ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,814, issued on July 15, was assigned to The University of Melbourne (Parkville, Australia).
"Systems and methods for deep brain stimulation" was invented by Thomas James Oxley (New York).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention involves methods of stimulating tissue using one or more series of electrodes to apply energy through a combination of electrodes to stimulate various regions within an area of interest. Such an approach can triangulate areas where stimulation and/or treatment is needed for deep brain stimulation (DBS). In addition, the triangulation system and methods described herein can be applied to any portion ...