Neuromechanical Interventions for the Mitigation of Limb Pathology

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Proprioceptive feedback is provided in a residual limb of a person that includes forming a linkage between a pair of agonist and antagonist muscles, forming a sliding surface over which the agonist and antagonist muscles slide. The sliding surface can include a synovial sleeve, a bridge formed between the distal ends of bones, or a fixture that is osseointegrated into the bone. The invention also includes a system for transdermal electrical communication in a person that includes a percutaneous access device, a sensory device that communicates signals between a muscle and the percutaneous device, and a stimulation device in communication with the percutaneous access device. In another embodiment, a closed-loop functional stimulation system restores lost functionality to a person that suffers from impairment of a neurological control system or at least partial loss of a limb.

Researchers

Hugh M Herr / Shriya Sruthi Srinivasan / Jean-Francois Duval / Tyler Clites / Matthew Carty / Benjamin Maimon / Anthony Zorzos

Departments: Program in Media Arts and Sciences, David H Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Res
Technology Areas: Biotechnology: Prostheses, Sensors & Monitoring
Impact Areas: Healthy Living

  • method and system for providing proprioceptive feedback and functionality mitigating limb pathology
    United States of America | Published application
  • method and system for providing proprioceptive feedback and functionality mitigating limb pathology
    United States of America | Granted | 11,179,251

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