	US 12,303,707 B2
	Monitoring and detecting magnetic stimulation
Kenneth Marc Ghiron, Malvern, PA (US); Ian Maxwell Shipway, Bryn Mawr, PA (US); Mark Edward Riehl, Doylestown, PA (US); and Ravi Pillutla, Audubon, PA (US)
Assigned to Neuronetics, Inc., Malvern, PA (US)
Filed by Neuronetics, Inc., Malvern, PA (US)
Filed on Oct. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/484,559.
Application 18/484,559 is a continuation of application No. 17/208,828, filed on Mar. 22, 2021, granted, now 11,819,706.
Application 17/208,828 is a continuation of application No. 16/215,356, filed on Dec. 10, 2018, granted, now 10,981,015, issued on Apr. 20, 2021.
Application 16/215,356 is a continuation of application No. 14/076,975, filed on Nov. 11, 2013, granted, now 10,183,172, issued on Jan. 22, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0042228 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61N 2/00 (2006.01); A61N 2/02 (2006.01); G01R 33/02 (2006.01)

CPC A61N 2/006 (2013.01) [A61N 2/02 (2013.01); G01R 33/02 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. A method for monitoring a pulsing magnetic field related to magnetic stimulation therapy, the method comprising:

receiving a signal from a sensor in response to a pulse burst generated by a magnetic stimulation component, wherein the signal comprises a plurality of pulses, and wherein each pulse of the signal comprises a plurality of peaks, and each pulse of the signal was generated in response to a pulse of the pulse burst;

estimating a characteristic of a first peak for two or more pulses of the pulse burst;

determining that a failure has occurred based on the characteristic of the first peak across the two or more pulses of the pulse burst; and

performing at least one action based on the determination that a failure has occurred, the at least one action comprising one or more of shutting down a system that comprises the magnetic stimulation component, stopping the magnetic stimulation therapy, alerting a user of the system, or altering a current applied to the magnetic stimulation component.