Transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment method and device

Abstract

The invention discloses a transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment method and device. The device comprises a TMS coil, a coil support, a joint robot, a horizontal translation platform, a controller, a 3D scanner and a positioning device. The treatment method comprises the following steps: the patient lies flat on a horizontal translation platform and translates to a predetermined position; thepositioning device detects the positions of the patient's head and the TMS coil and transmits the position information to the controller; and the joint robot and the translation platform cooperate torealize the stimulation of the whole brain area by the TMS coil. When the patient's head position changes, the positioning device can also detect the new position of the patient's head in real time, and position the TMS coil to the new position, so as to realize repeatedly accurate positioning; different programs can also be loaded into the controller to make the robot move according to the required trajectory, which makes the magnetic stimulation therapy easier, reduces the manual operation, increases the accuracy of scientific positioning, and improves the treatment efficiency and patient comfort.

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technical field [0001] The invention belongs to the technical field of transcranial magnetic stimulation medical treatment, in particular to a transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment method and equipment. Background technique [0002] According to statistics from the Mental Health Center of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the total number of mental illness patients in my country has exceeded 100 million, but the public awareness rate of mental illness is less than 50%, and the rate of seeing a doctor is even lower. At present, about 20% of these mental patients receive timely treatment, and 80% of the mental patients do not receive timely treatment, or even the most basic treatment. The number of mentally ill patients is as high as 16 million. According to the latest statistics from IMS health, the global psychiatric drugs have exceeded 36 billion US dollars, accounting for 5% of the total drug sales. However, as far as the country is concerned, t...

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[0002] According to statistics from the Mental Health Center of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the total number of mental illness patients in my country has exceeded 100 million, but the public awareness rate of mental illness is less than 50%, and the rate of seeing a doctor is even lower

Manual operation is very inconvenient, and it is necessary to hold the coil for a long time or use a bracket to fix a specific angle; the patient's experience is not good, and the patient does not dare to move around while sitting and maintaining the posture, and needs to be repositioned after the movement; manual positioning is cumbersome and not accurate enough. Thus, the treatment effect of patients is greatly reduced

[0004] The patent with the application number 201710467812.0 discloses a transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment equipment, including a TMS coil, a bracket, a mechanical arm, a controller and a positioning device; the positioning device detects the position of the human head and the TMS coil, and sends the position to The controller controls the six driving mechanisms of the mechanical arm to rotate corresponding angles. Since the mechanical arm has six degrees of freedom, the TMS coil can stimulate the entire brain area; however, the positioning device in this patent uses two Infrared camera and a processor, the position information obtained by it is not accurate enough to effectively treat specific parts of the head, and the treatment effect will be greatly reduced, so further improvement is urgently needed

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