Invention Publication
- Patent Title: WEARABLE LOCAL MUSCLE VIBRATORY STIMULATOR
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Application No.: US17914305Application Date: 2021-03-31
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Publication No.: US20230149256A1Publication Date: 2023-05-18
- Inventor: Troy Blackburn , Richard Lawrence Goldberg , Jackson Richards , Eric Nathan Markley , Ola Lars Anders Harrysson , Harshad Srinivasan , Vishnu Veeramachaneni
- Applicant: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , North Carollna State University
- Applicant Address: US NC Chapel Hill
- Assignee: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,North Carollna State University
- Current Assignee: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,North Carollna State University
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Chapel Hill
- International Application: PCT/US2021/025207 2021.03.31
- Date entered country: 2022-09-23
- Main IPC: A61H23/02
- IPC: A61H23/02

Abstract:
A wearable local muscle vibratory stimulator includes a frame including a concave surface for conforming to a treatment surface of a subject. The stimulator further includes an electromagnetic oscillator located in the frame for applying vibratory stimulus to a treatment region of the subject located beneath the treatment surface. The stimulator further includes a waveform generator coupled to the oscillator for generating an electrical signal that causes the electromagnetic oscillator to oscillate. The stimulator further includes an accelerometer coupled to the oscillator for measuring frequency and acceleration of oscillation of the oscillator. The stimulator further includes a controller user interface for receiving user input regarding a desired frequency and acceleration of oscillation of the oscillator. The stimulator further includes a controller coupled to the oscillator and the accelerometer for receiving measurements of frequency and acceleration of oscillation of the oscillator from the accelerometer and controlling the frequency and acceleration of oscillation of the oscillator to minimize a difference between the desired frequency and acceleration of oscillation of the oscillator and the frequency and acceleration of oscillation measured by the accelerometer. The stimulator further includes means for securing the frame to the subject so that the oscillator is wearable.
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