Prevention of seizure arising from medical magnetoictal non-convulsive stimulation therapy
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1. A method to provide magnetic stimulation to the brain of a patient to treat neuropsychiatric disorders without inducing seizure in the patient comprising:
- (a) bringing a magnetic coil into proximity to the patient'"'"'s head and pulsing the coil with electrical pulses to generate a sequence of magnetic fields within the patient'"'"'s brain during a treatment session;
(b) connecting an EEG (electroencephalograph) electrode to the patient'"'"'s scalp to detect the patient'"'"'s brain waves and detecting such brain waves during selected intervals during the treatment session;
(c) detecting in the patient'"'"'s brain waves the onset of epileptic spikes and/or sharp-waves and/or voltage excursions which are at least 2.5 standard deviations above RMS or average voltage level, and(d) providing a warning of such detection of the epileptic spikes and/or the sharp waves and/or the voltage excursions to halt the treatment session.
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In non-convulsive magnetic stimulation therapy a patient is treated with magnetic pulses from a coil placed proximate the patient'"'"'s head as a treatment of certain neurologic and psychiatric disorders. A set of EEG (electroencephalograph) electrodes on the patient'"'"'s scalp are switched on during pauses in the electrical pulse train to the coil. If epilepsy-like brain wave spikes and/or sharp waves are detected by the EEG, a warning is given, treatment is halted and an anti-convulsive medicine may be administered.
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1. A method to provide magnetic stimulation to the brain of a patient to treat neuropsychiatric disorders without inducing seizure in the patient comprising:
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(a) bringing a magnetic coil into proximity to the patient'"'"'s head and pulsing the coil with electrical pulses to generate a sequence of magnetic fields within the patient'"'"'s brain during a treatment session; (b) connecting an EEG (electroencephalograph) electrode to the patient'"'"'s scalp to detect the patient'"'"'s brain waves and detecting such brain waves during selected intervals during the treatment session; (c) detecting in the patient'"'"'s brain waves the onset of epileptic spikes and/or sharp-waves and/or voltage excursions which are at least 2.5 standard deviations above RMS or average voltage level, and (d) providing a warning of such detection of the epileptic spikes and/or the sharp waves and/or the voltage excursions to halt the treatment session. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system to provide magnetic stimulation to the brain of a patient for treatment of a neuropsychiatric disorder without inducing seizure in the patient comprising:
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(a) a magnetic coil adapted to be positioned in proximity to the patient'"'"'s head and pulse means for pulsing the coil with electrical pulses to generate a sequence of magnetic fields that induce a sequence of electrical fields within the patient'"'"'s brain during a treatment session; (b) an EEG (electroencephalograph) electrode adapted to be removably connected to the patient'"'"'s scalp and EEG means to detect the patient'"'"'s brain waves during selected intervals during the treatment session; (c) means for detecting in the patient'"'"'s brain waves the onset of epileptic spikes and/or sharp-waves and/or voltage excursions which are at least 2.5 standard deviations above RMS or average voltage level, and (d) warning means for providing a warning to a physician of such detection of the epileptic spikes and/or the sharp-waves and/or the voltage excursions. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of treatment of a patient for certain neurologic and psychiatric disorders, comprising in sequence:
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(a) administering an anti-convulsive pharmaceutical agent to the patient and, when the patient has reacted to the anti-convulsive pharmaceutical agent; (b) treating the patient with a series of magnetic impulses directed at the patient'"'"'s head in a non-convulsive magnetic stimulation therapy session. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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