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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2006
Peter Tass, Titz, DE;
Oleksandr Popovych, Düren, DE;
Christian Hauptmann, Stolberg, DE;
Valerii Krachkovskyi, Jülich, DE;
Peter Tass, Titz, DE;
Oleksandr Popovych, Düren, DE;
Christian Hauptmann, Stolberg, DE;
Valerii Krachkovskyi, Jülich, DE;
Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Juelich, DE;
Abstract
A device for decoupling and/or desynchronizing neural, pathologically synchronous brain activity, in which, the activities in a partial region of a brain area or a functionally associated brain area are stimulated by means of an electrode, resulting in decoupling and desynchronizing the affected neuron population from the pathological area and suppression of the symptoms in a patient. In an alternative embodiment of the device, the pathologically synchronous brain activity due to the disease is desynchronized which also leads to the symptoms being suppressed. The device has a stimulation electrode and at least one sensor which are driven by a control system in such a manner that they produce decoupling and/or desynchronization in their local environment.