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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2014
Applicant:
The United States of America, As Represented BY the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC (US);
Inventors:
Christy Leslie Ludlow, Castleton, VA (US);
Christopher Poletto, North Oaks, MN (US);
Ianessa A. Humbert, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61H 23/02 (2006.01); A61H 39/00 (2006.01); A61H 39/06 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61H 23/02 (2013.01); A61H 39/00 (2013.01); A61H 39/007 (2013.01); A61N 1/36025 (2013.01); A61H 39/002 (2013.01); A61H 39/06 (2013.01); A61H 2039/005 (2013.01); A61H 2201/12 (2013.01); A61H 2201/16 (2013.01); A61H 2201/50 (2013.01); A61H 2205/04 (2013.01); A61N 1/36003 (2013.01); A61N 1/36007 (2013.01); A61N 1/36017 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods, devices and systems for recovering motor control of an area in the body of a patient affected by a neurological disorder. A device vibrotactilely stimulates a substitute site for the affected area thereby recovering the motor control of the affected area. The stimulation provided by the device is volitionally controlled by the patient.