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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2015
Filed:
May. 24, 2012
Anita Mahadevan-jansen, Nashville, TN (US);
Jonathan Cayce, Nashville, TN (US);
Robert Friedman, Nashville, TN (US);
Anna Roe, Nashville, TN (US);
E. Duco Jansen, Nashville, TN (US);
Mykyta Chernov, Nashville, TN (US);
Peter E. Konrad, Old Hickory, TN (US);
Anita Mahadevan-Jansen, Nashville, TN (US);
Jonathan Cayce, Nashville, TN (US);
Robert Friedman, Nashville, TN (US);
Anna Roe, Nashville, TN (US);
E. Duco Jansen, Nashville, TN (US);
Mykyta Chernov, Nashville, TN (US);
Peter E. Konrad, Old Hickory, TN (US);
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, Nashville, TN (US);
Abstract
Certain aspects of the present disclosure are directed to a method of applying infrared neural stimulation (INS) to the central nervous system (CNS) of a target. The methods includes applying a pulsed infrared laser at a stimulation site in the CNS; and evoking responses from a region of interest of the CNS that is at or adjacent to the stimulation site by the pulsed infrared laser. In the method, the pulsed infrared laser penetrates a predetermined penetration depth of the stimulation site. Certain aspects of the present disclosure are directed to an apparatus for applying INS to the CNS of a target. The apparatus includes a generator generating a pulsed infrared laser, which penetrates a predetermined penetration depth of a stimulation site to evoke a response from the CNS, and an optical medium adapted for delivering the pulsed infrared laser at the stimulation site of the CNS.