WIRELESS FOOTSWITCH AND FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION APPARATUS
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Abstract
A shoe insole has a cavity configured to provide an internal pocket open to a face of said insole, conveniently the lower face, the cavity having a length greater than its width and being directed generally along the length of the insole. A segmented structure is slideably insertable into said cavity within it is removably retained, the segments being disposed along the cavity and housing a pressure sensor, sensor state monitoring circuits, a wireless transceiver and a battery, adjacent segments being electrically connected together and hinged together by pairs of laterally spaced connector bars each mechanically connected together by links configured to maintaining the spacing between segments while permitting flexion between adjacent segments under loads encountered during walking.
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82 Claims
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63. A shoe insole for use in functional electrotherapy, the shoe insole comprising:
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a cavity opening to its lower face and a wireless footswitch module located in said cavity, wherein said footswitch module comprises a load, force or pressure sensor, a microcontroller for receiving signals from the sensor indicating phase of walking and having a power-saving mode in which a microprocessor or core forming part of said microcontroller can be disabled while inputs continue to be active, a wireless transceiver in communication with the microcontroller for transmitting sensor state information, a battery for providing power and an accelerometer for monitoring user activity/inactivity and controlling entry of the microcontroller into working and power-saving modes. - View Dependent Claims (64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72)
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73. An electrical stimulator for attachment to a body, comprising:
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first and second electrodes for attachment to the body to apply an electrical stimulus; a shoe insole for use in functional electrotherapy having a cavity opening to its lower face and a wireless footswitch module located in said cavity, wherein said footswitch module comprises a load, force or pressure sensor, a microcontroller for receiving signals from the sensor indicating phase of walking and having a power-saving mode in which a microprocessor or core forming part of said microcontroller can be disabled while inputs continue to be active, a wireless transceiver in communication with the microcontroller for transmitting sensor state information, a battery for providing power and an accelerometer for monitoring user activity/inactivity and controlling entry of the microcontroller into working and power-saving modes; and a transceiver forming part of the simulator for communicating with the insole and providing the electrical stimulus in response to information received from the insole. - View Dependent Claims (74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79)
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- 80. A shoe insole having a cavity configured to provide an internal pocket open to a face of said insole, the cavity having a length greater than its width and being directed generally along the length of the insole, a segmented structure being slideably insertable into said cavity within it is removably retained, the segments being disposed along the cavity and housing a pressure sensor, sensor state monitoring circuits, a wireless transmitter and a coin cell or other battery, adjacent segments being electrically connected together and mechanically connected together by links configured to maintaining the spacing between segments while permitting flexion between adjacent segments under loads encountered during walking.
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