US Patent Issued to Iowa State University Research Foundation on July 15 for "Deep transcranial magnetic stimulation apparatus and method" (Iowa, Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,840, issued on July 15, was assigned to Iowa State University Research Foundation Inc. (Ames, Iowa).

"Deep transcranial magnetic stimulation apparatus and method" was invented by David C. Jiles (Ames, Iowa), Magundappa Ravi L. Hadimani (Glen Allen, Va.) and Priyam Rastogi (Ames, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coil configuration and method for transcranial magnetic stimulation enabling stimulation of deep regions of the brain without excessively stimulating the cortex is provided. The coil configuration utilizes at least one coil to produce an off-plane magnetic field to enhance the magnetic field from a top TMS coil. In one co...