Stereotactic device wearable by a patient for low-intensity focused-ultrasound neuromodulation

A stereotactic device wearable by a patient for low-intensity focused-ultrasound neuromodulation, said stereotactic device comprising:

• a support frame extending along a first reference plane, said support frame being shaped to be fitted around a head of the patient;
• a first movable component with respect to the support frame, said first movable component having an arched shape that extends upwards with respect to the first reference plane and lies on a second reference plane, the first movable component having a first end and a second end, each end respectively engaged with the support frame in a respective first coupling point and second coupling point, the first movable component being adapted to rotate about a rotation axis passing through the first and second coupling points of the support frame to take a plurality of inclined positions with respect to the first reference plane between a first position in which the first movable component is inclined with respect to the first reference plane by a substantially null angle and a second position in which the first movable component is inclined with respect to the first reference plane by an angle substantially equal to 180°;
• a second movable component with respect to the first movable component, the second movable component comprising an engagement portion with the first movable component adapted to allow the second movable component to move integrally with the first movable component, the engagement portion of the second movable component with the first movable component being further adapted to allow the second movable component to slide along the first movable component so as to take a plurality of positions between a first position in which the second movable component is proximal to the first end of the first movable component and a second position in which the second movable component is proximal to the second end of the first movable component, the second movable component further comprising a support portion integral with the engagement portion, said support portion extending away from the first movable component transversely to the second reference plane on which the arched shape of the first movable component lies;
• a low-intensity focused-ultrasound neuromodulation module housed in the support portion of the second movable component, said low-intensity focused-ultrasound neuromodulation module being located next to the first movable component of the device, said low-intensity focused-ultrasound neuromodulation module comprising at least one low-intensity focused-ultrasound sonication probe, during sliding of the second movable component along the first movable component, the low-intensity focused-ultrasound neuromodulation module is being adapted to take a plurality of operating positions between a first operating position when the second movable component is proximal to the first end of the first movable component and a second operating position when the second movable component is proximal to the second end of the first movable component.