阅读说明：本技术 一种用于改善老年认知障碍的穿戴式功能磁刺激系统 (Wearable functional magnetic stimulation system for improving senile cognitive impairment ) 是由 汪平平 王庆蒙 徐建省 王明 宋涛 于 2021-06-22 设计创作，主要内容包括：一种用于改善老年认知障碍的穿戴式功能磁刺激系统,主要形态是帽式的可穿戴便携磁刺激康复辅具,包含柔性线圈(1)、帽具(2)、充电电源(3)、电压变换器(4)、继电器(5)和控制器(6)。该穿戴式功能磁刺激系统可产生γ频段的阈下较低强度的方波脉冲磁场,用以谐振增强认知障碍患者受抑制的γ脑电波信号,随之实现改善大脑学习记忆等认知功能,缓解认知障碍病症。同时本发明可以有效针对解决认知障碍病患医疗配合度明显降低的问题,实现无创、安全、便携式认知障碍患者临床治疗和家庭护理的新技术和新发明设备。(A wearable functional magnetic stimulation system for improving senile cognitive impairment is mainly in the form of a cap-type wearable portable magnetic stimulation rehabilitation aid and comprises a flexible coil (1), a cap (2), a charging power supply (3), a voltage converter (4), a relay (5) and a controller (6). The wearable functional magnetic stimulation system can generate a square wave pulse magnetic field with lower strength below the threshold of a gamma frequency range, so as to resonantly enhance the inhibited gamma brain wave signals of a patient with cognitive impairment, consequently improve the cognitive functions of brain learning and memory and the like, and alleviate the cognitive impairment. Meanwhile, the invention can effectively solve the problem that the medical adaptability of the cognitive disorder patient is obviously reduced, and realizes a novel technology and novel invented equipment for noninvasive, safe and portable clinical treatment and family care of the cognitive disorder patient.)

1. A wearable functional magnetic stimulation system for improving senile cognitive impairment is characterized by comprising a flexible coil (1), a hat (2), a charging power supply (3), a voltage converter (4), a relay (5) and a controller (6); the flexible coil (1) generates a sub-threshold square wave pulse magnetic field of a gamma frequency range in a central area, so that the suppressed gamma brain wave signals of a patient suffering from cognitive disorder are resonantly enhanced, cognitive functions such as brain learning and memory are improved, and cognitive disorder symptoms are relieved.

2. The wearable functional magnetic stimulation system according to claim 1, wherein the flexible coils (1) are a group of Helmholtz coils distributed on both sides of the head, the size of the coils meets the size of both sides of the head model and is distributed on both sides of the ear position of the cap (2), and the coils are installed in grooves on the inner side of the cap (2); the flexible coil (1) is connected with a power supply system through a cable, and the power supply system comprises a charging power supply (3), a voltage converter (4), a relay (5) and a controller (6); the power supply system is combined with the flexible bridle to realize the carrying and moving of the patient.

3. A wearable functional magnetic stimulation system according to claim 1, characterized in that the charging power source (3) is connected to the voltage converter (4), the voltage converter (4) is connected to the relay (5), the flexible coil (1) is connected to the relay (5), and the controller (6) is connected to the voltage converter (4) and the relay (5).

4. The wearable functional magnetic stimulation system according to claim 1, wherein the charging power source (3) is selected from a nickel-cadmium battery, a nickel-hydrogen battery, a lithium ion battery, a lead storage battery, a lithium iron battery or a super capacitor; the voltage converter (4) is selected from a transformer DC-DC converter or a diode bootstrap DC-DC converter, the relay (5) is selected from a solid-state relay, a magnetic control relay or silicon control, and the controller (6) is selected from a single chip microcomputer or an embedded microprocessor.

