US Patent Issued to UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM on July 29 for "System and method for determining deep brain stimulation parameters" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,367, issued on July 29, was assigned to UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM (Houston).

"System and method for determining deep brain stimulation parameters" was invented by Nuri F. Ince (Humble, Texas), Musa Ozturk (Houston) and Ashwin Viswanathan (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of determining brain stimulation parameters includes applying Low Frequency Stimulation (LFS) to a contact of a multi-contact electrode implanted in a target structure in an individual's brain. Evoked Compound Activity (ECA) evoked in the target structure by the LFS is measured. A range of frequencies for delivering brain stimulation within a predet...