Three-Axis Multi-Spectral Magnetic Stimulation for Deep Neural Targeting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing neurological, psychological, and psychiatric treatments lack systems and methods for delivering magnetic stimulation with predictable, controlled, and repeatable characteristics to the neural and perineural system, particularly for inaccessible areas, and often cause significant side effects.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for delivering modulated variable power, multi-spectral magnetic stimulation using static or electromagnetic fields on three axes, which can penetrate through clothing and bone to target deep neural structures without stimulating pain fibers, with predictable, controlled, and repeatable characteristics.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is used to activate neurons within the brain, then non-invasive brain stimulation is achieved, but the stimulation lacks predictable, controlled, and repeatable characteristics
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the magnetic stimulation into multiple spectral components ( frequencies) that can be independently controlled and applied along three spatial axes. This segmentation allows precise control over which neuronal populations are activated while maintaining non-invasive delivery through the skull
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically modulates the magnetic field parameters including frequency, amplitude, and orientation in real-time. The stimulator can vary these parameters during treatment to target different brain regions and achieve predictable therapeutic effects without invasive procedures
2Measurement precision
If magnetic stimulation is applied to reach deep brain regions, then non-invasive access to inaccessible areas is achieved, but the penetration through clothing, tissue, and bone reduces stimulation precision
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies magnetic stimulation along three spatial axes simultaneously, creating a multi-dimensional stimulation field. This approach compensates for the attenuating effect of skull and tissue by delivering stimulation from multiple directional components, ensuring precise neuronal targeting despite penetration losses
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes multiple parameters of the magnetic field including frequency spectrum distribution, amplitude modulation, and spatial orientation to optimize penetration through tissue and bone while maintaining precision in reaching deep brain regions
3Reliability
If existing magnetic stimulation technologies are used, then treatment of neurological disorders is attempted, but the methods lack repeatable characteristics
Solution Approach 1:
The patent incorporates feedback mechanisms that monitor the magnetic field delivery and adjust parameters in real-time to ensure repeatable treatment outcomes. The system tracks stimulation parameters across multiple treatment sessions to maintain consistency and improve treatment efficacy for neurological disorders
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This approach allows for targeted stimulation of the nervous system with minimal side effects, providing a non-invasive means to modulate brain activity and potentially treat various disorders by influencing neuronal firing rates and sleep patterns.
Implementation Method 1
The stimulation generated by these fields pass through clothing, tissue and bone to reach otherwise inaccessible areas
Implementation Method 2
according to Faraday's law of induction, time-varying magnetic fields generated by alternating current through a coil can induce extracellular electrical fields and neuronal activation
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AI summary
It is well understood in the medical industry that medical disorders can manifest as serious problems for the affected subjects, their families, and society. Today, psychiatrists, neurologists and other physicians treat these disorders with a variety of medications, many of which have significant negative side effects. The teachings provided herein are directed to a novel system and methods for treating certain neurological, psychological, psychiatric and medical disorders by delivering a “magnetic stimulation” to a subject's neural and perineural system using either a static or electromagnetic field to generate a modulated variable power multi-spectral magnetic stimulation on three axis; the modulated stimulation using methods that have predictable, controlled, modifiable, and repeatable characteristics.