Invention Application
- 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.: US20170326018A1Publication Date: 2017-11-16
- Inventor: Grégoire COURTINE , Silvestro MICERA , Joachim VON ZITZEWITZ
- Applicant: ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL)
- Main IPC: A61H1/02
- IPC: A61H1/02 ; A61B5/00 ; A61B5/11 ; A61H1/00

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 analyses. 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
- US10391015B2 Apparatus and method for restoring voluntary control of locomotion in neuromotor impairments Public/Granted day:2019-08-27
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