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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2001
Bart Nuttin, Rotselaar, BE;
Frans L. H. Gielen, Eckelrade, NL;
Paul B. Cosyns, Kortenberg, BE;
John Gybels, Oud-Reverles, BE;
Bjorn Meyerson, Bjursholm, SE;
Marianne Wilof-mindus, Danderyd, SE;
Bart Nuttin, Rotselaar, BE;
Frans L. H. Gielen, Eckelrade, NL;
Paul B. Cosyns, Kortenberg, BE;
John Gybels, Oud-Reverles, BE;
Bjorn Meyerson, Bjursholm, SE;
Marianne Wilof-Mindus, Danderyd, SE;
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A method for treating a patient with an obsession, a compulsion, an anxiety or a depression disorder, comprising applying chronic electrical stimulation to at least a portion of the patient's anterior limb of the internal capsule under conditions effective to provide the patient with at least a partial relief from obsession and/or compulsion and/or anxiety and/or depression, by means of an electrical signal generator and at least an implantable electrode having a proximal end coupled to the said signal generator and a stimulation end capable of applying said chronic electrical stimulation, wherein the distance between the two outer contacts of the electrode corresponds to the depth of the internal capsule. A method is disclosed for treating a patient with an obsession, a compulsion, an anxiety or a depression disorder. The method comprises applying electrical stimulation to at least a portion of the patient's anterior limb of the internal capsule or its surrounding structures including but not limited to the head of the caudate nucleus, putamen and nucleus accumbens. The electrical stimulation is applied by means of an electrical signal generator and at least an implantable electrode having a proximal end coupled to the signal generator and a stimulation end capable of applying electrical stimulation to the tissue.