The present invention provides, among other things, apparatus and methods of use for treating a subject in need of assistance with breathing. In some embodiments the subject suffers from airflow obstruction. In some embodiments, the subject suffers from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

A neuromodulation system includes a conductive element, a magnetic field generator, a power module and a computer processor. The conductive element located internal a patient's body. At least a portion of the conductive element is positioned adjacent to a target tissue. The magnetic field generator is positioned external to the patient's body. The magnetic field generator generates a time varying magnetic field for inducing stimulation of the target tissue in combination with the conductive element to produce stimulation that is larger than that which would occur in the absence of the conductive element. The power module supplies power to the magnetic field generator. The computer processor controls the time varying magnetic field provided by the magnetic field generator according to at least one set of stimulation parameters.

A body physiotherapy machine contains a conductive sphere member and a body configured to output electric physiotherapy energy to the conductive sphere member. The conductive sphere member is held by a user to contact his/her discomfort or acupuncture points so as to comfort the user and to enhance metabolism by ways of the electric physiotherapy energy, thus maintaining health easily.

The present disclosure is in the field of sleep and respiratory care. In particular, the present disclosure provides means and methods for decreasing the respiratory effort of a sleeping subject. The present disclosure also provides means and methods for treating the snoring of a sleeping subject.

This disclosure describes devices, systems, and methods related to therapy devices that are operable in multiple operating modes. An exemplary therapy device is configured to be coupled to a patient and includes a stimulation generator and a controller coupled to the stimulation generator. The controller is configured to transition the stimulation generator from operating in a first operating mode to operating in a second operating mode responsive to determining activity of the patient.

A skin treatment device is provided with a thermally modulated treatment head adapted for contact with a user or other subject's skin. The device includes one or more thermal elements adapted to modulate the temperature of the head, a power source adapted to provide current to the thermal elements, and a controller adapted to modulate the head temperature by controlling the current delivered to the thermal elements. A topical agent can be disposed between the treatment head and the subject's skin, where the temperature of the topical agent is modulated in response to the temperature thereof.

A control system for a movement reconstruction and/or restoration system for a patient, comprising a sampling module configured and arranged to sample signals describing directly and/or indirectly motion at a sampling rate of at least 50 Hz; at least one stimulation system configured and arranged to provide stimulation for movement reconstruction and/or restoration to the patient; a prediction module configured and arranged to provide a prediction of at least a next movement, especially movement stage and/or sequence, to reduce latency and to synchronize stimulation to the movement phase, wherein the control system further comprises at least one controller, the controller being configured and arranged to provide stimulation control signals to the stimulation system on the basis of the information obtained by the sampling module and the prediction provided by the prediction module.

A therapeutic or diagnostic device comprises a wearable electrodes garment including electrodes disposed to contact skin when the wearable electrodes garment is worn, and an electronic controller operatively connected with the electrodes. The electronic controller is programmed to perform a method including: receiving surface electromyography (EMG) signals via the electrodes and extracting one or more motor unit (MU) action potentials from the surface EMG signals. The method may further include identifying an intended movement based at least on features representing the one or more extracted MU action potentials and delivering functional electrical stimulation (FES) effective to implement the intended movement via the electrodes of the wearable electrodes garment. The method may further include generating a patient performance report based at least on a comparison of features representing the one or more extracted MU action potentials and features representing expected and/or baseline MU action potentials for a known intended movement.

A multi-type combination electrical stimulation method is for medical treatment of surface and internal infected tissues, surface wounds and ulcers, trauma injuries, abnormal plasia and fibrotic changes, and pain conditions. The multi-type electrotherapy system for non-invasive treatment of both surface and deep body bacterial and viral infections and wound healing includes a machine learning function optimization task algorithm, and a stimulation device electronically with the ability to generate carrier base waveforms with amplitude modulation of these waveforms by secondary frequencies. The ranges of such frequencies are base frequencies in the range of 1-20,000 Hz and modulating frequencies in the range of 1-200 Hz. The waveforms are generated by either direct digital synthesis (DDS) or digital to analogue (DAC) converter electronics.

A non-fixed shoulder brace is provided comprising: an affected shoulder support which is supported on an affected shoulder of a wearer; a waist support coupled to the wearer's waist; an affected arm mounting part in which the wearer's affected arm is inserted and which is supported by means of an affected shoulder strap member from the affected shoulder support; and an affected upper limb exercise assistance apparatus coupled to both ends of the waist support and disposed between the wearer's waist and the affected arm mounting part.