Apparatus and method for stimulation of biological tissue
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1. A method for stimulating human neural tissue of a patient to treat an ailment comprising:
- non-invasively applying an electrcial energy source transcranially to a region of human neural tissue beneath skin to transcranially generate an electric field of less than 100,000 Hz in said tissue; and
altering the permittivity of said human neural tissue beneath the skin relative to said electrical energy source by non-invasively applying a second energy source transcranially thereby to generate a current in said human neural tissue that provides a treatment that affects the ailment.
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Abstract
An apparatus for generating focused currents in biological tissue is provided. The apparatus comprises an electric source capable of generating an electric field across a region of tissue and means for altering the permittivity of the tissue relative to the electric field, whereby a displacement current is generated. The means for altering the permittivity may be a chemical source, optical source, mechanical source, thermal source, or electromagnetic source.
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1. A method for stimulating human neural tissue of a patient to treat an ailment comprising:
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non-invasively applying an electrcial energy source transcranially to a region of human neural tissue beneath skin to transcranially generate an electric field of less than 100,000 Hz in said tissue; and altering the permittivity of said human neural tissue beneath the skin relative to said electrical energy source by non-invasively applying a second energy source transcranially thereby to generate a current in said human neural tissue that provides a treatment that affects the ailment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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