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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2005
Mark Edward Riehl, Doylestown, PA (US);
Kenneth P. Ghiron, Allentown, PA (US);
Leo P. Carbonneau, Nashua, NH (US);
Gerard E. Bachand, Cherry Valley, MA (US);
Mark Edward Riehl, Doylestown, PA (US);
Kenneth P. Ghiron, Allentown, PA (US);
Leo P. Carbonneau, Nashua, NH (US);
Gerard E. Bachand, Cherry Valley, MA (US);
Neuronetics, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Abstract
The inventive technique include a system, method and device for treating a patient. The inventive system includes a magnetic field generating device created using a powdered ferromagnetic. The system further includes a circuit in electrical communication with the magnetic core, and a power source in electrical communication with the circuit. The ferromagnetic powder core may be manufactured by at least one of the following: machining, pressing, molding, gluing, and extruding. Also, the ferromagnetic powder core may have a distributed gap structure, where the gap structure operates to focus the magnetic field between pole faces of the magnetic device.