MOTOR FUNCTION NEURAL CONTROL INTERFACE FOR SPINAL CORD INJURY PATIENTS

    公开(公告)号:US20200206503A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-02

    申请号:US16729035

    申请日:2019-12-27

    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.

    HIGH-DEFINITION ELECTRICAL STIMULATION GARMENT FOR EVOKING REALISTIC SOMATOSENSATION

    公开(公告)号:US20210382545A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-09

    申请号:US17339290

    申请日:2021-06-04

    Abstract: A device comprises: an array of electrodes configured to be disposed on a body part; an electrical stimulation transmitter operatively coupled with the array of electrodes; and a data processing module including an electronic processor and a non-transitory storage medium storing spatiotemporal electrical stimulation patterns for generating corresponding somatosensations and further storing instructions readable and executable by the electronic processor to apply a spatiotemporal electrical stimulation pattern stored in the non-transitory storage medium using the electrical stimulation transmitter and the array of electrodes to generate the somatosensation corresponding to the applied spatiotemporal electrical stimulation pattern. The stored patterns may for example include patterns for generating a sensation of skin exposure to a steam vent, a sensation of a weapon charge fire, a sensation of a rotating athletic ring, a sensation of raindrops, a sensation of a crawling arachnid, or a sensation of a shield strike borne by an arm.

    ACTIVITY ASSISTANCE SYSTEM
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210287014A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-16

    申请号:US17333155

    申请日:2021-05-28

    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.

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