公开(公告)号：US20210379372A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-09

申请号：US17339309

申请日：2021-06-04

Applicant: Battelle Memorial Institute

Inventor： David Friedenberg ,  Gaurav Sharma ,  Samuel Colachis ,  Nicholas Annetta ,  Amanda Noonan

IPC: A61N1/36 ,  A61N1/04 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/313

Abstract: A portable and wearable hand-grasp neuro-orthosis is configured for use in a home environment to restore volitionally controlled grasp functions for a subject with a cervical spinal cord injury (SCI). The neuro-orthosis may include: a wearable sleeve with electrodes; electronics for operating the wearable sleeve to perform functional electrical stimulation (FES) and electromyography (EMG), the electronics configured for mounting on a wheelchair; and a controller configured for mounting on a wheelchair. The controller controls the electronics to read EMG via the sleeve, decode the read EMG to determine an intent of the user, and operate the electronics to apply FES via the sleeve to implement the intent of the user. The neuro-orthosis may restore hand function. The controller may include a display arranged to be viewed by the subject, for example mounted on an articulated arm attached to the wheelchair.

公开(公告)号：US10765859B2

公开(公告)日：2020-09-08

申请号：US15578816

申请日：2016-06-02

Applicant: Battelle Memorial Institute

Inventor： Chad E. Bouton ,  Gaurav Sharma ,  Andrew Sweeney ,  Amy M. Heintz ,  Stephanie Kute ,  Nicholas Annetta ,  Thomas D. Haubert ,  Steven M. Risser ,  Jeffrey Friend ,  John Bartholomew ,  Rachel Thurston ,  C. Alexander Morrow ,  George Brand ,  Jeffrey Ellis ,  Matthew Mowrer ,  Raymond Zaborski

IPC: A61N1/05 ,  A61B5/0488 ,  A61N1/04 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/0478 ,  A61B5/0482 ,  A61B5/11 ,  A61N1/36

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to neuromuscular stimulation and sensing cuffs. The neuromuscular stimulation cuff has at least two fingers and a plurality of electrodes disposed on each finger. More generally, the neuromuscular stimulation cuff includes an outer, reusable component and an inner, disposable component. One or more electrodes are housed within the reusable component. The neuromuscular stimulation cuff may be produced by providing an insulating substrate layer, forming a conductive circuit on the substrate layer to form a conductive circuit layer, adhering a cover layer onto the conductive circuit layer to form a flexible circuit, and cutting at least one flexible finger from the flexible circuit. 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.

公开(公告)号：US20200206503A1

公开(公告)日：2020-07-02

申请号：US16729035

申请日：2019-12-27

Applicant: Battelle Memorial Institute

Inventor： Patrick Ganzer ,  Samuel Colachis ,  Michael Schwemmer ,  David A. Friedenberg ,  Gaurav Sharma

IPC: A61N1/36 ,  A61N1/02

Abstract: At least one electrical brain signal is received from a patient and is demultiplexed into an efferent motor intention signal and at least one afferent sensory signal (such as an afferent touch sense signal and/or an afferent proprioception signal). A functional electrical stimulation (FES) device is controlled to apply FES to control a paralyzed portion of the patient that is paralyzed due to a spinal cord injury of the patient. The controlling of the FES device is based on at least the efferent motor intention signal. A demultiplexed afferent touch sense signal may be used to control a haptic device. The afferent sensory signal(s) may be used to adjust the FES control.

