Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Transcranial electrical stimulation device
- Patent Title (中): 经颅电刺激装置
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Application No.: US12667131Application Date: 2008-07-02
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Publication No.: US08150537B2Publication Date: 2012-04-03
- Inventor: Nobuhiro Tanaka , Kazuyoshi Nakanishi
- Applicant: Nobuhiro Tanaka , Kazuyoshi Nakanishi
- Applicant Address: JP Hiroshima
- Assignee: Hiroshima University
- Current Assignee: Hiroshima University
- Current Assignee Address: JP Hiroshima
- Agency: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2007-176802 20070704
- International Application: PCT/JP2008/062021 WO 20080702
- International Announcement: WO2009/005106 WO 20090108
- Main IPC: A61N1/00
- IPC: A61N1/00

Abstract:
A transcranial electrical stimulation device 1 having a wearing equipment 2 detachably worn onto a patient's head and at least a pair of electrodes 4 attached to the wearing equipment 2, the device for electrically stimulating a motor area of a patient's cerebral cortex by outputting current from the electrode 4 connected to a current generator. An engagement part 6 capable of engaging the wearing equipment 2 to a scalp with a thread-like body 8 is provided to the wearing equipment 2, and the electrode 4 is attached to the wearing equipment 2 protrudably to the head side of the electrode 4, and tip of the electrode 4 is capable of subcutaneously piercing through the head. It is unnecessary to bore a patient's skull outer layer with a drill, and a mounting of the electrode can be performed in a short time. The electrodes can be accurately positioned at predetermined positions of a patient's head, and the motor area of a cerebral cortex can be effectively stimulated.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100324623A1 TRANSCRANIAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION DEVICE Public/Granted day:2010-12-23
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