Minimizing negative side-effects from electromagnetic neural stimulation: Key neurotechnology patent #39

By SharpBrains | April 7, 2017
neural stimulation system

Today we high­light a 2010 patent by Advanced Neu­ro­mod­u­la­tion Sys­tems address­ing a seri­ous con­cern dur­ing the use of elec­tro­mag­net­ic brain stim­u­la­tion methods–where unin­tend­ed stim­u­la­tion of neu­rons can cause seizures or migraine headaches. U.S. Patent No. 7,831,305: Neur­al stim­u­la­tion sys­tem and method respon­sive to col­lat­er­al neur­al activ­i­ty Assignee(s): Advanced Neu­ro­mod­u­la­tion Sys­tems, Inc. Inventor(s): Brad­ford E. Glin­er Tech­nol­o­gy Cat­e­go­ry: Transcranial…

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Next: Increasing neuroplasticity via neuroimaging-enhanced brain stimulation

By SharpBrains | March 31, 2017
apparatus

Today we high­light a very thought-pro­­vok­ing (pun intend­ed) patent by Advanced Neu­ro­mod­u­la­tion Sys­tems. (As men­tioned, we are fea­tur­ing a foun­da­tion­al Per­va­sive Neu­rotech patent a day, from old­er to new­er by issue date) U.S. Patent No. 7,756,584: Meth­ods and appa­ra­tus for effec­tu­at­ing a last­ing change in a neur­al-func­­tion of a patient Assignee(s): Advanced Neu­ro­mod­u­la­tion Sys­tems, Inc. Inventor(s): W. Dou­glas Sheffield, Andrew…

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

By SharpBrains | March 29, 2017
brain stimulation device

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…

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

By SharpBrains | March 24, 2017
magnetic stimulation

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…

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Improving brain stimulation’s efficacy and efficiency: Key neurotechnology patent #32

By SharpBrains | March 20, 2017
neural stimulation efficiency

Today we high­light a key brain stim­u­la­tion patent assigned to Advanced Neu­ro­mod­u­la­tion Sys­tems. (As men­tioned, we are fea­tur­ing a foun­da­tion­al Per­va­sive Neu­rotech patent a day, from old­er to new­er by issue date) U.S. Patent No. 7,483,747: Sys­tems and meth­ods for enhanc­ing or affect­ing neur­al stim­u­la­tion effi­cien­cy and/or effi­ca­cy. Assignee(s): Advanced Neu­ro­mod­u­la­tion Sys­tems, Inc. Inventor(s): Brad­ford Evan Glin­er, Allen Wyler, Brad Fowler,…

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The state and future of robotics applied to Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS): Key Neurotech Patent #25

By SharpBrains | March 3, 2017
apparatus

Today we are shar­ing a key 2006 patent assigned to The Regents of The Uni­ver­si­ty of Texas, the NIH, and the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Ser­vices. (As men­tioned, we are fea­tur­ing a foun­da­tion­al Per­va­sive Neu­rotech patent a day, from old­er to new­er by issue date) U.S. Patent No. 7,087,008: Appa­ra­tus and meth­ods for deliv­ery of transcranial…

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