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System and method for treating Parkinson's Disease and other movement disorders

  • US 7,962,218 B2
  • Filed: 10/04/2007
  • Issued: 06/14/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for treating movement disorders, comprising:

  • selecting a stimulation site at least proximate to the dura and along the precentral gyrus of a patient by imaging at least one of the precentral gyrus, central sulcus and/or postcentral gyrus of the patient relative to an external marker on the patient and using symptomatology of the function that is affected by the movement disorder to determine the superior-inferior location along the precentral gyrus; and

    applying neural stimulation directly to the stimulation site.

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