Method and device for transcranial magnetic stimulation

US7008370B2 · 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: Apr 8, 2004
• Grant date: Mar 7, 2006
• Expiry date: Apr 8, 2024

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