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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2008
Applicants:
Shy Shoham, Haifa, IL;
Nairouz Farah, Nazareth, IL;
Lior Golan, Haifa, IL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of stimulating neurons present in a living body is disclosed. The method comprises directing light to an artificial light absorbing medium implanted extracellularly at a target location having the neurons therein, wherein wavelengths and intensities of the light are selected so as to heat the light absorbing medium by light absorption. The heating is sufficient to stimulate neurons nearby the light absorbing medium. In some embodiments, the light is spatially modulating so as to encode a stimulation pattern therein.