发明授权
US07460911B2 System and method suitable for treatment of a patient with a neurological deficit by sequentially stimulating neural pathways using a system of discrete implantable medical devices
有权
适用于通过使用离散可植入医疗装置的系统顺序刺激神经通路来治疗患有神经缺陷的患者的系统和方法
- 专利标题: System and method suitable for treatment of a patient with a neurological deficit by sequentially stimulating neural pathways using a system of discrete implantable medical devices
- 专利标题(中): 适用于通过使用离散可植入医疗装置的系统顺序刺激神经通路来治疗患有神经缺陷的患者的系统和方法
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申请号: US11004758申请日: 2004-12-03
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公开(公告)号: US07460911B2公开(公告)日: 2008-12-02
- 发明人: Gregoire Cosendai , Ytizhak Zilberman , Doug Kuschner , Anne Marie Ripley , Ruth Turk , Jane Burridge , Scott V. Notley , Ross Davis , Morten Hansen , Lee Jay Mandell , Joseph H. Schulman , Robert Dan Dell , John C. Gord
- 申请人: Gregoire Cosendai , Ytizhak Zilberman , Doug Kuschner , Anne Marie Ripley , Ruth Turk , Jane Burridge , Scott V. Notley , Ross Davis , Morten Hansen , Lee Jay Mandell , Joseph H. Schulman , Robert Dan Dell , John C. Gord
- 申请人地址: US CA Santa Clara
- 专利权人: Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research
- 当前专利权人: Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research
- 当前专利权人地址: US CA Santa Clara
- 代理商 Malcolm J. Romano
- 主分类号: A61N1/08
- IPC分类号: A61N1/08
摘要:
A system and method that facilitates stimulating neural pathways, e.g., muscles and/or associated nerves, of a patient's body for the purpose of therapeutic medical treatment by rehabilitating weakened muscles and using neuroplasticity to retrain sequential muscle movements and/or to provide the ability to directly deliver functional motor movements. Use of the present invention is of particular value for treating a patient following a stroke. More particularly, such systems are characterized by a plurality of discrete devices, preferably battery powered but may alternatively include RF-powered devices as well or in combination, configured for implanting within a patient's body via injection, each device being configured to affect a parameter, e.g., via nerve and/or muscle stimulation and/or to sense a body parameter, e.g., temperature, O2 content, physical position, electrical potential, etc., that operate under control of a system controller that coordinates the sequential stimulation via wireless commands to the implanted devices.