System and method for intermittent electrical modulation
AssigneeAcademisch Ziekenhuis Leiden (H.O.D.N. Lumc)
InventorsWouter R Van Furth, Nienke R. Biermasz, Amir H. Zamanipoor Najafabadi
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a system and method, in which a distal end of an electrode is implanted in an organ, such as a pituitary gland, for intermittent electrical stimulation thereof and a proximal end of the electrode is provided with a connection plug, a distal end of which can be attached to a bone adjacent the organ, such an anterior wall of the sphenoid sinus/vomer, and a proximal end of which can be reversibly connected electrically to a wire that is connected electrically to a source of electrical stimulation for the organ.
Claims20
A percutaneous system intended to be fixed in an osseous structure of a mammalian patient for intermittent electrical stimulation, the percutaneous system comprising:
- an electrode or electrode array comprising one or more electrodes including a distal end configured to be implanted in an organ comprising brain tissue of the patient for intermittent electrical stimulation thereof, wherein the organ comprises a pituitary gland, and
- an electric connection means configured to be connected to a proximal end of the electrode or electrode array and configured to be surgically fixed, with a dedicated holder, in an osseous structure of the sphenoid bone, the electric connection means reversibly connected electrically to a source of electrical stimulation for the electrode or electrode array.
A method for intermittent electrical stimulation, comprising:
- implanting a distal end of an electrode or electrode array in an organ comprising brain tissue of a mammalian patient for intermittent electrical stimulation, wherein a proximal end of the electrode or electrode array is provided with a connection plug and the organ comprises a pituitary gland,
- attaching the connection plug to the sphenoid bone, wherein the proximal end of the connection plug is reversibly connected electrically to a wire that is connected electrically to a source of electrical stimulation for the electrode or electrode array.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.