公开(公告)号：US11684540B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-27

申请号：US16819642

申请日：2020-03-16

Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

Inventor： Ronald M. Harper ,  Mary Ann Woo ,  Sergey Shaboyan ,  Paul Macey

IPC: A61H23/00 ,  A61H23/04 ,  A61F5/56 ,  A61H39/00 ,  A61H31/00 ,  A61M16/00 ,  A61H23/02

CPC classification number: A61H23/04 ,  A61F5/56 ,  A61H23/02 ,  A61H31/00 ,  A61H39/007 ,  A61M16/00 ,  A61H2201/164 ,  A61H2201/165 ,  A61H2201/1635 ,  A61H2201/501 ,  A61H2201/5002 ,  A61H2201/5005 ,  A61H2201/5038 ,  A61H2201/5097 ,  A61M2205/056 ,  A61M2205/332 ,  A61M2205/3569 ,  A61M2205/3592 ,  A61M2205/8206 ,  A61M2210/08 ,  A61M2230/42

Abstract: A device, system and method for increasing air intake by a subject is described. The device includes a vibration motor and a control unit for controlling vibrational motion output by the vibration motor. The methods include positioning the vibration motor on one or more limbs of a subject, and stimulating nerves in the limbs via the generated vibrational motion, whereby the stimulated nerve signals the brain to increase breathing rate or air intake by the subject. Accordingly, embodiments of the device activate nerve fibers that carry kinesthetic cues from the limbs in a pattern that simulates normal limb motion, and thus triggers inherent reflexes that increase ventilation in response to such motion.

公开(公告)号：US20200214934A1

公开(公告)日：2020-07-09

申请号：US16819642

申请日：2020-03-16

Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

Inventor： Ronald M. Harper ,  Mary Ann Woo ,  Sergey Shaboyan ,  Paul Macey

IPC: A61H23/04 ,  A61F5/56 ,  A61H39/00 ,  A61H31/00 ,  A61M16/00 ,  A61H23/02

Abstract: A device, system and method for increasing air intake by a subject is described. The device includes a vibration motor and a control unit for controlling vibrational motion output by the vibration motor. The methods include positioning the vibration motor on one or more limbs of a subject, and stimulating nerves in the limbs via the generated vibrational motion, whereby the stimulated nerve signals the brain to increase breathing rate or air intake by the subject. Accordingly, embodiments of the device activate nerve fibers that carry kinesthetic cues from the limbs in a pattern that simulates normal limb motion, and thus triggers inherent reflexes that increase ventilation in response to such motion.

公开(公告)号：US20160158097A1

公开(公告)日：2016-06-09

申请号：US14906684

申请日：2014-07-22

Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

Inventor： Ronald M. Harper ,  Mary Ann Woo ,  Sergey Shaboyan ,  Paul Macey

IPC: A61H23/04 ,  A61F5/56

Abstract: A device, system and method for increasing air intake by a subject is described. The device includes a vibration motor and a control unit for controlling vibrational motion output by the vibration motor. The methods include positioning the vibration motor on one or more limbs of a subject, and stimulating nerves in the limbs via the generated vibrational motion, whereby the stimulated nerve signals the brain to increase breathing rate or air intake by the subject. Accordingly, the device of the present invention activates nerve fibers that carry kinesthetic cues from the limbs in a pattern that simulates normal limb motion, and thus triggers inherent reflexes that increase ventilation in response to such motion.

Abstract translation: 描述了用于增加受试者的空气摄取量的装置，系统和方法。 该装置包括振动马达和用于控制由振动马达输出的振动运动的控制单元。 所述方法包括将振动马达定位在受试者的一个或多个肢体上，并且通过产生的振动运动来刺激肢体中的神经，由此刺激的神经发信号通知大脑以增加受试者的呼吸频率或空气摄取量。 因此，本发明的装置以模拟正常肢体运动的模式激活携带肢体运动刺激的神经纤维，从而触发响应于这种运动而增加通气的固有反射。