EP0996485A1 - Appareil de stimulation magnetique - Google Patents

Appareil de stimulation magnetique

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EP0996485A1
EP0996485A1 EP99934478A EP99934478A EP0996485A1 EP 0996485 A1 EP0996485 A1 EP 0996485A1 EP 99934478 A EP99934478 A EP 99934478A EP 99934478 A EP99934478 A EP 99934478A EP 0996485 A1 EP0996485 A1 EP 0996485A1
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magnetic stimulation
stimulation device
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Michael Moritz
Franz Schmitt
Peter Schweighofer
Peter Havel
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HAVEL, MARTIN PETER
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Siemens AG
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61N—ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY
    • A61N2/00—Magnetotherapy
    • A61N2/004—Magnetotherapy specially adapted for a specific therapy
    • A61N2/006—Magnetotherapy specially adapted for a specific therapy for magnetic stimulation of nerve tissue
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61N—ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY
    • A61N2/00—Magnetotherapy
    • A61N2/02—Magnetotherapy using magnetic fields produced by coils, including single turn loops or electromagnets

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  • the invention relates to a magnetic stimulation device with at least one stimulation coil, whose connections are connected to the output of a power generation unit.
  • Magnetic stimulation devices are used in the field of medical diagnostics and therapy for the magnetic stimulation of nerve fibers and muscular tissue.
  • the advantage of magnetic pulse stimulation lies in the lower painfulness of the irritation, since no higher current densities occur in the area of the pain receptors of the skin during magnetic pulse stimulation.
  • Another advantage of magnetic stimulation lies in the higher penetration capacity, which also enables the excitation of deeper tissue, in particular deeper nerve fibers.
  • the nervous system coordinates the activities of the various organs and reactions of the body to the environment. This happens primarily through a change in the potential of nerve cells. All cells have a resting potential. With the resting potential, all membrane currents of a cell are in equilibrium If the cell arrives, depolarized, this is accompanied by a change in potential, a so-called action potential. The aforementioned depolarizing membrane current is also called a stimulus.
  • the trigger potential for an action potential is called a threshold. At the threshold, the equilibrium of the membrane currents changes membrane currents on the depolarize the membrane. This state is also called excitement.
  • An action goes hand in hand with an action potential. For example, every twitch of a muscle fiber is accompanied by an action potential in the muscle fiber and every reaction of a sensory cell to a sensory stimulus is passed on by action potentials.
  • EP 0 182 160 A1 describes a device for generating electromagnetic pulses with a semicircular shape and a frequency of 100 Hz, which is used in particular to promote the microcirculation of the blood in the area of the hair roots and skin, for example against hair loss.
  • a Dietzechleich ⁇ chterbrucke in Graetz circuit is connected to an AC voltage transformer, which feeds a pulse-generating coil.
  • DE 36 07 235 AI discloses a device for generating unipolar air ions and electromagnetic pulse fields for reducing the human reaction time while increasing the willingness to pay attention.
  • a frequency generator which generates a frequency in the range from 8 Hz to 10 Hz, is connected to a voltage source with a decoupling amplifier connected downstream and a coil generating the pulse field.
  • DE 41 32 428 AI describes a magnetotherapy device for magnetotherapy treatment.
  • an astable multivibrator is connected to a battery and feeds two solenoids filled with iron.
  • the device is designed as a pocket device.
  • US Pat. No. 5,743,844 describes a device for therapy by means of pulsating electromagnetic fields to promote the healing of bone and body tissue, in particular in the design known as portable, battery-powered device.
  • a coil generating the magnetic field is fed from two voltage sources of different voltage levels via a special circuit which contains two field-effect transistors and two capacitors as core elements.
  • the aforementioned circuit has a fixed pulse-pause time ratio.
  • the devices described in the patents cited above are all designed in such a way that the magnetic pulse or alternating fields generated by them act on the human body below the threshold for triggering action potentials.
  • the effects that can actually be achieved in the human body are sometimes very diffuse and scientifically controversial.
  • Magnetic stimulation devices that specifically trigger action potentials, especially in deep-lying neuromuscular tissue are a completely different category of devices. Not only is the use and therapeutic effect of these devices different, but the electrical power required for them is also many times greater, which is reflected in correspondingly high current and voltage values.
  • the devices described in the patents cited above are unsuitable for this because of their overall medium voltage and clamp current design.
  • a magnetic stimulation device for the release of action potentials, also in deep neuromuscular tissue, is in the article by M. Schmid, T. Weyh and B.-U. Me er “Development, optimization and testing of new devices for the magnetomotor stimulation of nerve fibers", Biotechnikischetechnik 38 (1993), pages 317 to 324. It has a stimulation coil to which resonance-generated current pulses are fed.
  • the current generation unit required for the generation of the current pulses comprises a regex-external power supply unit and a high-voltage capacitor which, together with the stimulation coil, forms a parallel oscillation circuit, ie a ⁇ s resonant circuit works.
  • the high-voltage capacitor is charged by the adjustable power supply unit and thereby accumulates the pulse energy required to deliver a current pulse.
  • the resonance frequency of the parallel oscillation circuit formed by the stimulation coil and the high-voltage capacitor is determined by the choice of the capacitance of the high-voltage capacitor and the inductance of the stimulation coil and is in the range from 1 to 3 kHz. Varying the capacitance of the high-voltage capacitor, the resonance frequency of the parallel circuit and thus the speed of the current rise n in the stimulation coil can be changed.
  • the stimulus intensity is determined by the initial voltage at the high-voltage capacitor. As a further parameter, only the repetition rate can be set, which is in the range around 10 Hz.
  • a device for magnetic excitation of neuromuscular tissue is known from DE 196 07 704 AI.
