A61B5/1101

Treatment of Parkinson's Disease
20220315651 · 2022-10-06 ·

The invention provides a method of treating, preventing or ameliorating Parkinson's disease with Prasinezumab.

ACTION STATE ESTIMATION APPARATUS, ACTION STATE ESTIMATION METHOD, ACTION STATE LEARNING APPARATUS, AND ACTION STATE LEARNING METHOD

An action state estimation apparatus is provided that includes a sampling portion, a statistic calculation portion, an action state model storage, and an estimation calculation portion. The sampling portion samples a displacement measurement signal within a predetermined time and generates displacement measurement data. The statistic calculation portion calculates a statistic of the displacement measurement data. The action state model storage stores an action state model modeled by associating the statistic with a loaded state of a muscle of the test subject. The estimation calculation portion estimates the loaded state by setting the statistic as an input vector and using the action state model.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING DIGITAL HEALTH SERVICES

The present disclosure is directed to providing digital health services. In some embodiments, systems and methods for conducting virtual or remote sessions between patients and clinicians are disclosed. During the sessions, media content (e.g., images, video content, audio content, etc.) may be captured as the patient performs one or more tasks. The media content may be presented to the clinician and used to evaluate a condition of the patient or a state of the condition, adjust treatment parameters, provide therapy, or other operations to treat the patient. The analysis of the media content may be aided by one or more machine learning/artificial intelligence models that analyze various aspects of the media content, augment the media content, or other functionality to aid in the treatment of the patient.

METHODS, DEVICES AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING STIMULUS TO GUIDE MOVEMENT
20230134637 · 2023-05-04 ·

A stimulation device for guiding movement of at least part of a body, the device comprising: at least one body-fixed stimulator, configured to provide stimulus to the part of the body; at least one control unit in communication with the at least one body-fixed stimulator, the control unit configured to generate a control signal to control the at least one body-fixed stimulator. Embodiments of the device or system may be configured perform a method of guiding movement of at least part of a body comprising the steps of: comparing at least one parameter relating to a movement with at least one pre-defined criteria; generating a control signal from at least one control unit if the at least one parameter does not meet the pre-defined criteria; and providing a stimulus to the body in response to the control signal through at least one body-fixed stimulator to guide the movement.

Energy-efficient on-chip classifier for detecting physiological conditions

Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for an efficient hardware architecture to implement gradient boosted trees for detecting biological conditions. For example, a method of detecting a biological condition includes receiving, by a device, a plurality of physiological signals from a plurality of input channels of the device, selecting, based on a trained prediction model, one or more input channels from the plurality of input channels, converting the one or more physiological signals received from the one or more input channels to one or more digital physiological signals, identifying, by using the plurality of gradient boosted decision trees, the selected characteristic in the one or more digital physiological signals, and determining a presence of a physiological condition based on an addition of the output values obtained from the plurality of gradient boosted decision trees.

MOTION STABILIZATION BY A HANDHELD TOOL
20170348127 · 2017-12-07 ·

Systems and methods for tracking unintentional muscle movements of a user and stabilizing a handheld tool while it is being used by the user are described. The method may include detecting motion of a handle of the handheld tool manipulated by a user while the user is performing a task with a user-assistive device attached to an attachment arm of the handheld tool. Furthermore, the method may include storing the detected motion in a memory of the handheld tool as motion data. The method may also include controlling, based on the motion data, a motion-generating mechanism of the handheld tool that moves the attachment arm relative to the handle in a single degree of freedom in a direction of the detected motion of the handle.

METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING OR ASSESSING MOVEMENT DISORDERS OR OTHER PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS USING A STIMULATION SYSTEM

Electrical stimulation systems and methods for operation of the electrical stimulation system are described. The method includes directing electrical stimulation through the electrodes of the lead and monitoring movements of a hand positioned over an implantation site of an implantable control module of the electrical stimulation system using an accelerometer coupled to a processor of the implantable control module. Another method includes detecting, by a sensor, a plurality of taps of a body region of a patient over an implantation site of the implantable control module, identifying, by the processor of the implantable control module, an indicator, trigger, or marker based on the detected tapping, and performing an activity corresponding to the identified indicator, trigger, or marker.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING PHYSIOLOGICALLY RELEVANT MOTION
20170340261 · 2017-11-30 ·

A system for measuring and monitoring physiologically relevant motion of a subject includes at least a motion sensor to measure movement of the subject and produce a series of movement data representing the movement of the subject over a period of time. The system also includes at least a biometric sensor to simultaneously measure biometrics of the subject and produce a series of biometric values of the subject over the period of time. The system is configured to determine a noise-to-signal ratio for the series of movement data as a function of biometric intervals in the series of biometric values and identify at least a portion of the series of movement data as corresponding to a physiologically relevant biorhythm. The system can be used to diagnose and monitor a disease or disorder, including a neurological disorder or a traumatic brain injury.

Methods and devices for treating and managing addiction

Methods and devices for treating and managing addiction are disclosed where an apparatus for mitigating addictive behavior may generally comprise at least two electrodes for positioning in proximity to an ulnar nerve of a body of a subject and one or more sensors configured to detect physiologic parameters which correlate to one or more symptoms indicative of addictive behavior of the subject. A pulse generator may be programmed to receive a sensor output based on the detected physiologic parameters and to apply a treatment stimulation to the ulnar nerve through a skin surface of the subject such that the addictive behavior of the subject is reduced.

User device based Parkinson's disease detection

A method and user device for determining a unified Parkinson's disease rating scale (UPDRS) value associated with a user of the user device include obtaining video data associated with a movement of a body part of the user. The UPDRS value is determined using a model and the video data associated with the movement of the body part of the user. The UPDRS value is provided to permit an evaluation of the user based on the UPDRS value.