Neurally controlled patient ambulation system
First Claim
1. An ambulation system for a patient comprising:
- a biological interface apparatus comprising;
a sensor comprising a plurality of electrodes for detecting multicellular signals emanating from one or more living cells of a patient;
a processing unit configured to receive the multicellular signals from the sensor, process the multicellular signals to produce a processed signal, and transmit the processed signal to a controlled device; and
the controlled device configured to receive the processed signal, and an ambulation assist apparatus comprising a rigid structure configured to provide support between a portion of the patient'"'"'s body and a surface, wherein data is transferred from the ambulation assist apparatus to the biological interface apparatus.
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Abstract
Various embodiments of an ambulation system and a movement assist system are disclosed. For example, an ambulation system for a patient may comprise a biological interface apparatus and an ambulation assist apparatus. The biological interface apparatus may comprise a sensor having a plurality of electrodes for detecting multicellular signals, a processing unit configured to receive the multicellular signals from the sensor, process the multicellular signals to produce a processed signal, and transmit the processed signal to a controlled device. The ambulation assist apparatus may comprise a rigid structure configured to provide support between a portion of the patient'"'"'s body and a surface. Data may be transferred from the ambulation assist apparatus to the biological interface apparatus.
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226 Claims
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1. An ambulation system for a patient comprising:
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a biological interface apparatus comprising;
a sensor comprising a plurality of electrodes for detecting multicellular signals emanating from one or more living cells of a patient;
a processing unit configured to receive the multicellular signals from the sensor, process the multicellular signals to produce a processed signal, and transmit the processed signal to a controlled device; and
the controlled device configured to receive the processed signal, and an ambulation assist apparatus comprising a rigid structure configured to provide support between a portion of the patient'"'"'s body and a surface, wherein data is transferred from the ambulation assist apparatus to the biological interface apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 87, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144)
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84. The system of claim 84, wherein the change in state comprises one or more of:
- system on or off state;
calibration routine on or off state; and
reset routine on or off state. - View Dependent Claims (85, 86)
- system on or off state;
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88. The system of claim 88, wherein the patient activated input device is selected from the group consisting of:
- chin joystick;
eyebrow EMG switch;
EEG activated switch;
eye tracker;
head tracker;
neck movement switch;
shoulder movement switch;
sip-n-puff joystick controller;
speech recognition switch;
tongue switch; and
any combination thereof.
- chin joystick;
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97. The system of claim 97, wherein the second processed signal is based on the same set of multicellular signals as the first processed signal.
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145. A movement assist system comprising:
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a biological interface apparatus comprising;
a sensor comprising a plurality of electrodes for detecting multicellular signals emanating from one or more living cells of a patient;
a processing unit configured to receive the multicellular signals from the sensor, process the multicellular signals to produce a processed signal, and transmit the processed signal to a controlled device; and
the controlled device configured to receive the processed signal, and a movement assist apparatus configured to exert at least one of a first force and a second force, the first force being applied to the patient in a first direction to cause the patient to move from a sitting position to a standing position and the second force being applied to the patient in a second direction to support the patient while the patient moves from a standing position to a sitting position, and wherein data is transferred from the movement assist apparatus to the biological interface apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226)
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