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Publication Number
US-9694197-B2
Publication Date
2017-07-04
Expiration Date
Abstract
An apparatus is provided for stimulating brain neural networks of a subject comprising: at least one transmitter configured to generate an electromagnetic field through the brain neural networks of a subject, at least one brain wave measuring device for detecting subject brain wave frequency, a CPU for processing data concerned with detection of brain wave frequency of a subject, having a database for storing and analyzing natural and affected brain scans, and at least one computer readable medium containing a predetermined protocol for transmission of the electromagnetic wave frequency profiles. The apparatus further provides a resonance effect thereby inducing newly generated brain cells to migrate toward a brain tissue area having the pathology or lesion of interest, and initiating new brain pathways at the brain region of interest.
Core Innovation
The invention provides an apparatus for stimulating a neural network of a brain of a subject by determining a brain wave frequency of a brain region related to the neural network that has a subnormal intensity. The apparatus includes a brain wave measuring device configured for this determination and a unit for controlling stimulation based on the determined frequency.
A transmitter generates a homogeneous electromagnetic field configured to cover a whole volume of the brain of the subject. The control unit operates the transmitter so that the electromagnetic field frequency is equal to the determined brain wave frequency, and the field has an intensity and duration configured to induce a resonance effect between the electromagnetic field and the neural network.
In a method form, the invention operates a brain wave measuring device to determine a subnormal-intensity brain wave frequency for a brain region related to the neural network, and then controls at least one transmitter to generate a homogeneous electromagnetic field covering a whole volume of the brain. The method configures the electromagnetic field so that its frequency is equal to the determined brain wave frequency and its intensity and duration induce a resonance effect between the electromagnetic field and the neural network.
Claims Coverage
The independent claims cover an apparatus and a method for personalized brain neural network stimulation. The inventive features include measuring a subnormal-intensity brain-wave frequency in a neural-network-related brain region and generating a homogeneous whole-brain electromagnetic field at the same frequency to induce resonance using intensity and duration.
Measuring a subnormal-intensity brain wave frequency related to the neural network
A brain wave measuring device determines a brain wave frequency of a region of the brain that is related to the neural network and that has a subnormal intensity.
Generating a homogeneous electromagnetic field covering the whole brain volume
At least one transmitter generates a homogeneous electromagnetic field configured to cover a whole volume of the brain of the subject.
Frequency matching and resonance induction using intensity and duration
A control unit controls the transmitter according to a predetermined protocol so that the field frequency is equal to the determined brain wave frequency, the electromagnetic field having an intensity and duration configured to induce a resonance effect between the electromagnetic field and the neural network.
Operating to determine subnormal-intensity brain wave frequency in a neural-network region
Operating a brain wave measuring device determines a brain wave frequency of a region of the brain that is related to the neural network and that has a subnormal intensity.
Controlling transmitters to generate a whole-brain homogeneous field with resonance-inducing parameters
Controlling, by a control unit, at least one transmitter to generate a homogeneous electromagnetic field configured to cover a whole volume of the brain of the subject, the electromagnetic field having a frequency equal to the determined brain wave frequency and an intensity and duration configured to induce a resonance effect between the electromagnetic field and the neural network.
Overall, the claims require determining a subnormal-intensity brain-wave frequency in a neural-network-related brain region and generating a homogeneous electromagnetic field over the whole brain volume with the field frequency matched to the determined frequency, using intensity and duration to induce a resonance effect.
Stated Advantages
Induce a resonance effect between the electromagnetic field and the neural network.
Documented Applications
No documented applications found
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