Proportional response electrical muscle stimulation
US4811742A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 11, 1985 |
| Grant date | Mar 14, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 11, 2005 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S128/905
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Excitation of the skeletal musculature of a subject is measured by an electromyogram (EMG), processed and applied to control application to the musculature of electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) signals proportional to the electrical nerve impulses. The invention is useful for re-education and/or amplification of muscular control where motor control has suffered impairment.
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