Patent ID: 8523753
Filing Date: 2013-09-03
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. A Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) method for stimulating a brain region deep within a patient's brain, the method comprising: positioning a plurality of TMS electromagnets outside of a patient's head; aligning the plurality of TMS electromagnets with a direction of a fiber bundle of a target deep brain region; determining stimulation parameters for at least one of the TMS electromagnets based on a distance between the target deep brain region and a sulcus that is within range of a magnetic field emitted by one of the TMS electromagnets; and applying stimulation from each TMS electromagnet so that stimulation at the target deep brain region from the plurality of TMS electromagnets is greater than the stimulation at a cortical surface due to a magnetic field emitted by each TMS electromagnet.