Magnetic Stimulation With Variable Pulsed Intervals

Abstract

A method of modulating a brain activity of a mammal is achieved by subjecting the mammal to repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) with an rTMS apparatus at variable pulse intervals for a time sufficient to modulate said brain activity. Improvement in a physiological condition or a clinical condition is achieved. Conditions to be treated include but are not limited to PTSD, autism spectrum disorder and Alzheimer's disease. Wavelet transform analysis is used to determine the variable pulse intervals employed.

I claim: 
     
         1 . Use of a repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) apparatus made to generate and deliver rTMS pulses at variable pulse intervals for the treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), and Alzheimer's Disease (AD), 
     
     
         2 . The rTMS apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the rTMS apparatus is programmed to deliver electromagnetic pulses at variable pulse intervals derived from a wavelet transform. 
     
     
         3 . The rTMS apparatus of  claim 2  used for the treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Alzheimer's Disease (AD), Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), memory impairment, depression, pain, addiction, Obsessive Compulsive Disorders (OCD), anxiety, Parkinson's Disease (PD), hypertension, libido dysfunction,
 motor function abnormalities, small height in young children, stress, obesity, sleep disorders, eating disorders, concentration/focus abnormalities, speech abnormalities, intelligence deficits, cognition abnormalities, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders (ADHD), schizophrenia, coma, bipolar disorders, tinnitus, fibromyalgia, chronic Lyme disease, Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), autoimmune diseases, gout, diabetes, arthritis, trauma rehab, athletic performance, cognitive improvement, and stroke. 
 
     
     
         4 . An improved rTMS apparatus wherein the improvement comprises programming the rTMS apparatus to deliver rTMS pulses at variable pulse intervals. 
     
     
         5 . The improved rTMS apparatus of  claim 4  wherein the variable pulse intervals are derived from a wavelet transform. 
     
     
         6 . An rTMS apparatus that generates magnetic pulses which comprises a program in the apparatus that generates magnetic pulses at variable pulse intervals. 
     
     
         7 . The rTMS apparatus of  claim 6  wherein the variable pulse intervals are derived from a wavelet transform.