US Patent Issued to University of Washington on Sept. 8 for "Cortical network structure mediates response to brain stimulation" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,259, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to University of Washington (Seattle).

"Cortical network structure mediates response to brain stimulation" was invented by Azadeh Yazdan-Shahmorad (Seattle), Julien Bloch (Seattle), Alexander Greaves-Tunnell (Seattle), Eric Shea-Brown (Seattle), Ali Shojaie (Seattle) and Zaid Harchaoui (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Cortical network structure that mediates response to brain stimulation, and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method for brain stimulation includes: delivering an input stimulus to an area of the brain, via a cortical implant; in respons...