US Patent Issued to Nexstim on Aug. 11 for "Method and system for combining anatomical connectivity patterns and navigated brain stimulation" (Finnish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,853, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Nexstim Oyj (Helsinki).

"Method and system for combining anatomical connectivity patterns and navigated brain stimulation" was invented by Tuomas Neuvonen (Espoo, Finland) and Henri Hannula (Helsinki).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "When operating a brain stimulation device, it is critical to understand control the network effects associated with the area being targeted for stimulation. The combined system and methods provided herein provides the operator with a real-time view of the brain network potentially affected by the stimulation. The system and method are capable of increasing the accurac...