METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING MAGNETIC FIELDS AND MAGNETIC FIELD INDUCED CURRENT

    公开(公告)号:EP3125986A4

    公开(公告)日:2017-11-15

    申请号:EP15773730

    申请日:2015-04-02

    IPC分类号: A61N1/00 A61N2/00 A61N2/08

    CPC分类号: A61N2/006 A61N1/40 A61N2/02

    摘要: The present invention discloses methods and systems to control magnetic fields and magnetic field induced currents, and more particularly to provide stimulations within a patient's body, such as deep brain stimulation, in a non-invasive manner and with greater focus and control than has been afforded by prior known methods and systems. In accordance with certain aspects of an embodiment, an array of magnetic coils is provided and positionable about a portion of a patient's body. During operation, at least some of the magnetic coils function as DC coil pairs configured to generate a DC magnetic field, while at least some DC coil of the other magnetic coils function as transient magnetic field generators to generate an induced current within a portion of the patient's body, such as in a region of the patient's brain. The system is configured such that the DC magnetic fields may be used to manipulate the transient magnetic fields, in turn allowing significantly improved control and focus of the induced current within a specifically desired volume of interest within a patient's body.

    METHOD FOR BINDING SITE IDENTIFICATION BY MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION (SILCS: SITE IDENTIFICATION BY LIGAND COMPETITIVE SATURATION)
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    METHOD FOR BINDING SITE IDENTIFICATION BY MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION (SILCS: SITE IDENTIFICATION BY LIGAND COMPETITIVE SATURATION) 审中-公开
    用于识别结合位点的分子动力学模拟(位置识别通过配体竞争饱和)方法

    公开(公告)号:EP2427769A4

    公开(公告)日:2016-08-03

    申请号:EP10772603

    申请日:2010-04-29

    申请人: UNIV MARYLAND

    摘要: The invention describes an explicit solvent all-atom molecular dynamics methodology (SILCS: Site Identification by Ligand Competitive Saturation) that uses small aliphatic and aromatic molecules plus water molecules to map the affinity pattern of a large molecule for hydrophobic groups, aromatic groups, hydrogen bond donors, and hydrogen bond acceptors. By simultaneously incorporating ligands representative of all these functionalities, the method is an in silico free energy-based competition assay that generates three-dimensional probability maps of fragment binding (FragMaps) indicating favorable fragment:large molecule interactions. The FragMaps may be used to qualitatively inform the design of small-molecule ligands or as scoring grids for high-throughput in silico docking that incorporates both an atomic-level description of solvation and the large molecule's flexibility.