公开(公告)号：US20180178008A1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-28

申请号：US15578776

申请日：2016-06-02

Applicant: Battelle Memorial Institute

Inventor： Chad E. Bouton ,  Nicholas Annetta ,  David A. Friedenberg ,  Gaurav Sharma

IPC: A61N1/36 ,  A61F2/72 ,  A61F4/00 ,  A61H3/00 ,  A61B5/0482 ,  A61B5/11 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61G5/00

CPC classification number: A61N1/36003 ,  A61B5/0482 ,  A61B5/11 ,  A61B5/1124 ,  A61B5/16 ,  A61B5/165 ,  A61B5/168 ,  A61B5/4836 ,  A61B5/686 ,  A61B5/7203 ,  A61B2505/09 ,  A61F2/72 ,  A61F4/00 ,  A61G5/00 ,  A61H3/00 ,  A61N1/0551

Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to systems, methods, and devices for interpreting neural signals to determine a desired movement of a target, transmitting electrical signals to the target, and dynamically monitoring subsequent neural signals or movement of the target to change the signal being delivered if necessary, so that the desired movement is achieved. In particular, the neural signals are decoded using a feature extractor, decoder(s) and a body state observer to determine the electrical signals that should be sent.

公开(公告)号：US09884179B2

公开(公告)日：2018-02-06

申请号：US14728512

申请日：2015-06-02

Applicant: Battelle Memorial Institute

Inventor： Chad E. Bouton ,  Jeffrey Friend ,  Gaurav Sharma ,  Andrew Sweeney ,  Amy M. Heintz ,  Stephanie Kute ,  Nicholas Annetta ,  Thomas D. Haubert ,  Steven M. Risser ,  Alexander Morrow ,  Raymond Richard Zaborski ,  George Naegele Brand ,  Matthew Edward Mowrer

IPC: A61N1/04 ,  A61N1/36 ,  G06F3/01

CPC classification number: A61N1/0484 ,  A61N1/0456 ,  A61N1/36003 ,  G06F3/015 ,  G06F3/017

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to neuromuscular stimulation and sensing cuffs. The neuromuscular stimulation cuff has at least two fingers and a plurality of electrodes disposed on each finger. More generally, the neuromuscular stimulation cuff includes an outer, reusable component and an inner, disposable component. One or more electrodes are housed within the reusable component. The neuromuscular stimulation cuff may be produced by providing an insulating substrate layer, forming a conductive circuit on the substrate layer to form a conductive circuit layer, adhering a cover layer onto the conductive circuit layer to form a flexible circuit, and cutting at least one flexible finger from the flexible circuit. 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.

公开(公告)号：US12115370B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-15

申请号：US18108095

申请日：2023-02-10

Applicant: Battelle Memorial Institute

Inventor： Patrick Ganzer ,  Samuel Colachis ,  Michael Schwemmer ,  David A. Friedenberg ,  Gaurav Sharma

IPC: A61N1/36 ,  A61N1/02 ,  G06N3/02

CPC classification number: A61N1/36031 ,  A61N1/025 ,  A61N1/36003 ,  G06N3/02

Abstract: At least one electrical brain signal is received from a patient and is demultiplexed into an efferent motor intention signal and at least one afferent sensory signal (such as an afferent touch sense signal and/or an afferent proprioception signal). A functional electrical stimulation (FES) device is controlled to apply FES to control a paralyzed portion of the patient that is paralyzed due to a spinal cord injury of the patient. The controlling of the FES device is based on at least the efferent motor intention signal. A demultiplexed afferent touch sense signal may be used to control a haptic device. The afferent sensory signal(s) may be used to adjust the FES control.

公开(公告)号：US11798272B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-24

申请号：US17333155

申请日：2021-05-28

Applicant: Battelle Memorial Institute

Inventor： Samuel Colachis ,  Gaurav Sharma ,  Collin Dunlap ,  Douglas Boyd ,  Joshua Branch

IPC: G06V10/82 ,  H04W4/80 ,  G06V20/52 ,  G06V20/64 ,  G06V10/764 ,  G06V20/00 ,  G06V20/20 ,  G06V40/16

CPC classification number: G06V10/82 ,  G06V10/764 ,  G06V20/00 ,  G06V20/20 ,  G06V20/52 ,  G06V20/64 ,  H04W4/80 ,  G06V40/174

Abstract: An activity assistance system includes a video camera arranged to acquire video of a person performing an activity, an output device configured to output human-perceptible prompts, and an electronic processor programmed to execute an activity script. The script comprises a sequence of steps choreographing the activity. The execution of each step includes presenting a prompt via the output device and detecting an event or sequence of events subsequent to the presenting of the prompt. Each event is detected by performing object detection on the video to detect one or more objects depicted in the video and applying one or more object-oriented image analysis functions to detect a spatial or temporal arrangement of one or more of the detected objects. Each event detection triggers an action comprising at least one of presenting a prompt via the output device and and/or going to another step of the activity script.

