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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2007
Anita Mahadevan-jansen, Nashville, TN (US);
Jonathon D. Wells, Seattle, WA (US);
E. Duco Jansen, Nashville, TN (US);
Anita Mahadevan-Jansen, Nashville, TN (US);
Jonathon D. Wells, Seattle, WA (US);
E. Duco Jansen, Nashville, TN (US);
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (US);
Abstract
The present invention, in one aspect, relates to a method for stimulating neural tissue of a living subject. In one embodiment, the method has the steps of generating at least one beam of radiation; introducing at least one of one or more chromophores and one or more optical agents to a target neural tissue; and delivering the at least one beam of radiation to the target neural tissue, wherein the at least one beam of radiation is delivered with a radiant exposure that causes a thermal gradient in the target neural tissue, thereby stimulating the target neural tissue.