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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STIMULATING A DENERVATED MUSCLE

  • US 20070191908A1
  • Filed: 02/15/2007
  • Published: 08/16/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/16/2006
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An apparatus for stimulating a subject having a denervated muscle and a corresponding functional muscle, said functional muscle and said denervated muscle being responsible for producing actions on first and second portions, respectively, of said subject'"'"'s body, comprising:

  • one or more sensing devices located on or within the body of said subject and operatively associated with said functional muscle, one or more of said one or more sensing devices generating one or more first signals in response to certain activity indicating that said functional muscle has contracted, wherein each of said one or more sensing devices includes a first RF transmitter, wherein the one or more first signals are each an RF signal transmitted by a respective first RF transmitter;

    one or more stimulating devices located on or within the body of said subject and operatively associated with said denervated muscle; and

    a control unit including;

    (i) a controller, (ii) a power supply, wherein power is provided to said one or more sensing devices through near field inductive coupling between said power supply and each of said sensing devices, (iii) an RF receiver for receiving said one or more first signals and providing said one or more first signals to said controller, and (iv) a second RF transmitter;

    wherein when said controller receives said one or more first signals said controller causes a second signal to be generated in response thereto, said second signal being an RF signal transmitted by said second RF transmitter and received by said one or more stimulating devices, said second signal causing said one or more stimulating devices to cause said denervated muscle to contract.

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