Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Shaped coils for transcranial magnetic stimulation
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Application No.: US14853829Application Date: 2015-09-14
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Publication No.: US09381374B2Publication Date: 2016-07-05
- Inventor: David J. Mishelevich , M. Bret Schneider
- Applicant: Rio Grande Neurosciences, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NM Santa Fe
- Assignee: Rio Grande Neurosciences, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Rio Grande Neurosciences, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NM Santa Fe
- Agency: Shay Glenn LLP
- Main IPC: A61N2/00
- IPC: A61N2/00 ; A61N2/02

Abstract:
Described herein are shaped coil TMS electromagnets formed by two bent magnetic coil loops joined at a vertex having an angle between the outer coil regions of the coils that is typically less than 120 degrees (e.g., between about 45 and about 70 degrees, 60 degrees, etc.). The vertex region shaped to optimize the magnetic field projected from the TMS electromagnet. For example, the vertex region may be horizontal or vertical. In some variations the vertex region is formed by re-arranging the conductive windings forming the two coils so that they are no longer arranged in the same columnar structure that they are in the other portions of the bent magnetic coil loops. These TMS electromagnets may be well suited for use in deep-brain Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160067518A1 SHAPED COILS FOR TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION Public/Granted day:2016-03-10
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