Patent ID: 7908009

Claim:
A method for treating movement disorders, comprising: selecting at least a first neural process and a second neural process from among a planning process that is associated with the prefrontal cortex, an initiation process that is associated with the supplemental motor cortex and an execution process that is associated with the motor cortex sequentially carried out by a patient to cause a muscle movement in the patient; positioning at least one electrode device having a plurality of electrical contacts such that at least a first of the plurality of electrical contacts is positioned below the patient's skull and on the dura over a first target cortical location selected from the group of cortical locations consisting of prefrontal cortex, supplemental motor cortex, and motor cortex associated with the first neural process and positioning at least a second of the plurality of electrical contacts below the patient's skull and on the dura over a second target cortical location selected from the group of cortical locations consisting of prefrontal cortex, supplemental motor cortex, and motor cortex associated with the second neural process; and applying electrical signals to at least a first of the plurality of electrical contacts to stimulate the first location of the patient's brain associated with the first neural process, and applying electrical signals to at least a second of the plurality of electrical contacts to stimulate the second location of the patient's brain associated with the second neural process.