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Methods and devices for treating primary headache

  • US 9,043,001 B2
  • Filed: 09/16/2013
  • Issued: 05/26/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A device for treating a headache in a patient, the device comprising:

  • a housing comprising an electrically permeable contact surface for contacting an outer skin surface of the patient; and

    an energy source housed within the housing, wherein the energy source comprising one or more toroids configured to generate a magnetic field sufficient to induce electrical signal at a nerve at a target region within the patient, wherein the electrical signal is sufficient to modulate serotonergic neurons in a raphe nucleus of the patient and to at least partially relieve a pain associated with the headache.

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