Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Device for the use of vestibular galvanic stimulation for pilot training and the correction of the position and sight fixation in microgravity
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Application No.: US16870628Application Date: 2020-05-08
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Publication No.: US11721233B2Publication Date: 2023-08-08
- Inventor: María del Rosario Guadalupe Vega y Saenz de Miera , Enrique Soto Eguibar , Jorge Luis Gordillo Domínguez , Adriana Cristina Pliego Carrillo , Vladimir Aleksandrov , Tamara Alexandrova , Octavio González Petlacalco , Baruc Zago Mazzocco , Francisco Javier Mendieta Jiménez
- Applicant: BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA
- Applicant Address: MX Puebla
- Assignee: BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA
- Current Assignee: BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA
- Current Assignee Address: MX Puebla
- Agency: Ryder, Mazzeo & Konieczny LLC
- Agent Joseph M. Konieczny, Sr.
- Priority: MX a2019005432 2019.05.09
- Main IPC: G09B9/02
- IPC: G09B9/02 ; A61N1/36 ; G09B9/08 ; G06F3/01

Abstract:
A method is proposed to induce the sensation of movement in subjects in flight simulators and in cosmonauts, creating a cognitive simulation of movement through the Vestibular Electrical Stimulation. The system consists of a control unit, a function generator and a power amplifier. The device injects electric current over the mastoid process (galvanic vestibular stimulation), capable of activating the neurons of the vestibular system and inducing a movement sensation, in coordination with a flight simulation program or subject's movement in the simulator. The use of the device modifies eye movement control responses, electrically activating the vestibular-ocular, vestibulo-colic and vestibule-spinal reflexes. The main purpose of this device is to provide sensory input to enhance the experience in pilots during flight training or in microgravity.
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