5. The wearable functional magnetic stimulation system of claim 1, wherein the wearable functional magnetic stimulation system is controlled according to the following principle: the on-off time of the relay (5) is controlled by the controller (6), so that the frequency (f is 1/T, T is a period) of the square wave pulse magnetic field is adjustable within the range of 3Hz to 80Hz, and the main working frequency band is 30Hz to 60Hz and is the main frequency band of brain wave gamma rhythm related to the brain cognitive function; meanwhile, the duration tau of the square wave pulse magnetic field can be controlled, so that the duty ratio (tau/T) is adjustable within the range of 0-50%; the voltage converter (4) is controlled by the controller (6) to enable the voltage of the flexible coil (1) to rise or fall, so that the current is increased or decreased, and finally the magnetic field intensity is adjustable in the range of 0-5 mT.

6. The wearable functional magnetic stimulation system of claim 1, wherein the operational mode of the wearable functional magnetic stimulation system is continuous or intermittent; the intermittent mode is that the system works for a period of time, stops for a period of time, and then continues to work, and the cycle is repeated, so that the wearing working time of the system can be prolonged.

Technical Field

The invention relates to a wearable functional magnetic stimulation system for improving senile cognitive impairment, which can be used for regulating and controlling a target frequency band brain wave signal of a patient whole brain, and is particularly applied to improving and compensating pathological inhibition of an electroencephalogram signal of an elderly cognitive impairment individual, so that a wearable magnetic stimulation rehabilitation assistive device for relieving and improving cognitive impairment brain function diseases is provided. The invention relates to the fields of nerve regulation and control technology, electromagnetic stimulation technology and wearable rehabilitation therapy systems.

Background

At present, the number of people with brain cognitive impairment in the aging society is continuously increased, and serious social burden is caused.

Senile dementia is one of typical classifications of senile cognitive impairment, and the current clinical treatment drugs, such as cholinesterase inhibitors and glutamate receptor antagonists aiming at nerve circuit inhibition, have limited effects and adverse reactions, so that the development of new treatment methods is urgently needed. An obvious pathological feature of the patients is that brain wave signals are pathologically abnormal and usually show that the low frequency band of the brain wave signals is enhanced, and the high frequency band, particularly gamma brain wave oscillation (30-80Hz) is inhibited. And the gamma oscillation is the specific expression of the brain electricity when the brain focuses on a certain object in a waking state, and is closely related to the higher cognitive function and perception. Research shows that the brain cognitive functions of learning and memory and the like of animals with cognitive disorder pathological modes can be successfully activated by using the stimulation of exogenous physical factors of gamma rhythm, such as 40Hz optical and acoustic signals.

The exogenous electromagnetic field has obvious regulation and control effect on the brain electricity. Based on the mechanism principle that the electromagnetic field adjusts the electroencephalogram signals, the special magnetic field which can effectively activate the gamma oscillation is constructed, and the cognitive dysfunction disease can be effectively improved and even treated. The application of the existing higher-strength transcranial magnetic stimulation to the rehabilitation therapy of diseases still has certain risks and side effects.

Specifically, most of the existing cerebral function improvement devices relate to transcranial magnetic stimulation devices, applied stimulation magnetic fields are low-frequency high-intensity pulse magnetic stimulation, and in order to realize stimulation on deep brain function nuclei and brain networks, splayed coils are often adopted to improve the stimulation depth and precision of brain areas with specific functions of the brain. Meanwhile, in order to effectively activate deep neurons, the magnetic field intensity applied by common transcranial magnetic stimulation can reach 1-2T magnitude, so that the magnetic field generating device is large in size, adverse reactions and safety problems such as epilepsy induction and skin burning exist, and the operation process of electromagnetic stimulation needs close attention of clinicians. The transcranial magnetic stimulation therapeutic apparatus is difficult to realize wearable portable mobile function. In addition, most of the wearable patents related to neural function regulation mostly adopt an electrical stimulation mode, such as CN206492111U (wearable brain function regulation system), however, the penetration depth of electrical stimulation is limited, and the effective range and effect of electrical stimulation are limited. In the wearable magnetic stimulation device patent, CN109125883A (a wearable sleep-aiding device based on transcranial magnetic stimulation) uses a single coil to act on the hindbrain to regulate and control the sleep function, the magnetic field strength of the example reaches 1Hz and 1.5T, still belongs to high-strength transcranial magnetic stimulation, and a cooling system needs to be additionally arranged; patent CN109529197A (a cap of internet of things with effect of preventing and treating senile dementia) also fixes a 8-word magnetic stimulation coil near the prefrontal cortex of the brain, and generates a 5-25Hz pulse magnetic field through a capacitive charge-discharge manner, above all, programmed magnetic stimulation in the whole brain range cannot be realized, and it is also difficult to effectively regulate and control high-frequency-band electroencephalogram signals related to cognitive function, so that it does not have the function of improving cognitive disorder by regulating and controlling whole brain gamma electroencephalogram rhythm signals.

