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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
May. 27, 2011
Anita Mahadevan-jansen, Nashville, TN (US);
Jonathon D. Wells, Seattle, WA (US);
E. Duco Jansen, Nashville, TN (US);
Peter E. Konrad, Old Hickory, TN (US);
Changquing C. Kao, Brentwood, TN (US);
Anita Mahadevan-Jansen, Nashville, TN (US);
Jonathon D. Wells, Seattle, WA (US);
E. Duco Jansen, Nashville, TN (US);
Peter E. Konrad, Old Hickory, TN (US);
Changquing C. Kao, Brentwood, TN (US);
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (US);
Abstract
The present invention, in one aspect, relates to a system for stimulating neural tissue of a living subject. The system comprises an energy source capable of generating optical energy, a connector having a first end and a second end capable of transmitting optical energy, and a probe operably coupled to the second end of the connector and having an end portion for delivering optical energy to a target neural tissue. In one embodiment, the energy source comprises a tunable laser.