Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems including neuromuscular stimulation cuff
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Application No.: US15872272Application Date: 2018-01-16
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Publication No.: US10293151B2Publication Date: 2019-05-21
- Inventor: Chad E. Bouton , Jeffrey Friend
- Applicant: Battelle Memorial Institute
- Applicant Address: US OH Columbus
- Assignee: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
- Current Assignee: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
- Current Assignee Address: US OH Columbus
- Agency: Fay Sharpe LLP
- Main IPC: A61N1/00
- IPC: A61N1/00 ; A61N1/04 ; A61N1/36 ; H05K3/10

Abstract:
The present disclosure describes systems, methods, devices for performing thought-controlled neuromuscular stimulation. Also described are methods for producing a neuromuscular stimulation cuff. The systems and methods generally relate to receiving and processing thought signals indicative of an intended action, and then delivering stimulation to effectuate the intended action through a neuromuscular stimulation cuff. The neuromuscular stimulation cuff includes a flexible printed circuit board having at least one finger and a plurality of electrogel discs disposed on the at least one finger. The neuromuscular stimulation cuff may be produced by providing a layer of polyimide, etching a conductive copper circuit including a plurality of electrodes into the layer of polyimide to form an etched circuit layer, adhering a cover layer onto the etched circuit layer to form a flexible printed circuit board (PCB), and cutting at least one finger from the flexible PCB. The neuromuscular stimulation cuff employs a flexible multi-electrode design which allows for reanimation of complex muscle movements in a patient, including individual finger movement.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180154132A1 SYSTEMS INCLUDING NEUROMUSCULAR STIMULATION CUFF Public/Granted day:2018-06-07
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