Aiming at the problems, the method is a treatment strategy for improving the cognitive impairment function of the elderly by combining the effective activation of the electroencephalogram gamma oscillation, has obvious regulation and control effects on the type and the spectral characteristics of the electroencephalogram signal by the low-intensity low-frequency pulse magnetic field, and has obvious advantages and better safety in the aspect of physical treatment of the diseases of the cognitive impairment patients. The invention develops a noninvasive and comfortable wearable functional magnetic stimulation technology and equipment, aims at the current situation that the number of aged social cognitive disorder people is increasing day by day and the problem that the medical adaptability of cognitive disorder patients is obviously reduced, provides a novel noninvasive and comfortable wearable functional magnetic stimulation technology, is used for regulating and controlling brain functions to improve cognitive disorder diseases, and has important industrial economic value and scientific and technological application value.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to overcome the defects that a high-strength transcranial magnetic stimulation system is large in size and cannot be carried and moved, meanwhile, adverse reactions and safety problems such as epilepsy, burning and the like induced by high-strength magnetic stimulation are avoided, on the basis of the basic principle that exogenous gamma rhythm physical factors can effectively activate and enhance gamma oscillation of whole brain electroencephalogram to relieve and improve cognitive disorder, a low-strength whole brain function magnetic stimulation method is provided to implement brain function regulation, gamma brain wave signals related to brain cognitive functions of patients who are pathologically inhibited are activated by utilizing a gamma rhythm frequency band square wave pulse magnetic stimulation technology, meanwhile, the magnetic stimulation implementation scheme and the device design which can be worn on the head are provided, so that the problem that the medical adaptability of the cognitive disorder patients is obviously reduced can be effectively solved, noninvasive, comfortable and portable clinical treatment and family care strategies and equipment are realized, and brain cognitive dysfunction symptoms such as learning and memory of the cognitive disorder patients gradually increased in the aged society are improved. The invention provides a wearable functional magnetic stimulation system for improving senile cognitive impairment.

To achieve the above purpose, the present invention is realized by the following design:

a wearable functional magnetic stimulation system for improving senile cognitive impairment comprises a flexible coil 1, a hat 2, a charging power supply 3, a voltage converter 4, a relay 5 and a controller 6. The flexible coil 1 generates a square wave pulse magnetic field with lower strength below the threshold of a gamma frequency range in a central area, so as to resonantly enhance the restrained gamma brain wave signals of a patient suffering from cognitive disorder, improve the cognitive functions of brain learning and memory and the like, and relieve the cognitive disorder.

The flexible coils 1 are a group of Helmholtz coils distributed on two sides of the head, the sizes of the coils meet the sizes of two sides of the head model and are distributed on two sides of the ear positions of the helmet 2, and the coils are arranged in grooves on the inner side of the helmet 2; so that the flexible coil 1 can be effectively fixed and limited. The flexible coil 1 is connected to a power supply system including a charging power source 3, a voltage converter 4, a relay 5, and a controller 6 by a cable. The power supply system is combined with the flexible bridle to realize the carrying and moving of the patient. The flexible coil 1 generates a composite superposed magnetic field in a central area, and is used for performing subthreshold functional magnetic stimulation on the brain of a patient wearing the headwear, so that the resonance enhancement of brain wave signals of the full-brain-range target frequency is realized.

Charging source 3 is connected with voltage converter 4, and voltage converter 4 is connected with relay 5, and flexible coil 1 is connected with relay 5, and controller 6 is connected with voltage converter 4 and relay 5.

