Surgery: light – thermal – and electrical application – Light – thermal – and electrical application – Electrical therapeutic systems
Patent
1997-03-26
1998-08-25
Jastrzab, Jeffrey R.
Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application
Light, thermal, and electrical application
Electrical therapeutic systems
607 45, A61N 118
Patent
active
057979650
ABSTRACT:
A DC electric field is applied to brain tissue in parallel alignment with urons thereof during periods of brief duration while the tissue is undergoing epileptic activity. The electrical field is controllably varied in magnitude to suppress such epilieptic activity.
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Ditto William L.
Gluckman Bruce J.
Schiff Steven J.
Spano Mark L.
Forrest John
Jastrzab Jeffrey R.
Shuster Jacob
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of
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