IP Library Granted Patent US 11,672,983
Granted Patent B2
US 11,672,983 · App. 16/682,942 · Granted Jun 13, 2023

Sensor in clothing of limbs or footwear

Inventors: Miroslav Caban (Eindhoven, NL); Niek Borgers (Eindhoven, NL); Urs Keller (Eindhoven, NL); Joachim von Zitzewitz (Eindhoven, NL); Jurriaan Bakker (Eindhoven, NL); Vincent Delattre (Eindhoven, NL); Robin Brouns (Eindhoven, NL)
Assignee: Onward Medical N.V.
A61N1/36031A61N1/0484A61N1/36003A61B5/0077A61B5/1071A61B5/1128A61B5/389A61B5/6807A61B2090/065A61B2090/066A61B2562/0219A61B2562/0223A61H3/00A63B21/0552
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Patent No.
US 11,672,983
App. No.
16/682,942
Granted
Jun 13, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control system for a movement reconstruction and/or restoration system for a patient, comprising a CNS-Stimulation Module, especially an EES-Module, configured and arranged to provide CNS-Stimulation to a patient, and/or a PNS-Stimulation Module, especially an FES-Module, configured and arranged to provide PNS-Stimulation to a patient, a controller configured and arranged to control the CNS-Stimulation Module and/or the PNS-Stimulation Module, and at least one sensor configured and arranged to measure at least one parameter indicative of the movement of at least one limb and/or part of a limb of a patient.

Claims (18)

1. A control system for a movement reconstruction and/or restoration for a patient with a neurological disorder, comprising:

a CNS-Stimulation Module comprising an EES-Module configured to provide a CNS-Stimulation to a patient;

and/or a PNS-Stimulation Module comprising an FES-Module, configured to provide a PNS-Stimulation to the patient;

a controller configured to control one or more of the CNS-Stimulation Module and the PNS-Stimulation Module;

at least one sensor configured to measure at least one parameter indicative of the movement of at least one limb or part of a limb or the trunk or the head of the patient; and

a pre-warning module configured to provide a pre-warning signal indicative of providing an upcoming stimulation event, the pre-warning signal is configured to assist the patient to coordinate the patient's voluntary control of the movement and the upcoming stimulation event;

wherein the pre-warning signal acts in a sub-motor threshold region;

wherein the controller arranges and controls one or more of the CNS-Stimulation Module and the PNS-Stimulation Module using the at least one sensor to predict the intended movement of the patient.

2. The control system of claim 1 , wherein the control system further comprises an electrode module, which is configured and arranged to stimulate a patient locomotor system.

3. The control system of claim 2 , wherein the electrode module comprises at least one electrode, which is configured and arranged to stimulate the patient locomotor system, wherein the electrode is attached to or arranged at the limb of part of the limb or foot or CNS or spinal circuits, or dorsal roots.

4. The control system of claim 3 , wherein each limb is targeted or targetable with at least one electrode.

5. The control system of claim 4 , wherein the electrode is configured and arranged for limb cramp stimulation to release cramp or detection of limb cramp.

6. The control system of claim 1 , wherein the sensor is configured and arranged to be inserted or integrated into or onto one or more of an exoskeleton, tights, a belt, straps, a stretching band, a knee sock, a sock, and a shoe of the patient.

7. The control system of a claim 6 , wherein the sensor is configured and arranged to be inserted or arranged in the shoe or into the sole or into the insole of the shoe of the patient.

8. The control system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured and arranged to adapt the CNS-Stimulation provided by the CNS-Stimulation Module and the PNS-Stimulation provided by the PNS-Stimulation Module based on data provided by the sensor.

9. The control system of claim 1 , wherein at least one sensor is arranged at each limb or part of a limb of the patient.

10. The control system of claim 1 , wherein the sensor is at least one of an inertial measurement unit (IMU), an optical sensor, a camera, a piezo element, a velocity sensor, an accelerometer, a magnet sensor, a torque sensor, a pressure sensor, a displacement sensor, a contact sensor, an EMG measurement unit, a goniometer, a magnetic field sensor, a hall sensor and/or a gyroscope and/or a motion tracking video camera, or a infra-red camera.

11. The control system of claim 1 , comprising both the CNS-Stimulation Module and the PNS-Stimulation Module.

Assignments (6)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 14, 2024
From: ONWARD MEDICAL N.V.
To: RUNWAY GROWTH FINANCE CORP., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 068287/0393 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 21, 2022
From: ONWARD MEDICAL B.V.
To: ONWARD MEDICAL N.V.
Reel/Frame 059455/0467 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE THE TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR THAT LISTED APPLICTION NO. 29/782, 452 INSTEAD OF APPLICATION NO. 29782,453 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 058600 FRAME: 0518. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Mar 1, 2022
From: ONWARD MEDICAL B.V.
To: ONWARD MEDICAL N.V.
Reel/Frame 059280/0326 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 28, 2021
From: ONWARD MEDICAL B.V.
To: ONWARD MEDICAL N.V.
Reel/Frame 058600/0518 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 29, 2021
From: GTX MEDICAL B.V.
To: ONWARD MEDICAL B.V.
Reel/Frame 055176/0952 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 2, 2020
From: CABAN, MIROSLAV; BORGERS, NIEK; KELLER, URS; VON ZITZEWITZ, JOACHIM; BAKKER, JURRIAAN; DELATTRE, VINCENT; BROUNS, ROBIN
To: GTX MEDICAL B.V.
Reel/Frame 051403/0818 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 18205817 · Nov 13, 2018 · regional
Continuity (1)
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