EQUIPMENT FOR APPLYING ACTIVE ELEMENTS TO THE SKULL OF A PATIENT

• US 20170216577A1
• Filed: 06/17/2015
• Published: 08/03/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Jean-Tien
• Original Assignee: Jean-Tien
• Inventors: Nguyen, Jean
• Application Number:
  US15/500,313
• Publication Number:
  US 20170216577A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/369 Electroencephalography [EEG] devices for psychotechnics A61B5/16
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4064 Evaluating the brain A61B5/031, A61B5/369, A61B5/14553 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6814 Head
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6835 Supports or holders, e.g., articulated arms
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/00 Electrotherapy; Circuits therefor A61N2/00 takes precedence; irradiation apparatus A61N5/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/0456 Specially adapted for transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation [TENS]
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/0529 Electrodes for brain stimulation
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2005/0647 the applicator adapted to be worn on the head
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2005/0651 Diodes
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2005/0663 Coloured light
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 5/0622 Optical stimulation for exciting neural tissue
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 5/067 using laser light

Abstract

Equipment for applying active elements to a cranium of a patient comprises a support and a plurality of active elements, wherein the support comprises a means of connection with a patient and means for positioning the active elements in order to excite N+M zones of the cranium, the N+M zones comprising the zones VG₁₉, VG₂₀, VG₂₁, C₄, C_5R, C_5L, C_6R and C_6L, N and M being two integer numbers, N being a number between 2 and 8, M being less than N/2.

Claims

1. Equipment for applying active elements to a cranium of a patient, comprising:

a support and a plurality of active elements, wherein said support comprises a means of connection with a patient and means for positioning said active elements in order to excite N+M zones of the cranium, said N+M zones comprising the zones VG₁₉, VG₂₀, VG₂₁, C₄, C_5R, C_5L, C_6R and C_6L, N and M being two integer numbers, N being a number between 2 and 8, M being less than N/2.

2. The equipment for applying active elements to the cranium of a patient according to claim 1, wherein N is a number between 4 and 8 and M is equal to 0.

3. The equipment for applying active elements to the cranium of a patient according to claim 1, wherein said active elements are laser diodes with a power of less than 60 mW.

4. The equipment for applying active elements to the cranium of a patient according to claim 3, wherein said laser has a power of between 1 and 15 mW.

5. The equipment for applying active elements to the cranium of a patient according to claim 3, wherein said laser is a laser emitting in the red range.

6. The equipment for applying active elements to the cranium of a patient according to claim 1, wherein said active elements consist of electromagnetic-field generators.

7. The equipment for applying active elements to the cranium of a patient according to claim 1, wherein the equipment comprises a means for adjusting the energy applied to each of said active elements.

8. The equipment for applying active elements to the cranium of a patient according to claim 7, further comprising:

a central or frontal support for the cranium with lateral extensions that constitute a reference frame for positioning active elements facing precise zones of the cranium;

lateral extensions that support, at the temporal zone of the cranium, a plurality of arches articulated on each lateral extension by means of a pivot allowing angular adjustment with respect to the cranial reference frame defined by the mount, and then the locking of the relative orientations of the arches; and

arches that have apertures allowing the movement of the active elements on the paths defined by the arches.

9. The equipment according to claim 8, wherein the active elements are sensors configured to measure brain activity.

10. The equipment according to claim 8, wherein the active elements are transmitters or energy sources for stimulating the brain.

11. The equipment according to claim 8, wherein the active elements are a combination of sensors and transmitters configured to measure the brain activity and to stimulate the brain simultaneously.