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The leading-edge in brain stimulation and neuromodulation: Key Neurotech Patent #36

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– Illus­tra­tive image from U.S. Patent No. 7,711,431

Today we dis­cuss a key brain stim­u­la­tion patent by Brain­lab AG.

U.S. Patent No. 7,711,431: Method and device for stim­u­lat­ing the brain

  • Assignee(s): Brain­lab AG
  • Inventor(s): Philip Tan­ner, Thomas Bauch
  • Tech­nol­o­gy Cat­e­go­ry: Tran­scra­nial Stimulation
  • Issue Date: May 4, 2010

SharpBrains’ Take:

One of the fun­da­men­tal para­me­ters that must be deter­mined dur­ing brain stim­u­la­tion treat­ment is the quan­ti­ty or amount of ener­gy to be applied to the patient, and how the mag­ni­tude of that ener­gy can vary as a func­tion of spa­tial ori­en­ta­tion to the sub­ject and time over which treat­ment is applied. [Read more…] about The lead­ing-edge in brain stim­u­la­tion and neu­ro­mod­u­la­tion: Key Neu­rotech Patent #36

Scientists call for regulations for brain stimulation devices sold directly to consumers

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Brain-Zap­ping Gad­gets Need Reg­u­la­tion, Say Sci­en­tists and (Some) Man­u­fac­tur­ers (IEEE Spectrum):

“Just a few years ago, the idea of elec­tri­cal­ly stim­u­lat­ing your brain in the com­fort of your own home would have sound­ed pret­ty weird, and prob­a­bly like a bad idea.

But the prac­tice of brain-zapping—in par­tic­u­lar, an easy-to-pull-off tech­nique called tran­scra­nial direct cur­rent stim­u­la­tion (tDCS) [Read more…] about Sci­en­tists call for reg­u­la­tions for brain stim­u­la­tion devices sold direct­ly to consumers