Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Functional electrical stimulation (FES) method and system to improve walking and other locomotion functions
- Patent Title (中): 功能性电刺激(FES)方法和系统改善行走等运动功能
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Application No.: US13879557Application Date: 2012-10-25
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Publication No.: US09314622B2Publication Date: 2016-04-19
- Inventor: David G. Embrey , Jeffrey Stonestreet , Gadi Alon
- Applicant: Good Samaritan Hospital
- Applicant Address: US WA Puyallup
- Assignee: GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL
- Current Assignee: GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Puyallup
- Agency: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2012/061806 WO 20121025
- International Announcement: WO2013/063200 WO 20130502
- Main IPC: A61N1/36
- IPC: A61N1/36 ; A61N1/372 ; A61B5/11 ; A61N1/04 ; A61B5/00

Abstract:
A method and system which provides wireless, noninvasive electrical stimulation to different muscle groups to allow the user to conduct physical activities, such as walking, by stimulating various muscle groups in the body at the correct times of activation or by stimulating muscle groups in a simulation mode when standing, sitting or lying down, whereby walking is not required to stimulate the various muscle groups. The system provides a small portable wearable system which utilizes available software, including Bluetooth technology, to provide electrical nerve stimulating pulses with low current, minimal phase charge which is controlled remotely and induce desired muscle contraction with increased comfort for the user. The present method and system applies electrical stimulation with accurate timing, based on a three-dimensional motion sensor, as a trigger to initiate stimulation and which is adapted to turn itself on and off when not walking.
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