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Electrography system employing layered electrodes for improved spatial resolution
11445960 · 2022-09-20 · ·

An electrography system includes an array of conductive electrodes configured to be arranged into two or more spatially separated layers and generate respective electrode signals collectively conveying surface-parallel components and surface-orthogonal components of a pattern of physiological electrical activity sensed by the electrodes. The system further includes signal processing circuitry configured and operative to receive the electrode signals and to generate, based on the surface-parallel and surface-orthogonal components, a set of electrography signals representing the pattern of electrical activity; and a recording component configured and operative to record the electrography signals in a manner enabling application-specific use thereof.

Method and apparatus for providing transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to a patient

Apparatus for applying Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) to a patient, the apparatus including a head mount for disposition on the head of a patient; and a plurality of magnet assemblies for releasable mounting on the head mount, wherein each of the magnet assemblies includes a magnet for selectively providing a rapidly changing magnetic field capable of inducing weak electric currents in the brain of a patient so as to modify the natural electrical activity of the brain of the patient; wherein the number of magnet assemblies mounted on the head mount, their individual positioning on the head mount, and their selective provision of a rapidly changing magnetic field is selected so as to allow the spatial, strength and temporal characteristics of the magnetic field to be custom tailored for each patient, whereby to provide patient-specific TMS therapy, to assist in diagnosis or to map out brain function in neuroscience research.

Method and apparatus for providing transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to a patient

Apparatus for applying Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) to a patient, the apparatus including a head mount for disposition on the head of a patient; and a plurality of magnet assemblies for releasable mounting on the head mount, wherein each of the magnet assemblies includes a magnet for selectively providing a rapidly changing magnetic field capable of inducing weak electric currents in the brain of a patient so as to modify the natural electrical activity of the brain of the patient; wherein the number of magnet assemblies mounted on the head mount, their individual positioning on the head mount, and their selective provision of a rapidly changing magnetic field is selected so as to allow the spatial, strength and temporal characteristics of the magnetic field to be custom tailored for each patient, whereby to provide patient-specific TMS therapy, to assist in diagnosis or to map out brain function in neuroscience research.

MAGNETIC FIELD MEASURING APPARATUS AND MAGNETIC FIELD MEASURING METHOD
20220107371 · 2022-04-07 · ·

A magnetic field measuring apparatus includes an A/D conversion unit, an integration unit, and a post-processing unit. The A/D conversion unit is configured to sample a signal at a predetermined sampling frequency and perform conversion into digital data, the signal being based on an output voltage from a superconducting quantum interference device configure to detect a magnetic field emanating from a living organism. The integration unit is configured to obtain a biological magnetic field signal based on a value obtained by integrating the digital data, the biological magnetic field signal indicating a magnetic field emanating from the living organism. The post-processing unit is configured to perform decimation processing on the biological magnetic field signal output from the integration unit.

MAGNETIC FIELD MEASURING APPARATUS AND MAGNETIC FIELD MEASURING METHOD
20220107371 · 2022-04-07 · ·

A magnetic field measuring apparatus includes an A/D conversion unit, an integration unit, and a post-processing unit. The A/D conversion unit is configured to sample a signal at a predetermined sampling frequency and perform conversion into digital data, the signal being based on an output voltage from a superconducting quantum interference device configure to detect a magnetic field emanating from a living organism. The integration unit is configured to obtain a biological magnetic field signal based on a value obtained by integrating the digital data, the biological magnetic field signal indicating a magnetic field emanating from the living organism. The post-processing unit is configured to perform decimation processing on the biological magnetic field signal output from the integration unit.

Systems and methods including multi-mode operation of optically pumped magnetometer(s)
11307272 · 2022-04-19 · ·

A magnetic field measurement system that includes at least one magnetometer; at least one magnetic field generator; a processor coupled to the at least one magnetometer and the at least one magnetic field generator and configured to: measure an ambient background magnetic field using at least one of the at least one magnetometer in a first mode selected from a scalar mode or a vector mode; generate, in response to the measurement of the ambient background magnetic field, a compensation field using the at least one magnetic field generator; and measure a target magnetic field using at least one of the at least one magnetometer in a spin exchange relaxation free (SERF) mode which is different from the first mode.

Detection circuit, ECG detection apparatus, and wearable device

Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to electronic technologies, and provide a detection circuit. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the detection circuit includes a first load module, a second load module, a third load module, a first detection module, a second detection module, and an obtaining module. A first end of the first detection module is connected to a junction between a first detection electrode and the first load module, a second end of the first detection module is connected to the obtaining module, a first end of the second detection module is connected to a junction between a second detection electrode and the second load module, and a second end of the second detection module is connected to the obtaining module.

Covalently-bound anti-relaxation surface coatings and application in magnetometers
11307268 · 2022-04-19 · ·

A magnetometer includes a vapor cell having at least one wall, a chamber defined by the at least one wall, and alkali metal atoms disposed in the chamber to produce an alkali metal vapor in the chamber, wherein the at least one wall includes an oxide-containing interior surface; and an anti-relaxation coating disposed on the oxide-containing interior surface of the at least one wall of the vapor cell, wherein the anti-relaxation coating is a reaction product of the oxide-containing interior surface of the at least one wall with at least one mono- or dichlorosilane compound.

Magnetic sensor, sensor module, and diagnostic device

According to one embodiment, a magnetic sensor includes a first element, a first wire, and a first magnetic part. The first element includes a first magnetic layer, a first counter magnetic layer, and a first nonmagnetic layer provided between the first magnetic layer and the first counter magnetic layer. A direction from the first counter magnetic layer toward the first magnetic layer is along a first direction. The first wire extends in a second direction crossing the first direction. The first magnetic part includes a first region and a first counter region. At least a portion of the first wire is between the first region and the first counter region in the first direction.

Compensation magnetic field generator for a magnetic field measurement system

A magnetic field generator includes a first planar substrate, a second planar substrate positioned opposite to the first planar substrate and separated from the first planar substrate by a gap, a first wiring set on the first planar substrate, a second wiring set on the second planar substrate, and one or more interconnects between the first planar substrate and the second planar substrate. The one or more interconnects electrically connect the first wiring set with the second wiring set to form a continuous electrical path. The continuous electrical path forms a conductive winding configured to generate, when supplied with a drive current, a first component of a compensation magnetic field configured to actively shield a magnetic field sensing region located in the gap from ambient background magnetic fields along a first axis that is substantially parallel to the first planar substrate and the second planar substrate.