Stimscience Inc.

Wright State University

Michael P Weisend

Matthew S Sherwood

Megan K Howes

Electrical non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) delivers weak electrical currents to the brain via electrodes that are affixed to the scalp. NIBS can excite or inhibit the brain in areas that are impacted by that electrical current during and for a short time following stimulation. Electrical NIBS can be used to change brain structure in terms of increasing white matter integrity as measured by diffusion tensor imaging. Together the electrical NIBS can induce changes in brain structure and function. The present methods and devices are adaptable to and configurable for facilitating the enhancement of brain performance, and the treatment of neurological diseases and tissues. The present methods and devices are advantageously designed to utilize modern electrodes deployed with, inter alia, various spatial arrangements, polarities, and current strengths to target brain areas or networks to thereby enhance performance or deliver therapeutic interventions.

System for variably configurable, adaptable electrode arrays and effectuating software

Electrode interfaces and electrode assemblies for performing transcranial direct current stimulation. The electrode interfaces include a body configured to be coupled to an electrode for delivery of electrical current therethrough. The body includes a non-contact surface and a contact surface opposing the non-contact surface. The body defines a plurality of conductivity passages extending therethrough from the non-contact surface to the contact surface. Each conductivity passage is disposed along a central axis and includes at least one branching inlet and at least one branching subpassage extending from the at least one branching inlet to the contact surface. Each branching subpassage defines a plurality of branches, and each branch diverges from the central axis and then extends to the contact surface. The electrode assemblies include a neurostimulation device, at least two electrodes coupled to the neurostimulation device, and an electrode interface including a body coupled to each electrode.

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Yellow Springs, OH, United States of America

Michael P Weisend