Patent ID: 9474852
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: A61B,A61M,A61N,A61P

Claim Text:
1. A method for the treatment of depression in a patient, the method comprising: implanting a stimulation lead and an implantable pulse generator in the patient, wherein the implanting comprises intraoperatively determining an effect on mood of the patient by electrical stimulation on respective electrodes of the stimulation lead to gray and white matter inferior to the corpus callosum and posterior to the anterior most portion of the genu of the corpus callosum; and administering, after implant, electrical stimulation from the implantable pulse generator to gray and white matter inferior to the corpus callosum and posterior to the anterior most portion of the genu of the corpus callosum to decrease or substantially ameliorate the depression using one or more electrodes of the stimulation lead.