Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and systems for modifying electrical currents in neuronal circuits
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Application No.: US15951062Application Date: 2018-04-11
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Publication No.: US11134846B2Publication Date: 2021-10-05
- Inventor: Seung-Schik Yoo , Alexander Bystritsky , Nathan McDannold , Ferenc A. Jolesz
- Applicant: The Regents of the University of California , The Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Applicant Address: US CA Oakland; US MA Boston
- Assignee: The Regents of the University of California,The Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Current Assignee: The Regents of the University of California,The Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Oakland; US MA Boston
- Agency: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
- Main IPC: A61B5/00
- IPC: A61B5/00 ; A61B5/055 ; A61B5/369 ; A61N7/02 ; A61B6/03 ; A61N7/00 ; A61B90/00

Abstract:
The various embodiments described herein include methods, devices, and systems for providing ultrasound treatment to a patient. In one aspect, a method for adjusting a magnetic resonance guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) treatment plan with a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system and an ultrasound system includes: (1) identifying a location in a subject that is to receive treatment; (2) applying pulses of focused ultrasound to the identified location with the ultrasound system in order to modulate a level of naturally occurring hormones; (3) concurrently with applying the pulses of focused ultrasound, acquiring with the MRI system functional image data from the subject; (4) obtaining a series of functional images of the subject using the functional image data, the functional images indicative of the modified neuronal activity; and (5) adjusting one or more parameters of the MRgFUS treatment plan using the reconstructed series of functional images.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180228429A1 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MODIFYING ELECTRICAL CURRENTS IN NEURONAL CIRCUITS Public/Granted day:2018-08-16
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