Patent classifications
A61B5/1104
REFLEX HAMMER WITH SENSORS
A system includes a first device having a handle, a head coupled to the handle, a bumper supported by a first end of the head and adapted to be used to strike a patient tendon, a force sensor coupled to the bumper and adapted to generate force data in response to force encountered by the bumper and to generate force data, a first accelerometer coupled to generate head acceleration data in response to movement of the head, and first circuitry to capture the force data and acceleration data. The system may further include second device having a housing adapted to be coupled to the patient limb, a second accelerometer supported by the housing to generate limb acceleration data, and second circuitry to capture the acceleration data.
Percutaneous stimulation device and method for detecting compartment syndrome
A diagnosis device, and more particularly, a compartment syndrome diagnostic device is described herein. The diagnostic device may include a display that renders information associated with stimulation of a motor unit suspected of suffering from compartment syndrome. The diagnostic device may generate a stimulation signal for stimulating the motor unit through an electrode. The device may determine whether the motor unit is at risk for compartment syndrome based on the response of the motor unit to the stimulation. The diagnostic device may also measure pressure of a compartment. The device may determine whether the motor unit is at risk for compartment syndrome based on the measured pressure and the response of the motor unit to the stimulation.
Systems and methods for non-intrusive drug impairment detection
Systems and methods for detecting onset, presence, and progression of particular states, including intoxication, include observing eye movements of a subject and correlating the observed movements to known baseline neurophysiological indicators of intoxication. A detection system may record eye movement data from a user, compare the eye movement data to a data model comprising threshold eye movement data samples, and from the comparison make a determination whether or not intoxication or impairment is present. The detection system may alert the user to take corrective action if onset or presence of a dangerous condition is detected. The eye movements detected include saccadic and intersaccadic parameters such as intersaccadic drift velocity. Measurements may be collected in situ with a field testing device. An interactive application may be provided on a user device to provoke the desired eye movements during recording.
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCTION OF NEUROLOGICAL MOVEMENT DISORDER SYMPTOMS USING WEARABLE DEVICE
A multimodal wearable band uses mechanical vibrations to stimulate sensory neurons in the wrist or ankle to reduce the severity of tremors, rigidity, involuntary muscle contractions, and bradykinesia caused by neurological movement disorders and to free users from freezing induced by movement disorders. The device uses sensors to provide output used by a processing unit to determine a stimulation pattern for the user and to determine when stimulation is necessary, and then uses one or more transducers to correspondingly stimulate the user’s neurological pathways to lessen the severity of the user’s symptoms. The device can also be adapted to integrate with third party devices.
Bionic Breast
Breast reconstruction and/or mastectomy may be performed to treat or prevent breast cancer or for a variety of other purposes. These procedures can result in disruption of the innervation of the breast, leading to loss of sensation. This loss of sensation can lead to diminishment of sexual function, sexual dysfunction, or other undesired effects. To restore the lost sensory function, an implanted system is provided. The system includes a sensor configured to detect one or more of pressure, stain, or vibration. The detected input is used to determine a stimulus, and the stimulus is provided to one or more of the intercostal nerves to restore sensation.
COMPUTERIZED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC DETERMINATION AND APPLICATION OF ADJUSTED ELECTRONIC STIMULUS PATTERNS
Disclosed are systems and methods for a computerized framework that detects medical conditions within patients and dynamically effectuates a treatment via a recursively trained machine learning (ML) algorithm. The disclosed framework is configured for controlling computerized equipment by analyzing data associated with a patient, determining underlying conditions of the patient, then automatically causing such equipment to output electronic stimuli that can address the medical condition(s) detected. The framework can determine a correlation between a patient's attributes, electronic data of a condition of a patient and a medical disorder, and cause a device (e.g., a neuromodulation device) to treat and monitor improvements of the condition and disorder. The treatments can be dynamically adjusted, controlled and monitored so that electronic stimulus patterns respective to a patient's conditions can be rendered.
Regulated and interactive muscle stimulation using sensory regulated EMG triggered stimulation for forging neural pathways
Systems and methods for forging neural pathways in a user include stimulation and biofeedback devices in electronic communication with a controller. EMG regulated stimulation may be triggered by the controller or by detection of embodied sensory responses from said body inducted by the controller visually or with electrostimulation to induce stress to create a period of heightened plasticity for the user's brain and to induce muscular contractions consistent with a desired movement of a portion of the users' body. Images to create stress or of the desired movement may be provided at an electronic display. Biofeedback may be received, and where determined to be positive, continued or increased stimulation may be provided. Where the biofeedback is determined to be negative, the stimulation may be decreased or stopped. The controller may process embodied sensory input from the user to learn the patient's emotional and physical thresholds.
Neural locating system
A nerve mapping system includes an elongate medical device, a non-invasive mechanical sensor, and a processor. The elongate medical device includes a distal end portion configured to explore an intracorporeal treatment area of a subject, and the distal end portion includes an electrode. The non-invasive mechanical sensor is configured to provide a mechanomyography output signal corresponding to a monitored mechanical response of a muscle innervated by the nerve. The processor is in communication with the electrode and the sensor, and is configured to provide a plurality of electrical stimuli to the electrode. Each of the plurality of stimuli is provided when the electrode is located at a different position within the intracorporeal treatment area. The processor determines the likelihood of a nerve existing at a particular point using the magnitudes of each of the stimuli and the detected response of the muscle.
Titration for sub-threshold electrical stimulation therapy
In some examples, a medical device is configured to deliver sub-threshold electrical stimulation therapy to a patient at a stimulation intensity that is significantly less than a perception or paresthesia threshold intensity level for the patient. The medical device may determine the particular intensity level for the patient through a titration process. The medical device may titrate automatically or based upon the input of the patient, a clinician or a physician.
Method and system for identifying a location for nerve stimulation
A system and method for identifying a stimulation location on a nerve is disclosed. The system includes an image-based navigation interface used to facilitate advancing a stimulation element within a patient body toward a target nerve stimulation site. Using the system one determines, separately for each potential target nerve stimulation site, a neuromuscular response of muscles produced upon applying a stimulation signal at the respective separate potential target stimulation sites. The image-based navigation interface is configured to display a graphic identification of which muscles were activated for each respective potential target nerve stimulation site upon applying the stimulation signal.