  • the known device has an excitation coil (stimulation coil) which, together with a storage capacitor (high-voltage capacitor), forms a parallel floating circuit, that is to say also works as a resonant circuit. With this device too, only resonance frequencies in the range from 1 to 3 kHz can be realized.
  • the object of the present invention is therefore to create a magnetic stimulation device for triggering action potentials even in deep-lying neuromuscular tissue, which offers greater freedom in the choice of the current pulse shapes.
  • the magnetic stimulation device comprises at least one stimulation coil, which is connected with its connections to the output of at least one power generation unit, the power generation unit providing non-resonantly generated current pulses for the stimulation coil.
  • the power generation unit comprises at least one controllable power converter with at least one power semiconductor switch that can be switched on and off with short switching times.
  • short switching time in the magnetic stimulation device according to claim 2 is to be understood to mean switching times of approximately I ⁇ s or less.
  • the power semiconductor switches that can be switched on and off in an embodiment according to claim 2 must have short switching times, so that transistors, in particular IGBTs or MOSFETs, are currently used for this purpose.
  • FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a magnetic stimulation device according to the invention
  • FIG. 2 shows a profile of current pulses which are generated in a non-resonant manner by an embodiment of the magnetic stimulation device according to the invention, a profile of a corresponding voltage within the power generation unit of the device according to the invention, and a current and a Voltage curve generated by a device according to the prior art
  • FIG 3 shows a profile of the voltage on the stimulation coil, which corresponds to the profile of the current pulses generated by the device according to the invention shown in FIG 2.
  • the device comprises at least one stimulation coil L s , which has its connections connected to the output of a power generation unit 9.
  • the power generation unit is exemplified by the parallel connection of a power supply unit ⁇ , which does not have to be controllable and which is preferably designed as a high-voltage power supply unit, a voltage intermediate circuit 5 and a controllable power converter 8 which has at least one power semiconductor switch Ti which can be switched on and off with short switching times.
  • the voltage intermediate circuit has at least one intermediate circuit capacitor C z and is charged by the power supply.
  • the stimulation coil is switched on after the power
  • FIG. 2 1 denotes the profile of the output voltage of a high-voltage capacitor in a power generation unit in a magnetic stimulation device according to the prior art.
  • the high-voltage capacitor which forms a parallel circuit with the stimulation coil, is charged by a controllable power supply unit and thereby accumulates the energy required to deliver a current pulse.
  • the intermediate circuit capacitor is charged by a power supply unit, which does not have to be adjustable, and supplies a controllable converter when it is discharged.
  • Both the output voltage 1 and the output voltage 2 are shown based on the peak value of the voltage.
  • the maximum value of the output voltages 1 and 2 is therefore one.
  • the discharge of the high-voltage capacitor according to the voltage profile 1 leads to a current pulse denoted by 3 through the stimulation coil.
  • the current pulse 3 increases during the 150 ⁇ s discharge of the high-voltage capacitor (voltage curve 1) up to an amplitude value of 9 kA. When the amplitude value of 9 kA is reached, the voltage 1 has dropped to zero. Since the high-voltage capacitor no longer supplies energy, the current pulse decays within a decay time of approximately 150-200 ⁇ s. After recharging the High-voltage capacitor begins the resonant generation of a current pulse described above again. The resonantly generated current pulse 3 shown in FIG. 2 thus has a pulse width of 150 ⁇ s plus decay time.
  • the output voltage 2 present at the intermediate circuit capacitor remains constant, since the current pulses designated by 4 in FIG. 2 are generated non-resonantly according to the invention.
  • alternating current pulses 4 are generated in very rapid succession.
  • the current pulses 4 shown in FIG. B a current amplitude of 1.5 kA and a pulse width or pulse duration of 12.5 ⁇ s plus decay time. Including the disconnection time, the pulse duration is 50 ⁇ s (rise time 12.5 ⁇ s, disconnection time 37.5 ⁇ s).
  • current amplitudes of up to 3 kA are possible within the scope of the invention.
  • rise times (pulse widths without decay times) of less than 50 ⁇ s can be achieved for the non-resonant current pulses.
  • the slope of the non-resonantly generated current pulse 4 corresponds at the beginning to the initial steepness of the resonantly generated current pulse 3 (current pulse according to the prior art).
  • the non-resonant current pulse 4 is interrupted early
  • all current pulses 4 have the same pulse width. In the context of the invention, however, it is equally possible to generate different pulse widths and, as a result, also different current amplitudes in a non-resonant manner.
  • the current pulse 4 Due to the fact that the current pulse 4 is interrupted relatively early and another current pulse 4 is started soon after, it drops the required maximum current considerably.
  • the required maximum current drops from 9 kA to 1.5 kA, maximum currents of up to approximately 3 kA being possible within the scope of the invention.
  • the high working frequencies required for this can be easily achieved by IGBT and MOSFET modules.
  • the output voltage U C z (voltage curve 2) applied to the intermediate circuit capacitor remains constant.
  • the non-resonant current pulses 4 shown in FIG. 2 lead to the course of the voltage applied to the stimulation coil shown in FIG.
  • the current pulse widths of 12.5 ⁇ s lead to rectangular voltage pulses which also have a pulse width of 12.5 ⁇ s and which correspond in their polarity to the non-resonant current pulses 4.
  • the voltage applied to the stimulation coil is again related to its peak value.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un appareil de stimulation magnétique permettant de déclencher des potentiels d'action, notamment même dans des tissus neuromusculaires profonds d'un patient, comportant au moins une bobine de stimulation (LS) raccordée, par ses connexions, à la sortie d'une unité de production de courant (9), laquelle fournit à la bobine de stimulation des impulsions de courant (4) produites sans résonance, ce qui autorise une plus grande liberté lors du choix des formes d'impulsions de courant.
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