NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION MONITORING SYSTEM AND KINEMYOGRAPHY SENSOR

    公开(公告)号:US20230113963A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-13

    申请号:US17496898

    申请日:2021-10-08

    摘要: A kinemyography sensor includes a support frame and a flexible substrate, wherein at least a portion of the flexible substrate is attached to the support frame. The support frame is configured to attach to a patient's thumb and forefinger and has a bendable middle section configured to bend in response to movement of the patient's thumb. A printed stimulation circuit is printed on the substrate and includes a pair of stimulation electrodes configured to adhere to a patient's skin to deliver a kinemyography stimulus, and a printed bend sensor is printed on the substrate and located on the bendable middle section of the support frame, wherein the printed bend sensor is configured to sense the bending of the support frame.

    Evaluating Rehabilitation Potential in Pain Patients

    公开(公告)号:US20220240844A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-04

    申请号:US17166218

    申请日:2021-02-03

    申请人: David Bruce Ross

    发明人: David Bruce Ross

    摘要: A method of evaluating rehabilitation potential in patients experiencing painful musculoskeletal or neuropathic conditions or both, by maximizing multidimensional rehabilitation outcomes by better identifying the specific needs of each patient; understanding the many obstacles to rehabilitation success falling into motivational, physical, and emotional categories; physical obstacles to rehabilitation including but not limited to incorrect diagnoses and deconditioning; emotional obstacles including fear avoidance, catastrophizing, generalized anxiety, depression, childhood adverse events, emotional awareness deficits; and motivational obstacles including factitious disorder, personality disorders, malingering and apathy. The resulting comprehensive pain rehabilitation program combines multiple treatment options. Medicinal treatments include anti-inflammatory medications; muscle relaxants; opioids and cannabinoids; injection therapies; neuropathic medications; and pain adjuvant medications. Mental health services include mindfulness, biofeedback, progressive relaxation, cognitive behavioral therapies, logotherapy, and trauma therapies. Physical rehabilitation services include physical or occupational therapy; chiropractic; massage therapy; acupuncture; osteopathy and personalized exercises.

    HUMAN TACTILE PREPULSE INHIBITION ASSAY

    公开(公告)号:US20220233133A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-28

    申请号:US17612855

    申请日:2020-05-21

    摘要: In some aspects, the disclosure relates to a prepulse inhibition (PPI) assay comprising the steps of, administering a tactile prepulse to a human subject, administering a startle stimulus to the subject, and measuring the subject's response to the startle stimulus. In another aspect, the disclosure relates to a method for evaluating tactile hypersensitivity and/or sensorimotor impairment in a human subject, comprising, administering to the subject a PPI assay according to any one of the preceding claims, comparing the assay results to neuro-typical controls, and determining the degree of tactile hypersensitivity and/or sensorimotor impairment in the subject.

    Passive sensor for wireless detecting of the electric excitation of muscle cells

    公开(公告)号:US11207027B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-28

    申请号:US17271268

    申请日:2019-08-12

    IPC分类号: A61B5/395 A61B5/00

    摘要: The invention relates to an implantable sensor for detecting an electrical excitation of muscle cells, in particular cardiac muscle cells, wherein it is provided that the sensor comprises a dielectric component and a contact point for contacting muscle cells, which is connected to the dielectric component, so that an electric field in the dielectric component, and correspondingly a capacitance of the dielectric component, change with an electrical excitation of the muscle cells. The invention furthermore relates to a system comprising a sensor and an implant.

    ADJUSTABLE DEVICES FOR TREATING SLEEP APNEA, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20210113832A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-22

    申请号:US17070823

    申请日:2020-10-14

    IPC分类号: A61N1/05 A61B5/395 A61B5/08

    摘要: Intraoral electrical stimulation devices are disclosed. A representative device, which can be used to treat sleep apnea, includes an intraoral attachment body, a guide element carried by the attachment body and having a constrained guide path, and an electrode movably supported relative to the guide element and movable along the constrained guide path to a plurality of positions. A positioning member is coupleable to the electrode to move the electrode along the constrained guide path, and a signal generator is coupleable to the electrode to direct a stimulation signal to the electrode.