Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for identifying stimulation target
- Patent Title (中): 识别刺激目标的方法
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Application No.: US13628701Application Date: 2012-09-27
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Publication No.: US09173588B2Publication Date: 2015-11-03
- Inventor: Charles Tak Ming Choi , Shu-Hai Sun , Yi-Hsuan Lee
- Applicant: National Chiao Tung University
- Applicant Address: TW Hsinchu
- Assignee: National Chiao Tung University
- Current Assignee: National Chiao Tung University
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsinchu
- Agency: Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
- Agent Peter F. Corless; Steven M. Jensen
- Priority: TW100135451A 20110930
- Main IPC: A61B6/03
- IPC: A61B6/03 ; A61B5/055 ; A61N1/05 ; A61B5/053 ; A61B6/12

Abstract:
A method for identifying a stimulation target is provided, which uses microelectrode recording and electrical impedance tomography techniques together in a composite probe. The composite probe includes at least a microelectrode recording sensor and a plurality of microelectrodes, so that after the composite probe is guided and implanted to a depth suitable for the stimulation target based on microelectrode recording signals, tissue structures surrounding the composite probe are delineated by using the plurality of microelectrodes, and the boundary of the stimulation target and the precise location of the composite probe within the stimulation target are determined. Accordingly, the present invention provides a quick and accurate direction for surgeons, eliminating the problem of not knowing the exact location of the implanted probe within the stimulation target as in the case during deep brain stimulation surgeries.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130085362A1 METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING STIMULATION TARGET Public/Granted day:2013-04-04
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