Patent ID: 8740765

Claim:
A portable magnetic pulser system for the treatment of migraine headaches of a human subject who is a migraine headache patient, the system including: an electrical power source for operating the system; electronic circuitry located within an enclosure for taking power from the electrical power source for charging at least one capacitor; control circuitry located within said enclosure that is capable of charging the at least one capacitor and then dumping the charge into a magnetic coil that is used to create an intense magnetic pulse onto the brain of the human subject, the charging of the capacitors and the discharge of the capacitors into the magnetic coil being individually controllable by at least one electrical switch that is operated by the patient, the maximum intensity of the magnetic pulse delivered onto the brain of the human subject being between 0.05 and 5.0 Tesla; a processor mounted within said enclosure, said processor coupled to the electronic circuitry and the control circuitry, the processor configured to: (1) limit the total number of magnetic pulse treatment sessions that the patient can apply to himself or herself over a period of time before a prescription expires; (2) calculate a remaining number of pulse treatment sessions which may be applied before a prescription expires; and (3) disable said magnetic pulser system when said enclosure is at least partially opened; and a means to indicate the number of pulses remaining for the patient's use in a selective time interval.