Abstract: One embodiment of the invention provides a method and apparatus for performing deep brain stimulation with an electromagnetic field. The includes an electrode assembly having multiple electrodes and a phased array system for driving the electrodes to generate the electromagnetic field. By controlling delays within the phased array system, the generated electromagnetic field can be steered to a desired region of the brain.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 21, 2008
Publication date:
December 22, 2011
Applicant:
UCL BUSINES PLC
Inventors:
Virgilio Valente, Andreas Demosthenous, Richard Bayford
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for predicting the response of a patient to treatment with an anti-TNF? therapy, in particular an anti-TNF? antibody, the method comprising: (a) providing an in vitro sample of T cells from the patient; (b) exposing said T cells to an anti-TNF? therapy; and (c) determining whether regulatory T cells are induced in said sample of T cells wherein the induction of regulatory T cells indicates that the patient is likely to respond to treatment with said anti-TNF? therapy.
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