Patent classifications
A61N2/008
MINIMUM NEURONAL ACTIVATION THRESHOLD TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION AT PERSONALIZED RESONANT FREQUENCY
A transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) treatment system is provided. The system includes a sensor device that senses EEG signals from a subject through one or more leads and a server device configured to receive EEG data corresponding to the subject. The server includes an analysis module configured to process the EEG data and determine a personalized resonant brain frequency and a minimum neuronal activation threshold of the subject based at least in part on EEG data corresponding to one or more leads of the sensor device. The analysis module is also configured to determine a TMS treatment protocol where the treatment protocol includes at least a frequency based on the personalized resonant brain frequency and an amplitude based on the minimum neuronal activation threshold. The system also includes a treatment device configured to deliver a TMS treatment to the subject based on the TMS treatment protocol received from the server.
Systems and methods for providing electromagnetic therapy to an implantable device recipient
An exemplary system includes a coil configured to be positioned over a wound on a body and held in place on the body by a magnet implanted within the body. The system further includes a controller communicatively coupled to the coil and configured to apply therapeutic electromagnetic pulses by way of the coil to the wound. Other systems and methods for providing therapeutic electromagnetic pulses to a recipient are also disclosed.
Treatment of Thalamocortical Dysrhythmia
A method for treating conditions associated with thalamocortical dysrhythmia. The method includes applying transcranial low voltage electrical stimulation (TLVES) therapy or transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) therapy to a patient in need thereof, and administering to the patient a dissociative anesthetic during the TLVES therapy or the TMS therapy. A number of conditions including tinnitus, depression and pain can be treated with TLVES or TMS in combination with the dissociative anesthetic, such as an NMADR inhibitor, including ketamine.
DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF CHRONIC PAIN
Methods, systems and devices for treating chronic pain by inducing stimulation to a predetermined region of the brain and measuring neural activity response to the stimulation and evaluating a neuroplasticity and/or excitability of neural-structures in a predetermined brain region, then stimulating the predetermined brain region to treat the chronic pain.
DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR NON-INVASIVE CHRONIC PAIN THERAPY
The present disclosure relates to sensing devices, systems, and their methods of use for aiding transcutaneous magnetic stimulation (tMS) therapy, such as for the treatment, alleviation, and the management of pain. The sensing device being configured for determining and measuring the efficacy thereof. Particularly, the present disclosure is directed to providing sensing devices, systems including the same, and their methods of use in identifying and targeting one or more sources of pain, such as chronic neuropathic pain, as well as for facilitating in the treatment thereof.
System for inducing an electric field in a conducting medium, especially for medical applications
The subject of the invention is a system for inducing an electric field in a conducting medium, especially for medical applications. The system according to the invention induces a flow of electric current through objects located in the conducting medium, which may have shapes that are complex or change with time, and has a medical application consisting in a complete or partial nerve impulse block. The system for inducing an electric field in the conducting medium comprises at least two component cores, whose magnetization is configured to be changed independently by a change of electric currents flowing through windings that are wound around them, and a torus-shaped encasement whose outer surface is electrically non-conductive, wherein the component cores are situated inside the encasement and encircle its opening, and the encasement is situated inside the conducting medium.
Non-invasive nerve stimulation with mobile device
Devices, systems and methods for treating various disorders and medical conditions through noninvasive stimulation of a nerve. A system comprises a stimulator including an electrode configured to contact an outer skin surface of a patient and an energy source coupled to the housing, The energy source generates an electrical impulse and the stimulator transmits the electrical impulse from the electrode transcutaneously through an outer skin surface of the patient to a selected nerve within the patient. The system further includes an application on a mobile device that receives data from a remote source. The mobile device couples to the stimulator and the application causes the mobile device to transmit the data to the stimulator.
Aesthetic method of biological structure treatment by magnetic field
Combined methods for treating a patient using time-varying magnetic field are described. The treatment methods combine various approaches for aesthetic treatment. The methods are focused on enhancing a visual appearance of the patient.
Device for, and method of, neuromodulation with closed-loop micromagnetic hybrid waveforms to relieve pain
A Closed Loop Hybrid Modulation Methodology, including the following four methods of neural stimulation: METHOD 1: A priming electrical signal followed by a second magnetic signal. METHOD 2: A magnetic priming signal followed by a second electrical signal. METHOD 3: A priming magnetic signal followed by a second magnetic signal. METHOD 4: A priming hybrid electric and magnetic signal followed by a second hybrid electric and magnetic signal.
Systems and methods of treating medical conditions using arrays of planar coils configured to generate pulsed electromagnetic fields and integrated into clothing
The present specification discloses a pulsed electromagnetic field system having planar microcoil arrays integrated into clothing. Each of the planar microcoil arrays has two or more planar microcoils positioned on a flexible substrate. The planar microcoil arrays are connected to a controller configured to generate an electrical current and transmit that electrical current, in accordance with a particular stimulation protocol, to each of the planar microcoil arrays.