Method and device for transcranial magnetic stimulation

US6827681B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Brainlab AG · DE

Inventors

• Phillipp Tanner · Hersbruck, DE
• Andreas Hartlep · Holzkirchen, DE
• Henrik Wist · Kufstein, AT
• Kerstin Wendicke · Birkenfeld, DE
• Thomas Weyh · Munich, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 1, 2001
• Grant date: Dec 7, 2004
• Expiry date: Nov 1, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B5/377
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for stimulating specific areas of a brain using an induction device (1), comprising the following steps: recording the spatial structure of the head, in particular the brain; generating a simulation model of the induction device (1); and arranging the induction device (1) relative to the head such that a specific area of the brain determined by means of the simulation model of the induction device (1) is stimulated by a current flowing in the induction device (1), as well as to a method for stimulating specific areas of a brain using an induction device (1), comprising the following steps: recording the spatial structure of the head, in particular the brain; generating a simulation model of the head; and arranging the induction device (1) relative to the head such that a specific area of the brain determined by means of the simulation model of the head is stimulated by a current flowing in the induction device (1), as well as to a device for stimulating specific areas of a brain using an induction device (1) connected to a marker (1a).