The MagPro product line was first introduced in 1992. Until 1998 the stimulators were marketed under the Dantec brand name and from 1998 until 2006 under the Medtronic brand name. The first peer-reviewed clinical article based on the Dantec MagPro appeared in 1995, and in a 1996 article by Wassermann, Hallett et. al. the MagPro was found safe and efficacious. Since 1992 well over one thousand stimulators have been sold for use by clinicians and researchers in all parts of the world.
From the very beginning the MagPro stimulators and coils have been developed and manufactured by Tonica Elektronik in Denmark. In 2007 MagVenture was established as a sister company to Tonica and since then the MagPro product line has been marketed and sold by MagVenture through a network of distributors in Europe, Asia and the Americas. In 2010 MagVenture established a sales subsidiary in the USA to better support customers in this important market. In 2011 a German sales subsidiary was formed.
All products are developed and manufactured in accordance with the standard ISO 13485:2003, the current EU Medical Device Directive, the Canadian Medical Devices Regulation (CMDR), US 21 CFR 820 for the USA, and in accordance with a number of additional country-specific regulations. MagPro stimulators and coils are approved as medical devices in Europe, the USA, Canada, China, South Korea, Australia, Russia, Brazil, and other markets worldwide.
MagVenture strives to be the most dynamic and innovative supplier of trancranial magnetic stimulation solutions and many "first mover" features and improvements have over the years been added in response to leading researchers' ideas and requests. Examples include Biphasic Burst (theta burst) stimulation and the rTMS Research System, introduced in 2010, which includes a novel combined active and sham coil for double-blind placebo trials.
Also, the cost-effective "Static Cool" coil cooling concept, introduced in 2001, has enabled many rTMS researchers to run their protocols without a need to change warm coils in the middle of treatment sessions. The "Dynamic Cool" concept, introduced in 2004, took coil cooling to a new level, allowing researchers to perform several rTMS treatment sessions in a row without a need to change coils.
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