A sensor including electrodes, a control module and a physical layer module. The electrodes are configured to (i) attach to a patient, and (ii) receive a first electromyographic signal from the patient. The control module is connected to the electrodes. The control module is configured to (i) detect the first electromyographic signal, and (ii) generate a first voltage signal. The physical layer module is configured to: receive a payload request from a console interface module or a nerve integrity monitoring device; and based on the payload request, (i) upconvert the first voltage signal to a first radio frequency signal, and (ii) wirelessly transmit the first radio frequency signal from the sensor to the console interface module or the nerve integrity monitoring device.

A method for generating stimulation parameters, an electrical stimulation control apparatus and an electrical stimulation system are provided. After receiving a brainwave signal, the brainwave signal is decomposed to obtain a first sub-signal and a second sub-signal. Then, the first sub-signal is analyzed to obtain an intrinsic frequency series, and the second sub-signal is converted to a Boolean signal. Subsequently, the intrinsic frequency series and the Boolean signal, which serve as a set of stimulation parameters, are outputted to the stimulator, enabling the stimulator to generate a stimulus signal.

Provided are an electric stimulation simulation method, a server, and a computer program for determining an optimal stimulation position combination. The electric stimulation simulation method for determining an optimal stimulation position combination according to various embodiments of the present invention is executed by a computing device and includes: filtering stimulation positions corresponding to a preset condition among the plurality of stimulation positions according to a preset guide system; and simulating the electric stimulation for the brain of the subject by using remaining stimulation positions except for the filtered stimulation positions among the plurality of stimulation positions.

Devices and methods for treating dry eye and other ophthalmic conditions are provided. The devices may be configured to be located in a patient's fornix. In one embodiment, a device includes a flexible substrate, an antenna disposed on a first side of the substrate, one or more electronic components disposed on the first side of the substrate, and a first electrode and a second electrode disposed on a second side of the substrate opposite the first side. Each of the first electrode and the second electrode comprises an electrode surface and a plurality of slots in the electrode surface defining a plurality of electrode prongs. The plurality of slots facilitate or promote near-field coupling between a transmitter and the antenna. The one or more electronic components are configured to provide electrical power to the first electrode and the second electrode.

The present invention relates to systems for providing noninvasive cranial nerve stimulation and methods for using the same. The present invention administers therapy through electrodes that are noninvasively attached to one or more of a subject’s cranial nerve. The systems can be used to enhancing rehabilitation and recovery by improving neuroplasticity and coupling muscle training with feedback.

Systems and methods for improving behavioral therapies encompassing therapies wherein a perceptual stimulus is administered to a subject or a motor behavior is performed by the subject. Such administration of perceptual stimuli or motor performance is paired with the delivery of vagus nerve stimulation to the subject. The vagus nerve stimulation is timed with the sensory stimulus administration or motor performance in a temporal alignment that maximizes neuroplasticity and performance. Systems for performance of the method and associated software are also disclosed

Applicators, systems, and methods for delivering electrical energy to a target treatment region with large area surface electrodes are disclosed. In one example, a system may include a housing, a pulse generator, and a treatment applicator coupled to the pulse generator and configured to deliver sub-microsecond high-voltage electric pulses from the pulse generator. The treatment applicator may include a first and second electrodes coupled to a substrate, where the first and second electrodes are configured to provide a uniform gap between edges of the first and second electrodes.

A neuromimetic stimulating apparatus includes a feedback detector configured to detect a feedback signal from a target to be stimulated, a controller configured to analyze a waveform of the detected feedback signal and determine a parameter based on the analyzed waveform of the detected feedback signal, and a signal generator configured to generate a stimulus signal corresponding to the detected feedback signal based on the determined parameter.

A system, device, and method for transcutaneous nerve stimulation such as facial nerve stimulation, and in particular, to using transcutaneous nerve stimulation for artificially eliciting eye blink, such as with humans with acute facial paralysis (Bell's palsy or Dry Eye syndrome), is disclosed. A battery-operated wearable device may employ a pulse generator for periodically and automatically generating bursts train of asymmetrical Bi-Phasic square pulses. The output pulses are fed to two electrodes that are attached to the skin of the treated person to stimulate the facial nerve for eliciting blinking at a rate that mimics normal blinking operation. The device may include a sensor and a wireless connection, and the parameters of, or the activation of, the generated bursts may be controlled by the sensor output, by human user control, or by data received from the wireless network. Further, the device may transmit status to the wireless network.

A bone conduction apparatus according to the present invention includes: a decoding unit decoding audio data; a digital-to-analog converter converting the decoded audio data to an analog signal, and outputting an analog audio signal; a bone conduction unit converting the analog audio signal to a bone conduction signal, and outputting the bone conduction signal; a metal electrode placed at an outside of a housing in which the bone conduction unit is provided; a frequency generator generating a transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) signal; and a TENS signal amplification unit amplifying the TENS signal, and applying the resulting signal to the metal electrode.