Neural sleeve for neuromuscular stimulation, sensing and recording

US10765859B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Battelle Memorial Institute · CH

Inventors

• Chad E. Bouton · Powell, US
• Gaurav Sharma · Webster, US
• Andrew Sweeney · Columbus, US
• Amy M. Heintz · Dublin, US
• Stephanie Kute · Columbus, US
• Nicholas Annetta · Columbus, US
• Thomas D. Haubert · Columbus, US
• Steven M. Risser · Reynoldsburg, US
• Jeffrey Friend · Columbus, US
• John Bartholomew · Columbus, US
• Rachel Thurston · Columbus, US
• C. Alexander Morrow · Gahanna, US
• George Naegele Brand · Dublin, US
• Jeffrey L. Ellis · Columbus, US
• Matthew Edward Mowrer · Saint Clairsville, US
• Raymond Richard Zaborski · Westerville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 2, 2016
• Grant date: Sep 8, 2020
• Expiry date: Dec 14, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61N1/36003
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to neuromuscular stimulation and sensing cuffs. The neuromuscular stimulation cuff has at least two fingers and a plurality of electrodes disposed on each finger. More generally, the neuromuscular stimulation cuff includes an outer, reusable component and an inner, disposable component. One or more electrodes are housed within the reusable component. The neuromuscular stimulation cuff may be produced by providing an insulating substrate layer, forming a conductive circuit on the substrate layer to form a conductive circuit layer, adhering a cover layer onto the conductive circuit layer to form a flexible circuit, and cutting at least one flexible finger from the flexible circuit. The neuromuscular stimulation cuff employs a flexible multi-electrode design which allows for reanimation of complex muscle movements in a patient, including individual finger movement.