Systems and methods for selecting stimulation sites and applying treatment, including treatment of symptoms of Parkinson's disease, other movement disorders, and/or drug side effects
First Claim
1. A method for treating movement disorders, comprising:
- selecting at least a first neural process and a second neural process from among a planning process that is associated with the prefrontal cortex, an initiation process that is associated with the supplemental motor cortex and an execution process that is associated with the motor cortex sequentially carried out by a patient to cause a muscle movement in the patient;
positioning at least one electrode device having a plurality of electrical contacts such that at least a first of the plurality of electrical contacts is positioned below the patient'"'"'s skull and on the dura over a first target cortical location selected from the group of cortical locations consisting of prefrontal cortex, supplemental motor cortex, and motor cortex associated with the first neural process and positioning at least a second of the plurality of electrical contacts below the patient'"'"'s skull and on the dura over a second target cortical location selected from the group of cortical locations consisting of prefrontal cortex, supplemental motor cortex, and motor cortex associated with the second neural process; and
applying electrical signals to at least a first of the plurality of electrical contacts to stimulate the first location of the patient'"'"'s brain associated with the first neural process, and applying electrical signals to at least a second of the plurality of electrical contacts to stimulate the second location of the patient'"'"'s brain associated with the second neural process.
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Abstract
Methods and systems for treating movement disorders are disclosed. A method in accordance with one embodiment can include determining that the movement disorder affects the patient'"'"'s gait, oral functioning, and/or other functioning, and applying electrical stimulation proximate to the interhemispheric fissure, the Sylvian fissure, or between the two fissures, respectively. In another embodiment, the method can include selecting at least one neural process from among a plurality of processes sequentially carried out by a patient to cause a muscle movement in the patient (e.g., a planning process, an initiation process, and an execution process), and applying electrical stimulation to a location of the patient'"'"'s brain associated with the at least one neural process.
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18 Claims
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1. A method for treating movement disorders, comprising:
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selecting at least a first neural process and a second neural process from among a planning process that is associated with the prefrontal cortex, an initiation process that is associated with the supplemental motor cortex and an execution process that is associated with the motor cortex sequentially carried out by a patient to cause a muscle movement in the patient; positioning at least one electrode device having a plurality of electrical contacts such that at least a first of the plurality of electrical contacts is positioned below the patient'"'"'s skull and on the dura over a first target cortical location selected from the group of cortical locations consisting of prefrontal cortex, supplemental motor cortex, and motor cortex associated with the first neural process and positioning at least a second of the plurality of electrical contacts below the patient'"'"'s skull and on the dura over a second target cortical location selected from the group of cortical locations consisting of prefrontal cortex, supplemental motor cortex, and motor cortex associated with the second neural process; and applying electrical signals to at least a first of the plurality of electrical contacts to stimulate the first location of the patient'"'"'s brain associated with the first neural process, and applying electrical signals to at least a second of the plurality of electrical contacts to stimulate the second location of the patient'"'"'s brain associated with the second neural process. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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