The charging power supply 3 is selected from a nickel-cadmium battery, a nickel-hydrogen battery, a lithium ion battery, a lead storage battery, a lithium iron battery or a super capacitor. The voltage converter 4 is selected from a transformer DC-DC converter or a diode bootstrap DC-DC converter, the relay 5 is selected from a solid-state relay, a magnetic control relay or silicon control, and the controller 6 is selected from a single chip microcomputer or an embedded microprocessor.

The pulse magnetic field realization method of the magnetic field generating device comprises the following steps:

the voltage converter 4 and the relay 5 are controlled by the controller 6, so that the output current and the output time of the charging power supply 3 are controllable, and a square wave pulse magnetic field with adjustable parameters such as amplitude, frequency and duty ratio in the horizontal direction is generated in the central space of the cap 2.

The on-off time of the relay 5 is controlled by the controller 6, so that the frequency (f is 1/T, T is the period) of the square wave pulse magnetic field is adjustable within the range of 3Hz to 80Hz, and the main working frequency band is 30Hz to 60Hz and is the main frequency band of brain wave gamma rhythm related to the brain cognitive function. Meanwhile, the duration tau of the square wave pulse magnetic field can be controlled, so that the duty ratio (tau/T) is adjustable within the range of 0-50%.

The controller 6 controls the voltage converter 4 to enable the voltage of the flexible coil 1 to rise or fall, so that the current is increased or decreased, and finally the magnetic field intensity is adjustable in the range of 0-5 mT; pulse magnetic stimulation with lower intensity is carried out, and the safety of magnetic stimulation of the whole brain function is ensured.

The working mode of the wearable functional magnetic stimulation system is continuous or intermittent; the intermittent mode is that the system works for a period of time, stops for a period of time, and then continues to work, and the cycle is repeated, so that the wearing working time of the system can be prolonged.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a model diagram of a wearable functional magnetic stimulation system of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a control schematic diagram of the wearable functional magnetic stimulation system of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a semi-planar magnetic field simulation diagram of the wearable functional magnetic stimulation system of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a diagram of the magnetic field distribution on the horizontal axis of the wearable functional magnetic stimulation system of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a magnetic field distribution diagram on the central vertical line of the wearable functional magnetic stimulation system.

In the figure: the device comprises a flexible coil 1, a cap 2, a charging power supply 3, a voltage converter 4, a relay 5 and a controller 6.

Detailed Description

Specific implementations of the present invention are further described below in conjunction with the following figures:

the invention provides a wearable functional magnetic stimulation system for improving senile cognitive impairment based on the basic principle that exogenous gamma rhythm physical factors can effectively activate and enhance whole brain electroencephalogram gamma oscillation, relieve and improve cognitive impairment, which mainly comprises: flexible coil 1, headwear 2, charging source 3, voltage converter 4, relay 5 and controller 6. The invention can effectively solve the problem that the medical adaptability of the cognitive disorder patient is obviously reduced, and realize noninvasive, comfortable and portable clinical treatment and family care strategies and equipment. The flexible coil 1 can generate a square wave pulse magnetic field with lower strength below the threshold of a gamma frequency range in a central area, so as to resonantly enhance the inhibited gamma brain wave signals of a patient with cognitive impairment, improve the cognitive functions of brain learning and memory and the like, and relieve the cognitive impairment.

Fig. 1 shows a model diagram of a wearable functional magnetic stimulation system, in which a flexible coil 1 is composed of a pair of circular helmholtz coils with a diameter of 120mm, the distance between the two helmholtz coils is 150mm, and the central axis of the flexible coil 1 is parallel to the connecting line of the left side and the right side of a helmet 2. The size of the flexible coil 1 meets the size of two sides of a general head model, the flexible coil is distributed on two sides of the ear position of the cap 2, and the coil is installed in a groove on the inner side of the cap 2, so that the flexible coil 1 can be effectively fixed and limited. The flexible coil 1 is connected to a power supply system including a charging power source 3, a voltage converter 4, a relay 5, and a controller 6 by a cable. The power supply system can be combined with a flexible belt to realize the carrying and moving of the patient. The flexible coil 1 generates a composite superposed magnetic field in a central area, and is used for performing subthreshold functional magnetic stimulation on the brain of a patient wearing the headwear, so that the resonance enhancement of brain wave signals of the full-brain-range target frequency is realized.

