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US 7,623,927 B2Granted
Modulation of the brain to affect psychiatric disorders
AssigneeThe Cleveland Clinic Foundation
InventorAli R. Rezai
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Abstract
A method for treating neurological conditions by proper placement of a probe and sensing, stimulating or both, in pre-determined areas of the brain, especially the intralaminar nuclei (ILN″). Moreover, stimulation is controlled and offered when certain conditions within the area of interest are detected. Stimulation and sensing include biological, electrical, chemical or combinations thereof.
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A method of treating autism in a patient in need thereof, comprising:
- placing a device in contact with a target site in the brain of a patient having autism or;
- selecting parameters to modulate the brain to treat the autism;
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- operating the device based on the selected parameters to modulate the brain to treat the autism, wherein the target site is not a dural venous sinus or dura adjacent to the dural venous sinus.
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