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Reinventing depression treatment via transcranial magnetic brain stimulation (TMS)

April 22, 2020 by SharpBrains

Deirdre Lehman with Nolan Williams, who over­saw this clin­i­cal tri­al of a poten­tial treat­ment that uses tran­scra­nial mag­net­ic stim­u­la­tion. In the pho­to, Williams and Lehman demon­strate how a patient is posi­tioned and the equip­ment is used. Cred­it: Steve Fisch.

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Stan­ford researchers devise treat­ment that relieved depres­sion in 90% of par­tic­i­pants in small study (press release):

“A new form of mag­net­ic brain stim­u­la­tion rapid­ly relieved symp­toms of severe depres­sion in 90% of par­tic­i­pants in a small study con­duct­ed by researchers at the Stan­ford Uni­ver­si­ty School of Med­i­cine … In tran­scra­nial mag­net­ic stim­u­la­tion, elec­tric cur­rents from a mag­net­ic coil placed on the scalp excite a region of the brain impli­cat­ed in depres­sion. The treat­ment, as approved by the FDA, requires [Read more…] about Rein­vent­ing depres­sion treat­ment via tran­scra­nial mag­net­ic brain stim­u­la­tion (TMS)

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: antidepressant treatments, brain stimulation, cognitive side effects, depression, magnetic brain stimulation, neurological disorders, noninvasive brain stimulation, noninvasive neurotechnology, psychiatry, SAINT, severe depression, Stanford-University, TMS, Transcranial-Magnetic-Stimulation

How to intervene early to address brain/ mental health problems: Examples in depression, epilepsy and smoking cessation

July 18, 2019 by SharpBrains

How to inter­vene ear­ly: Exam­ples in depres­sion, epilep­sy and smok­ing ces­sa­tion from Sharp­Brains

We hope you enjoy this slid­edeck sup­port­ing a fas­ci­nat­ing, for­ward-look­ing ses­sion held at the 2019 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit: The Future of Brain Health (March 7–9th).  Full record­ings are avail­able for pur­chase here.

10.45am-12.15pm. How to inter­vene ear­ly: Exam­ples in depres­sion, epilep­sy and smok­ing cessation 

  • Dr. Wal­ter Green­leaf, Research Sci­en­tist at Stan­ford University’s Vir­tu­al Human Inter­ac­tion Lab
  • David B. Klein, CEO of Click Ther­a­peu­tics
  • Ana Maiques, CEO of Neu­ro­electrics
  • Chaired by: Avery Bedows, Neu­rotech­nol­o­gy Spe­cial­ist at Loup Ven­tures

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: brain health, Click Therapeutics, depression, epilepsy, Loup Ventures, mental health, Neuroelectrics, problems, smoking cessation, Stanford-University

October 6–7th in Stanford University: Virtual Reality and Behavior Change in Psychiatry and Behavioral Health

September 25, 2017 by SharpBrains

Quick heads-up about a time­ly con­fer­ence tak­ing place late next week.

What: This year the con­fer­ence is com­plete­ly devot­ed to vir­tu­al and aug­ment­ed real­i­ty (VR/AR) tech­nolo­gies and behav­ioral change, explor­ing the appli­ca­tion of immer­sive tech­nolo­gies for treat­ing and research­ing addic­tions, ADHD, anx­i­ety, PTSD, psy­chosis, pain, depres­sion, psy­cho­so­mat­ic ill­ness and more.

Where: Li Ka Shing Cen­ter for Learn­ing and Knowledge
291 Cam­pus Dri­ve, Stan­ford, Cal­i­for­nia 94305

When: Octo­ber 6–7th, 2017

–> To Learn More & Reg­is­ter, please click HERE.

