Medical magnetic non-convulsive stimulation therapy

Details Medical magnetic non-convulsive stimulation therapy Medical magnetic non-convulsive stimulation therapy

1997-07-07

1998-06-23

Lacyk, John P.

Surgery

Magnetic field applied to body for therapy

Electromagnetic coil

128897, A61N 100

Patent

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057697787

ABSTRACT:
A medical device includes a magnetic stimulator having a magnetic induction coil which is placed next to the scalp of a patient. A pulse train of high energy electrical waves is flowed through the induction coil to produce a sufficiently strong magnetic field to generate currents in the patient's brain for the therapy of psychiatric illnesses. These currents induced in the brain are below the minimum needed to induce a convulsive brain seizure. The device includes an ECG (electrocardiograph) to monitor the electrical activity of the patient's heart and an EEG (electroencephalograph) to monitor the patient's electrical brain waves.

REFERENCES:
Mansfield et al, "NMR Imaging in Biomedicine", Apr. 13, 1982, pp. 297-332.

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