Method and apparatus for the prevention of epileptic seizures
First Claim
1. Method for non-invasive controlled or regulated electromagnetic prevention of epileptic seizures in vivo, comprising the following steps:
- automatic extracranial electromagnetic measurement of brain activity;
automatic calculation of an early warning indicator for epileptic seizures;
automatic calculation of an intervention instruction for preventing an impending seizure, triggured by a seizure warning by the early warning indicator, by means of a seizure model and the brain activity measured; and
automatic intervention according to the intervention instruction, using controlled or regulated extracranial generation of magnetic fields.
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Abstract
A method and an apparatus for automatic non-invasive controlled or regulated, respectively, electromagnetic prevention of epileptic seizures in vivo, based on seizure models is disclosed. Firstly the method comprises (in addition to the ongoing measurement of electromagnetic fields, in particular such corresponding to brain activity) the ongoing calculation of early warning indicators for seizures from measured data, and secondly in case of critical indicator values, the calculation of seizure-preventing interventions (based on a seizure model) and the ongoing implementation of these interventions by extracranial generation of suitable magnetic fields.
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1. Method for non-invasive controlled or regulated electromagnetic prevention of epileptic seizures in vivo, comprising the following steps:
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automatic extracranial electromagnetic measurement of brain activity;
automatic calculation of an early warning indicator for epileptic seizures;
automatic calculation of an intervention instruction for preventing an impending seizure, triggured by a seizure warning by the early warning indicator, by means of a seizure model and the brain activity measured; and
automatic intervention according to the intervention instruction, using controlled or regulated extracranial generation of magnetic fields. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 12)
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8. Apparatus for automatic non-invasive controlled or regulated, respectively, electromagnetic prevention of epileptic seizures in vivo, the apparatus comprising:
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a measurement device with at least one sensor to measure electro-magnetic brain activity, means for determining an early warning indicator for detecting impending epileptic seizures in advance, means for calculating an intervention instruction based on a seizure model and brain activity measured, and means for implementing the intervention instruction, using at least one transmitter for generating a magnetic field. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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