Patent ID: 8956273
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. A Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) method for stimulating a primary brain target of neuronal tissue deep within a subject's brain by firing a plurality of electromagnets located at different locations around the subject's head at different secondary targets, the method comprising: firing a first electromagnet with a first duration, rate and power to emit an electromagnetic pulse and stimulate a first secondary brain target connected to a target deep region of the subject's brain along a first pathway through the subject's brain; firing a second electromagnet following a waiting period after the firing of the first electromagnet has finished, wherein the second electromagnet is fired with a second duration, rate and power to emit an electromagnetic pulse and stimulate a second secondary brain target connected to the target deep region of the subject's brain along a second pathway through the subject's brain; wherein the first duration, rate and power are different from the second duration, rate and power; and triggering stimulation in the target deep region of the subject's brain located in an intersection of the first and second pathways through the first and second pathways.