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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2004
Benoit M. Dawant, Nashville, TN (US);
Peter E. Konrad, Old Hickory, TN (US);
J. Michael Fitzpatrick, Nashville, TN (US);
Benoit M. Dawant, Nashville, TN (US);
Peter E. Konrad, Old Hickory, TN (US);
J. Michael Fitzpatrick, Nashville, TN (US);
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (US);
Abstract
A method of optimal placement of a deep brain stimulator in a targeted region of a brain of a living subject for optimal deep brain stimulation. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of nonmanually selecting an initial optimal position from, refining the nonmanually selected initial optimal position to determine a final position, and placing the deep brain stimulator at the final position in the targeted region of the brain of the living subject.