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Device and method for stimulating neuronal tissue by means of optical stimuli

US8721695B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH · DE
ANM Adaptive Neuromodulation GmbH · DE

Inventors

Peter Alexander Tass · Munich, DE
Marcus Goetz · Heidelberg, DE
Bernhard Pelz · Heidelberg, DE
Stefan E. Fischer · Heidelberg, DE
Jean-Christophe Roulet · Neuchâtel, CH
Urban Schnell · Münchenbuchsee, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 15, 2010
Grant date	May 13, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 29, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61N2005/0659
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A device with a control unit and a plurality of stimulation units configured to be implanted in the body of a patient and generate optical stimuli, wherein the optical stimuli reset the phase of the neuronal activity of the neurons during the stimulation of neurons exhibiting abnormally synchronous and oscillatory neuronal activity, and the control unit is configured to actuate the stimulation units such that at least two of the stimulation units reset the phases of the respectively stimulated neurons at different times.

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