US 12,263,341 B2
Neuronal communication system
Bálint Várkuti, Munich (DE)
Assigned to CereGate GmbH, Munich (DE)
Filed by CereGate GmbH, Munich (DE)
Filed on Apr. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/730,322.
Application 17/730,322 is a division of application No. 16/380,036, filed on Apr. 10, 2019, granted, now 11,344,725.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 202 666.4 (DE), filed on Feb. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0249845 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
Int. Cl. A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01); A61B 5/377 (2021.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 5/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/36057 (2013.01) [A61B 5/055 (2013.01); A61B 5/377 (2021.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61N 1/0531 (2013.01); A61N 1/3606 (2013.01); A61N 5/0601 (2013.01); A61N 5/0622 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
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1. A method for providing neuronal stimulation signals configured to elicit sensory percepts in the cortex of an individual, the method comprising:
by a processor coupled to a non-transitory memory medium:
obtaining spatial information relating to the actual or planned position of at least one neuronal stimulation device relative to at least one afferent axon targeting at least one sensory neuron in the cortex of the individual;
determining at least one neuronal stimulation signal to be applied to the at least one afferent axon via the at least one neuronal stimulation device based at least in part on the obtained spatial information, wherein determining the at least one neuronal stimulation signal is performed based at least in part on electrical properties of brain tissue of the individual surrounding the actual or planned position of the at least one neuronal stimulation device, and wherein determining the at least one neuronal stimulation signal comprises determining an excitation probability of one or more of the at least one afferent axon and the at least one sensory neuron based at least in part on the actual or planned position of the at least one neuronal stimulation device by using one or more of a finite element method and a neuronal compartment model; and
providing the at least one neuronal stimulation signal to the at least one neuronal stimulation device configured to apply the at least one neuronal stimulation signal to the at least one afferent axon.