TRANSCRANIAL ELECTROSTIMULATION DEVICE AND METHOD

摘要

Transcranial electrostimulation is used to treat a number of ailments including depression and pain management amongst others. However, long term transcranial electrostimulation can lead to the hyperpolarization in the membrane of the post synaptic neurons reducing or eliminating the positive effects. Thus, by using a “white noise” (clock) generator and taking advantage of polarity inversions empirical evidence has shown this to reduce or prevent the negative effects associated with long term use of current transcranial devices and methods.

主权项

1. A transcranial electrostimulation device comprising:
a source of monopolar pulses of a random frequency,
wherein the polarity of the monopolar pulses is constant; a source of bipolar pulses of a random frequency;
wherein the polarity of the bipolar pulses reverses after a predetermined time; a source of modulating control signals to yield a frequency less than that produced initially by the monopolar and bipolar pulses; and an amplitude data generating mechanism responsive to the modulating control signals and coupled to the sources of the monopolar and bipolar pulses.