The Con­fer­ence in Context:

  • Five rea­sons the future of brain enhance­ment is dig­i­tal, per­va­sive and (hope­ful­ly) bright
  • Info­graph­ic on the Dig­i­tal Brain Health Mar­ket 2012–2020
  • 10 neu­rotech­nolo­gies about to trans­form brain enhance­ment and brain health
  • 2017 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit: Brain Enhance­ment in the Dig­i­tal Age (Decem­ber 5–7th, 2017)
  • Neu­rotech­nol­o­gy can improve our lives…if we first address these Pri­va­cy and Informed Con­sent issues

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: behavior change, Behavioral Health, psychiatry, Stanford, Stanford-University, virtual-reality

Enabling deep, focused transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS): Key neurotechnology patent #34

March 24, 2017 by SharpBrains

magnetic stimulation
– Illus­tra­tive image from U.S. Patent No. 7,520,848

Today we are shar­ing a key 2009 patent, assigned to Stan­ford Uni­ver­si­ty, that enables the stim­u­la­tion of deep­er struc­tures of the brain with­out over­whelm­ing super­fi­cial struc­tures that are not the focus of treat­ment. (As men­tioned, we are fea­tur­ing a foun­da­tion­al Per­va­sive Neu­rotech patent a day, from old­er to new­er by issue date)

U.S. Patent No. 7,520,848: Robot­ic appa­ra­tus for tar­get­ing and pro­duc­ing deep, focused tran­scra­nial mag­net­ic stimulation

  • Assignee(s): Board of Trustees of the Leland Stan­ford Junior University
  • Inventor(s): M. Bret Schnei­der, David J. Mishelevich
  • Tech­nol­o­gy Cat­e­go­ry: Tran­scra­nial Stimulation
  • Issue Date: April 21, 2009

SharpBrains’ Take:

The ‘848 patent dis­clos­es tech­niques for stim­u­lat­ing deep­er struc­tures of the brain with­out over­whelm­ing super­fi­cial struc­tures that are not the focus of treat­ment. [Read more…] about Enabling deep, focused tran­scra­nial mag­net­ic stim­u­la­tion (TMS): Key neu­rotech­nol­o­gy patent #34

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: brain data, brain-stimulation, EEG, magnetic stimulation, neuro-technology, Neurotechnology, patent, Stanford, Stanford-University, transcranial stimulation, Transcranial-Magnetic-Stimulation

Stanford University ranked #23 Holder of Pervasive Neurotech Intellectual Property*

July 30, 2015 by SharpBrains

Stanford University LogoThe Office of Tech­nol­o­gy Licens­ing is respon­si­ble for the man­age­ment of intel­lec­tu­al prop­er­ty assets at Stan­ford Uni­ver­si­ty, where neu­ro­science researchers have pro­duced mul­ti­ple per­va­sive neu­rotech patents that per­tain most­ly to cog­ni­tive state mon­i­tor­ing and tran­scra­nial mag­net­ic stimulation.
[Read more…] about Stan­ford Uni­ver­si­ty ranked #23 Hold­er of Per­va­sive Neu­rotech Intel­lec­tu­al Property*

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Filed Under: Technology & Innovation Tagged With: Cognitive state monitoring, neuromodulation, neurotech, patents, pervasive, Stanford-University, Transcranial-Magnetic-Stimulation

Upcoming market report on Pervasive Neurotechnology

March 2, 2015 by Alvaro Fernandez

market reportJust a quick heads-up to the Sharp­Brains com­mu­ni­ty: we are wrap­ping up a com­pre­hen­sive mar­ket report on Per­va­sive Neu­rotech­nolo­gies (non-inva­sive, scal­able, poten­tial­ly ubiq­ui­tous). To learn when it becomes avail­able, keep tuned via our e‑Newsletter.

See below, in alpha­bet­i­cal order, a few of the orga­ni­za­tions to be pro­filed in the report, giv­en their rel­e­vant intel­lec­tu­al prop­er­ty port­fo­lios (pri­mar­i­ly patents). [Read more…] about Upcom­ing mar­ket report on Per­va­sive Neurotechnology

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: Accenture, Advanced Brain Monitoring, Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, BodyMedia, Brainlab, CNS Response, cognifit, CompuMedics, General Electric, Health Hero Network, IBM, intellectual property, Invention Science Fund, Lifewatch Tech, lumos-labs, market-report, McLean Hospital Corp, Medtronic, Microsoft, Natus Medical, Neosync, Neuronetics, NeuroPace, NeuroSky, Neurotechnology, New York University, non-invasive, patents, pervasive, Pervasive Neurotechnology, Philips, Posit-Science, Scientific-Learning, Sedline, Stanford-University, The Nielsen Company, ubiquitous

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