Patent ID: 7013177

Claim:
A method of treating patients with pain, comprising: implanting at least one system control unit including at least one infusion outlet in at least one of the skull and the brain of the patient, wherein the at least one unit controls the delivery of at least one stimulating drug through the at least one outlet to at least one area of the brain affecting pain; applying the at least one stimulating drug to the at least one area of the brain in order to at least in part alleviate the pain of the patient being treated; wherein the area of the brain is selected from at least one of the ventrobasal (VB) area of the thalamus, the ventral posteromedial (VPM) nucleus, the ventral posterolateral nucleus (VPL), the ventrolateral nucleus (VL), the posterior complex of the thalamus (PO), the motor cortex, the sensory cortex, the cingulate gyrus, the medial lemniscus, the internal capsule, the periventricular grey (PVG) matter, and the periaqueductal grey (PAG) matter.