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System and methods for treating or supporting human joints or a portion of the human body

  • US 9,072,898 B2
  • Filed: 03/14/2014
  • Issued: 07/07/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • providing a system for treating a human joint or body part of a patient, the system comprising;

    a good comprising;

    a sensor in contact with human tissues of a patient to obtain a power dissipation of human tissues, anda storage medium for tangibly storing thereon data for use by a processor; and

    a control unit in communication with the good to form an electrical muscular stimulation (EMS) system that uses feedback in a closed loop manner to self tune electrical properties of output, the control unit configured to (a) apply a sense pulse to the human tissues, (b) measure power dissipation of the sense pulse, (c) adjust a stimulation pulse based on the measured power dissipation, (d) apply the stimulation pulse to the human tissues based on the power dissipation in order to maintain constant power output across each pulse, and (e) repeat steps (a)-(d).

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