Apparatus and method for stimulation of the human body
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1. Apparatus for stimulation of the human body, the apparatus comprising:
- an array of stimulator elements arranged to be operated in a plurality of stimulator activation zone configurations so as to effect localised stimulation of said human body corresponding to each of said activation zone configurations; and
a user interface device including a selectable array of input zones corresponding to the activation zone array of the stimulator elements permitting a user to relate interface zones of the interface device to activation zones of the array of stimulator elements, wherein the apparatus is operable in a mode in which the activation zone configuration of the array of stimulator elements is selected independently of the user and the user uses the interface device to identify the activation configuration as perceived by the user by selection respective input zones of said user interface device.
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Abstract
Apparatus for stimulation of the human body which comprises an array of vibration actuators (2) which are operated in an array to provide stimulus that the user can sense. There is a user interface (5) including a display (6) having a grid of zones. The interface is connected to a controller (4) which can be used to operate the actuators (2) to train and test a patient.
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1. Apparatus for stimulation of the human body, the apparatus comprising:
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an array of stimulator elements arranged to be operated in a plurality of stimulator activation zone configurations so as to effect localised stimulation of said human body corresponding to each of said activation zone configurations; and
a user interface device including a selectable array of input zones corresponding to the activation zone array of the stimulator elements permitting a user to relate interface zones of the interface device to activation zones of the array of stimulator elements, wherein the apparatus is operable in a mode in which the activation zone configuration of the array of stimulator elements is selected independently of the user and the user uses the interface device to identify the activation configuration as perceived by the user by selection respective input zones of said user interface device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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- 23. A method of stimulation of the human body, the method comprising stimulating the surface of the body with an array of stimulator elements, the array being operated to activate an activation zone configuration from a plurality of potential activation zone configurations, wherein the user interfaces with an interface device including a selectable array of interface zones corresponding to the array of stimulator elements such that interface zones of the interface device selected by the user correlate to the active activation zone configuration of the array of stimulator element.
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