Diagnosis, treatment and research of mental disorder
First Claim
1. A method for diagnosing a mental disorder by injecting electric input signals into and measuring electric output signals from a brain via electrodes arranged in an array comprising a symmetrical electrode distribution attached to a skull of a patient, the method comprising the steps of:
- operating a diagnostic mode comprising automatic sequential injection of diagnostic input signals in a predetermined sequence into combinations of pairs of electrodes chosen from the array of electrodes,measuring output signals from each combination of pairs of electrodes, anddisplaying the measured output signals in association with the combination of pairs of electrodes for detection and diagnosis of a mental disorder when operating in a diagnostic mode.
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Abstract
A method and a Cranial Electrical Stimulator CES (4) for operation in a diagnosis, treatment, research, and test mode related to mental disorder, are disclosed. Diagnosis is based on a detected condition of passage of an electric signal via a pathway in the brain defined as passing from a first to a second electrode of a pair of electrodes from an array (12) attached to the skull (6) of a patient. Treatment is achieved by injecting a treatment signal in the pathway detected as having a condition.
A practitioner (2) operates a workstation (8) of the CES (4) that controls a signal and routing box SRB (10) generating input signals and receiving output signal from the brain, via the skull (6) and electrodes (12). The PC (14) of the workstation controls signal input, output reception, measurement, display and storage in memory (15).
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1. A method for diagnosing a mental disorder by injecting electric input signals into and measuring electric output signals from a brain via electrodes arranged in an array comprising a symmetrical electrode distribution attached to a skull of a patient, the method comprising the steps of:
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operating a diagnostic mode comprising automatic sequential injection of diagnostic input signals in a predetermined sequence into combinations of pairs of electrodes chosen from the array of electrodes, measuring output signals from each combination of pairs of electrodes, and displaying the measured output signals in association with the combination of pairs of electrodes for detection and diagnosis of a mental disorder when operating in a diagnostic mode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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