公开(公告)号：US11752326B2

公开(公告)日：2023-09-12

申请号：US17339309

申请日：2021-06-04

Applicant: Battelle Memorial Institute

Inventor： David Friedenberg ,  Gaurav Sharma ,  Samuel Colachis ,  Nicholas Annetta ,  Amanda Noonan

IPC: A61N1/04 ,  A61N1/36 ,  A61B5/313 ,  A61B5/00

CPC classification number: A61N1/0452 ,  A61B5/0002 ,  A61B5/313 ,  A61B5/4836 ,  A61B5/6894 ,  A61B5/744 ,  A61N1/0484 ,  A61N1/36003 ,  A61N1/36031

Abstract: A portable and wearable hand-grasp neuro-orthosis is configured for use in a home environment to restore volitionally controlled grasp functions for a subject with a cervical spinal cord injury (SCI). The neuro-orthosis may include: a wearable sleeve with electrodes; electronics for operating the wearable sleeve to perform functional electrical stimulation (FES) and electromyography (EMG), the electronics configured for mounting on a wheelchair; and a controller configured for mounting on a wheelchair. The controller controls the electronics to read EMG via the sleeve, decode the read EMG to determine an intent of the user, and operate the electronics to apply FES via the sleeve to implement the intent of the user. The neuro-orthosis may restore hand function. The controller may include a display arranged to be viewed by the subject, for example mounted on an articulated arm attached to the wheelchair.

公开(公告)号：US11534605B2

公开(公告)日：2022-12-27

申请号：US16877554

申请日：2020-05-19

Applicant: Battelle Memorial Institute

Inventor： Chad E. Bouton ,  Gaurav Sharma ,  Andrew Sweeney ,  Amy M. Heintz ,  Stephanie Kute ,  Nicholas Annetta ,  Thomas D. Haubert ,  Steven M. Risser ,  Jeffrey Friend ,  John Bartholomew ,  Rachel Thurston ,  Alexander C. Morrow ,  George Brand ,  Jeffrey Ellis ,  Matthew Mowrer ,  Raymond Zaborski

IPC: A61N1/05 ,  A61N1/04 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/11 ,  A61B5/291 ,  A61B5/375 ,  A61B5/389 ,  A61N1/36

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to neuromuscular stimulation and sensing cuffs. The neuromuscular stimulation cuff has at least two fingers and a plurality of electrodes disposed on each finger. More generally, the neuromuscular stimulation cuff includes an outer, reusable component and an inner, disposable component. One or more electrodes are housed within the reusable component. The neuromuscular stimulation cuff may be produced by providing an insulating substrate layer, forming a conductive circuit on the substrate layer to form a conductive circuit layer, adhering a cover layer onto the conductive circuit layer to form a flexible circuit, and cutting at least one flexible finger from the flexible circuit. 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.

公开(公告)号：US11160971B2

公开(公告)日：2021-11-02

申请号：US17002135

申请日：2020-08-25

Applicant: Battelle Memorial Institute

Inventor： Gaurav Sharma ,  Patrick Ganzer

IPC: A61N1/04 ,  A61N1/36

Abstract: A tremor suppression device includes a garment wearable on an anatomical region and including electrodes contacting the anatomical region when the garment is worn on the anatomical region, and an electronic controller configured to: detect electromyography (EMG) signals as a function of anatomical location and time using the electrodes; identify tremors as a function of anatomical location and time based on the EMG signals; and apply neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) at one or more anatomical locations as a function of time using the electrodes to suppress the identified tremors.