Patent ID: 8467877

Claim:
A method for detecting and treating aberrant neural-electric activity (ANEA) in a brain of a patient causing an epileptic pre-seizure event or a seizure event, the method comprising: positioning, at least partially in the brain or skull, three electrode members, wherein each electrode member defines a different orthogonal axis of a Cartesian coordinate system; detecting, from inside the brain or skull, an electric field caused by ANEA in the brain wherein the electric field is detected using the Cartesian coordinate system defined by the three electrode members; determining an electric field vector characteristic from the detected electric field; interpreting the electric field vector characteristic as being a marker to the epileptic pre-seizure event or seizure event; and delivering a dose of anti-seizure medication to the patient's brain in response to the interpreted marker to the epileptic pre-seizure event or seizure event.