelectric currents of human body work normally, creating a microenvironment for peripheral nerve repair, serving the function of speeding up the growth of the neural axon and the proliferation of Schwann cells, and establishing a novel therapeutic mode in response to peripheral neuropathy due to diabetes.

The use of dimiracetam in the treatment of chronic pain is disclosed. At doses higher than those previously disclosed in relation with its cognition enhancing activity (i.e. amelioration of learning and memory), dimiracetam was able to completely revert hyperalgesia or allodynia associated with several animal models of chronic pain. Dimiracetam showed high activity in iatrogenic neuropathies associated with antiviral and chemotherapeutic drug treatments and in painful conditions caused by osteoarthritis. In addition, dimiracetam was devoid of toxicity even at doses 10-fold higher than the highest therapeutic dose. The possibility of treating such debilitating pathologies with a highly effective and essentially non-toxic compound is therefore disclosed.