Patent ID: 7239910
Filing Date: 2007-07-03
Classification: A61B,A61N

Abstract:
1. A method for stimulating and/or inhibiting at least one point or area of a brain using at least one stimulation device, comprising: a) recording a spatial structure of the head or brain; b) generating a three-dimensional simulation model of the surface of the brain from the recording of the spatial structure of the brain; and c) arranging the stimulation device relative to the head or brain using the three-dimensional simulation model of the surface of the brain, whereby the stimulation device is accurately positioned relative to the surface of the brain, wherein the stimulation device is positioned such that a magnetic field generated or generable by the stimulation device is normal to the simulation model of the surface of the brain on or over the area to be stimulated or exhibits a predetermined spatial angle relative to the simulation model of the surface of the brain.