Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for restoring voluntary control of locomotion in neuromotor impairments
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Application No.: US15667816Application Date: 2017-08-03
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Publication No.: US10391015B2Publication Date: 2019-08-27
- Inventor: Grégoire Courtine , Silvestro Micera , Joachim Von Zitzewitz
- Applicant: ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL)
- Applicant Address: CH Lausanne
- Assignee: Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne (EPFL)
- Current Assignee: Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne (EPFL)
- Current Assignee Address: CH Lausanne
- Agency: McCoy Russell LLP
- Main IPC: A61H1/02
- IPC: A61H1/02 ; A61N1/36 ; B25J9/00 ; A63B69/00 ; A63B24/00 ; A63B21/00 ; A61B5/11 ; A61K31/135 ; A61K31/496 ; A61K31/55 ; A61B34/30 ; A61B5/00 ; A61H1/00 ; A61B5/04 ; A61B5/0482 ; A61B5/0484 ; A61B5/103 ; A63B22/02 ; A63B22/20 ; A63B22/00

Abstract:
It is disclosed an apparatus for restoring voluntary control of locomotion in a subject suffering from a neuromotor impairment comprising a multidirectional trunk support system and a device for epidural electrical stimulation. The robotic interface is capable of evaluating, enabling and training motor pattern generation and balance across a variety of natural walking behaviors in subjects with neuromotor impairments. Optionally, pharmacological cocktails can be administered to enhance rehabilitation results. It is also disclosed a method for the evaluation, enablement and training of a subject suffering from neuromotor impairments by combining robotically assisted evaluation tools with sophisticated neurobiomechanical and statistical analyzes. A method for the rehabilitation (by this term also comprising restoring voluntary control of locomotion) of a subject suffering from a neuromotor impairment in particular partial or total paralysis of limbs, is also disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170326018A1 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RESTORING VOLUNTARY CONTROL OF LOCOMOTION IN NEUROMOTOR IMPAIRMENTS Public/Granted day:2017-11-16
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