A control schematic diagram of the wearable functional magnetic stimulation system is shown in fig. 2, a charging power supply 3 is connected with a voltage converter 4, the voltage converter 4 is connected with a relay 5, a flexible coil 1 is connected with the relay 5, and a controller 6 is connected with the voltage converter 4 and the relay 5. The on-off time of the relay 5 is controlled by the controller 6, so that the frequency (f is 1/T, T is the period) of the square wave pulse magnetic field is adjustable within the range of 3Hz to 80Hz, and the main working frequency band is 30Hz to 60Hz and is the main frequency band of brain wave gamma rhythm related to the brain cognitive function. Meanwhile, the duration tau of the square wave pulse magnetic field can be controlled, so that the duty ratio (tau/T) is adjustable within the range of 0-50%. The voltage converter 4 is controlled by the controller 6 to enable the voltage of the flexible coil 1 to rise or fall, so that the current is increased or decreased, the magnetic field intensity is adjustable within the range of 0-5mT, pulse magnetic stimulation with lower intensity is performed, and the safety of magnetic stimulation of the whole brain function is guaranteed. The charging source 3 selects a lithium battery, the voltage converter 4 selects a DC-DC converter, the relay 5 is a solid-state relay (the noise of the system can be reduced, the wearing comfort level is improved), and the controller 6 selects a single chip microcomputer.

The working process of the invention is as follows:

an example of an analog simulation is given here.

The method is characterized in that an enameled wire with the diameter of 1mm is selected, the instantaneous current is 1A, the number of turns of a coil is 100, the number of ampere turns of a flexible coil 1 is 100, the sectional area is 5mm multiplied by 20mm, the weight of a single coil is about 266g, the wearing basically has no stress sensation, the resistance of the coil is about 2 omega, and the voltage at two ends of the coil is 2V. When the duration τ of the square-wave pulse magnetic field is 5ms, the period T is 25ms, and the frequency f is 40Hz, that is, the duty ratio (τ/T) is 20%, the average power is 1A × 2V × 20% — 0.4W. A lithium battery (120Wh) of specification 12V to 10Ah, having a volume of 110 mm. times.36 mm. times.49 mm, a weight of 605g, and a continuous operating time of 120 Wh/0.4W: 300h was used. If the coil is operated for 10 minutes, the system can be operated for 600 hours under the condition of rest for 10 minutes. When the duty cycle of the square wave pulse magnetic field is increased to 50%, the system can continuously work for 120 hours. The movable and portable long-time magnetic stimulation treatment can be realized without the position limitation of a fixed power supply system.

According to the conditions of 100 ampere-turns of the flexible coil 1, 5mm multiplied by 20mm of sectional area, 120mm of coil diameter and 150mm of coil distance, the simulation result of the semi-planar magnetic field of the wearable functional magnetic stimulation system is obtained through analysis and calculation and is shown in fig. 3, at the moment, the magnetic field distribution diagram on the horizontal axis is shown in fig. 4, and the magnetic field distribution diagram on the central vertical line is shown in fig. 5. It can be seen that the central magnetic field of the flexible coil 1 is 1 mT. Similarly, when the current is 5A, the ampere-turn number is 500, and the central magnetic field is 5 mT. The duty cycle is kept constant at 20%, and the average power of the flexible coil 1 is 5A × 10V × 20% ═ 10W, and the continuous operation time is 120Wh/10W = 12h, and if the system is in a 10-minute rest mode, the system can still operate for 24 hours.

The invention has not been described in detail and is part of the common general knowledge of a person skilled in the art. The above-described embodiments are merely illustrative of the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and the preferred embodiments are not exhaustive and do not limit the invention to the precise embodiments described. Various modifications and improvements of the technical solution of the present invention may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the present invention, and the technical solution of the present invention is to be covered by the protection scope defined by the claims.