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Transcranial magnet stimulation of deep brain targets

  • US 8,523,753 B2
  • Filed: 08/15/2012
  • Issued: 09/03/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) method for stimulating a brain region deep within a patient'"'"'s brain, the method comprising:

  • positioning a plurality of TMS electromagnets outside of a patient'"'"'s head;

    aligning the plurality of TMS electromagnets with a direction of a fiber bundle of a target deep brain region;

    determining stimulation parameters for at least one of the TMS electromagnets based on a distance between the target deep brain region and a sulcus that is within range of a magnetic field emitted by one of the TMS electromagnets; and

    applying stimulation from each TMS electromagnet so that stimulation at the target deep brain region from the plurality of TMS electromagnets is greater than the stimulation at a cortical surface due to a magnetic field emitted by each TMS electromagnet.

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