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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2010
Marom Bikson, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Abhishek Datta, New York, NY (US);
Varun Bansal, Maspeth, NY (US);
Lucas C. Parra, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Xiang Zhou, New York, NY (US);
Marom Bikson, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Abhishek Datta, New York, NY (US);
Varun Bansal, Maspeth, NY (US);
Lucas C. Parra, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Xiang Zhou, New York, NY (US);
Research Foundation of the City University of New York, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A method includes coupling electrodes to a patient's head and identifying whether any of the electrodes form a functional set, such that a desired therapeutic effect is achieved when the two or more electrodes deliver a total amount of current to the patient regardless of what portion of the total amount of current each respective electrode carries. One or more constant current sources are provided, each having a supply and return terminal, which supply and return equal amounts of current at any given time. The constant current source(s) are coupled to the electrodes in such a manner that each supply terminal and each return terminal is coupled to no more than the electrodes of a single one of the functional sets, if any, or to a single one of the electrodes not included in one of the functional sets.