Enhanced spatial summation for deep-brain transcranial magnetic stimulation
AssigneesBrainsway, Ltd., The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, The United States Government as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs
InventorM. Bret Schneider
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Abstract
Methods of stimulating a target deep brain region using multiple Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) electromagnets positioned over a predetermined cortical regions each having a first-order connection to a target deep brain region and applying TMS so that the applied TMS induces spatial summation and thereby modulation of the target deep brain region.
Claims16
A method of stimulating a target deep brain region, the method comprising:
- positioning a first Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) electromagnetic over a first predetermined cortical region having a first-order connection to the target deep brain region;
- positioning a second TMS electromagnetic over a second predetermined cortical region having a first-order connection to the target deep brain region;
- stimulating the first and second predetermined cortical regions by applying TMS from both the first and second TMS electromagnets;
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- stimulating the target deep brain region by spatial summation of signals received at the target deep brain region from the stimulated first and second predetermined cortical regions.
A method of treating a patient for a disorder by stimulating a target deep brain region, the method comprising:
- positioning a plurality of discrete Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) electromagnets over a plurality of predetermined cortical regions each having a first-order connection to a target deep brain region;
- stimulating each of the plurality of predetermined cortical regions by applying TMS to each of the plurality of predetermined cortical regions from each corresponding TMS electromagnet;
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- treating the patient by receiving spatial summation of signals at the deep brain region received from the plurality of predetermined cortical regions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.