Ultrasound for Detecting and Suppressing Epileptic Seizure

Engineers at the Khuri-Yakub Group have designed a non-surgical alternative for treating epilepsy using ultrasonic technology which can detect, localize, and suppress epileptic seizures in epileptic patients. This technology is based on an array of ultrasound transducers placed in a helmet over the head of the patient that are instrumented to detect epileptic events. Once the event is detected and located, ultrasound energy will suppress the action firing and blunt the seizure. This approach can be extended to include the detection and suppression of other brain states and emotion such as anger.

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