Brain stimulation
First Claim
1. A therapeutic brain stimulation system, comprising at least two and preferably three or more stimulation signal emitters adapted to generate stimulating signals which in combination allow for wireless stimulation of neuronal cells in a patient'"'"'s brain, wherein said signal emitters are arranged or adapted to be arranged such that their individual stimulating signals can be emitted from different positions towards a common target region in a patient'"'"'s brain so as to provide an accumulated stimulating effect on said target region, and wherein the signal emitters are adjustable such that the stimulation signals accumulating in the target region do not negatively affect the anatomic structure of neuronal brain cells in said target region, wherein the signal emitters are adapted to be fixed in cranial bone structure, so as to penetrate only the hard outer layer thereof or so as to completely penetrate the cranial bone structure, wherein each of the signal emitters is contained in a mounting tube with one or more screw threads provided on an outer surface of the mounting tube for fixation in cranial bone structure.
2 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A therapeutic brain stimulation system comprises at least two stimulation signal emitters generating stimulation signals from different positions towards a common target region in a patient'"'"'s brain. While the signal intensity of each stimulation signal is much too low to cause stimulation, the accumulated stimulation signals cause a stimulation and, thus, a therapeutic effect in the neuronal brain cells of the target region. The stimulation signals accumulating in the target region are adjustable so as not to negatively affect the anatomic structure of neuronal brain cells in the target region.
16 Citations
31 Claims
- 1. A therapeutic brain stimulation system, comprising at least two and preferably three or more stimulation signal emitters adapted to generate stimulating signals which in combination allow for wireless stimulation of neuronal cells in a patient'"'"'s brain, wherein said signal emitters are arranged or adapted to be arranged such that their individual stimulating signals can be emitted from different positions towards a common target region in a patient'"'"'s brain so as to provide an accumulated stimulating effect on said target region, and wherein the signal emitters are adjustable such that the stimulation signals accumulating in the target region do not negatively affect the anatomic structure of neuronal brain cells in said target region, wherein the signal emitters are adapted to be fixed in cranial bone structure, so as to penetrate only the hard outer layer thereof or so as to completely penetrate the cranial bone structure, wherein each of the signal emitters is contained in a mounting tube with one or more screw threads provided on an outer surface of the mounting tube for fixation in cranial bone structure.
-
29. A method of mounting a therapeutic brain stimulation system, onto a patient'"'"'s head, the method comprising the steps of:
-
cutting the patient'"'"'s skin at two or more different positions above the patient'"'"'s cranial bone structure adjacent the patient'"'"'s brain, attaching a signal emitter to the patient'"'"'s cranium, directly or indirectly, at each of the different positions, said signal emitters being adapted to generate stimulating signals which in combination allow for wireless stimulation of neuronal cells in the patient'"'"'s brain, and adjusting said signal emitters such that their individual stimulating signals are emitted from said different positions towards a common target region in the patient'"'"'s brain so as to provide an accumulated stimulating effect on that target region, said accumulated stimulating effect on the target region being adjusted so as not to negatively affect the anatomic structure of neuronal brain cells wherein the step of attaching the signal emitters to the patient'"'"'s cranium includes fixing the signal emitters in the cranial bone structure so as to penetrate only the hard outer layer thereof, or fixing the signal emitters in cranial bone structure so as to completely penetrate the cranial bone structure without penetrating into the dura mater of the brain wherein the signal emitters comprise one or more screw threads and the step of permanently mounting the signal emitters to the patient'"'"'s cranium includes screwing the signal emitters in the cranial bone structure, and wherein each of the signal emitters is contained in a mounting tube with the screw threads provided on an outer surface of the mounting tube. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31)
-
Specification