US 11,890,478 B2
Systems and methods for monitoring neural activity
Nicholas Sinclair, East Melbourne (AU); Hugh McDermott, East Melbourne (AU); James Fallon, East Melbourne (AU); Thushara Perera, East Melbourne (AU); Arthur Wesley Thevathasan, East Melbourne (AU); and Kristian Bulluss, East Melbourne (AU)
Assigned to DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION TECHNOLOGIES PTY LTD, East Melbourne (AU)
Filed by DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION TECHNOLOGIES PTY. LTD., East Melbourne (AU)
Filed on Jul. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/376,889.
Application 17/376,889 is a continuation of application No. 16/555,724, filed on Aug. 29, 2019, granted, now 11,185,697.
Application 16/555,724 is a continuation of application No. 16/195,294, filed on Nov. 19, 2018, granted, now 10,463,860, issued on Nov. 5, 2019.
Application 16/195,294 is a continuation of application No. PCT/AU2017/050809, filed on Aug. 2, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 2016903116 (AU), filed on Aug. 8, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0339026 A1, Nov. 4, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 1/375 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/24 (2021.01); A61B 5/377 (2021.01)
CPC A61N 1/36139 (2013.01) [A61B 5/24 (2021.01); A61B 5/377 (2021.01); A61B 5/4842 (2013.01); A61B 5/6868 (2013.01); A61N 1/0534 (2013.01); A61N 1/36 (2013.01); A61N 1/36067 (2013.01); A61N 1/36167 (2013.01); A61N 1/36178 (2013.01); A61N 1/37514 (2017.08); A61N 1/36064 (2013.01); A61N 1/36185 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
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1. A method of monitoring neural activity in a brain of a patient, the method comprising:
applying a plurality of stimuli to one or more electrodes implanted in or near a target neural structure of the brain, each of the plurality of stimuli applied at a different location in the brain;
detecting a resonant response from the target neural structure evoked by each of the plurality of stimuli at one or more of the electrodes in or near the target neural structure of the brain; and
comparing one or more waveform characteristics of each of the detected resonant responses.