Medical magnetoictal therapy
US5813970A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 22, 1994 |
| Grant date | Sep 29, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 22, 2014 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61N2/02
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A magnetic induction coil 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 neurologic or psychiatric illnesses. These currents induced in the brain cause multifocal neuronal discharge to induce a generalized convulsive neuronal discharge.
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