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US 8,911,342 B2Granted
Apparatus and method for pulsed electrical field treatment
AssigneeRe5 ApS
InventorsSteen Dissing, Mogens Unden
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InventorsSteen Dissing, Mogens Unden
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The present invention concerns an apparatus and a method for stimulating brain tissue with pulsed electromagnetic fields weaker than the limit for elicitation of the action potentials of the cells of the tissue to be stimulated, the apparatus comprising: at least one electrically conducting coil positioned at a bitemporal position such that hippocampus is stimulated by at least one magnetic field upon supplying a pulse to said coil as well as a coil positioned at a occipital and parietal position; and a pulse generation means operationally connected to said at least one coil for supplying a series of current pulses for conduction, allowing generation of pulsed electromagnetic fields sufficiently strong to cause protein activation, and weaker than the limit for elicitation of the action potentials of the cells of the tissue to be stimulated.
A non-invasive method for the treatment, relief or prophylaxis of a condition selected from the group consisting of Depression, Major Depressive Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, Epilepsy, Parkinson's Disease and Alzheimer's Disease, or for alleviating one or more symptoms associated therewith in a subject, said method comprising:
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