Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Jens Haueisen
Director of the BMTI Institute and head of Biomedical Engineering Group
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Jens Haueisen
phone: +49 3677 69 2861
On 9/22/2022, the patent "Method and system for the generation and application of stimulation configurations on humans as well as associated computer program" was disclosed by the German Patent and Trademark Office. The patented invention can be used in non-invasive transcranial electrical stimulation of target areas in the brain and is of interest, among others, for the therapy of depression and neurorehabilitation after stroke. Using the newly developed approach, it is possible to optimally distribute the stimulation current to the electrodes and thereby address a dedicated target area in the brain. In the invention, a spatially harmonic analysis of current topographies is used to calculate the optimal current distribution for multichannel transcranial electrical stimulation and to determine a suitable electrode configuration.