US 12,444,489 B2
Brain stimulation system, device, arrangement and corresponding method for treating aphasia
Krzysztof Mateusz Malej, Warsaw (PL); Pawel Sebastian Soluch, Warsaw (PL); Mateusz Marek Orzechowski, Warsaw (PL); and Justyna Julia Garnier, Warsaw (PL)
Assigned to Neuro Device Group S.A., Warsaw (PL)
Filed by Neuro Device Group S.A., Warsaw (PL)
Filed on Jul. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/866,423.
Application 17/866,423 is a continuation of application No. 17/428,903, previously published as PCT/EP2020/054859, filed on Feb. 25, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19461515 (EP), filed on Feb. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0351825 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. G16H 20/30 (2018.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); G09B 19/04 (2006.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); G09B 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC G16H 20/30 (2018.01) [A61N 1/36025 (2013.01); A61N 1/36034 (2017.08); G09B 19/04 (2013.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); G09B 7/00 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
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1. A brain stimulation system for performing a method for treating aphasia, comprising:
a) a computer program product comprising program code which, when loaded and executed on an electronic control unit, provides an operation control system, or
b) an electronic control unit with a program code loaded on the electronic control unit, wherein the program code, when executed on the electronic control unit, provides an operation control system,
wherein the operation control system is configured to control a brain training and/or stimulation session for a brain, and
wherein the operation control system comprises a plurality of control system functionalities, the control system functionalities comprising:
a stimulation functionality which is configured to cause the electronic control unit to issue a stimulation command to an electrical brain stimulation device to cause the electrical brain stimulation device to perform an electrical brain stimulation procedure; and
a presentation functionality which is configured to cause the electronic control unit to issue a presentation command in order to present a task to be performed by a user on a user interface,
wherein the brain stimulation system is configured to:
a) provide external transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) to at least one language-related area of a brain of a user, wherein the frequency of a current of the tACS is within the high gamma frequency range of 70 Hz to 80 Hz;
b) present a set of tasks to the user to prompt a response;
c) synchronizing the tACS with the set of tasks presentation; and
d) provide a pause to the tACS and the presentation of the set of tasks to allow recovery by the user,
wherein the brain stimulation system is configured to be used for treating aphasia of the user, and
wherein the operation control system comprises a session operation protocol interface functionality which is configured to receive session operation data for the brain training and/or stimulation session, wherein the session operation data comprises one, an arbitrarily selected plurality of, or all of the following data:
data on whether a preparation stimulation is to be performed during the brain training and/or stimulation session,
data on whether a task stimulation is to be performed during the brain training and/or stimulation session,
one or more stimulation parameters for the electrical brain stimulation procedure which is (are) to be performed,
data on the difficulty of the tasks to be presented,
wherein, in order to get access to the session operation protocol interface functionality an authentication procedure has to be successfully completed by a practitioner different from the user.