US 11,998,755 B2
Head-mountable adjustable devices for generating magnetic fields
Robert Andrew Charles, New Boston, NH (US); Daniel Ernest Hamilton, Mt. Vernon, NH (US); Derek John Hugger, Goffstown, NH (US); James W. Phillips, Fountain Valley, CA (US); Jacob Wenner Eisner, San Francisco, CA (US); Jeffrey Alan Kessler, San Francisco, CA (US); Aaron Soloway, San Francisco, CA (US); and Peter Scott MacDonald, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Assigned to WAVE NEUROSCIENCE, INC., Newport Beach, CA (US)
Filed by Wave Neuroscience, Inc., Newport Beach, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 9, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/067,523.
Application 17/067,523 is a continuation of application No. 15/935,482, filed on Mar. 26, 2018, granted, now 10,835,754.
Application 15/935,482 is a continuation of application No. 15/583,802, filed on May 1, 2017, granted, now 9,962,555, issued on May 8, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/484,579, filed on Apr. 12, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/447,361, filed on Jan. 17, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0170190 A1, Jun. 10, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61N 2/12 (2006.01); A61B 5/369 (2021.01); A61B 5/374 (2021.01); A61N 2/00 (2006.01); A61N 2/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 2/12 (2013.01) [A61B 5/369 (2021.01); A61N 2/006 (2013.01); A61N 2/06 (2013.01); A61B 5/374 (2021.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A device for applying a magnetic field to a head of a subject, comprising:
a housing operable to receive at least a portion of the head of the subject, wherein the housing is reversibly transformable between a closed configuration and an open configuration;
a magnet assembly within the housing comprising: a first permanent magnet, a second permanent magnet, a third permanent magnet, and a first motor coupled to one or more of:
a first axle of the first permanent magnet, wherein the first axle has a first axis of rotation, and wherein the first axle is operable to drive movement of the first permanent magnet;
a second axle connected to the second permanent magnet, wherein the second axle has a second axis of rotation, and wherein the second axle is operable to drive movement of the second permanent magnet; or
a third axle connected to the third permanent magnet, wherein the third axle has a third axis of rotation, wherein the third axle is operable to drive movement of the third permanent magnet;
wherein two or more of the first axis, the second axis, or the third axis are substantially parallel to each other; and
a first fit mechanism comprising a first adjuster coupled to the first permanent magnet, wherein movement of the first adjuster moves the first permanent magnet independently of one or more of the second permanent magnet and the third permanent magnet, relative to the housing, and wherein the first adjuster extends outside of the housing when the housing is in the closed configuration such that the first adjuster is operable to be accessible to one or more of a user and the subject when the housing is positioned on the head of the subject.