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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2016
Takafumi Ishibe, Osaka, JP;
Shigenori Kawabata, Tokyo, JP;
Takumi Yamaga, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Deguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Koji Yamaguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shunichi Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Takafumi Ishibe, Osaka, JP;
Shigenori Kawabata, Tokyo, JP;
Takumi Yamaga, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Deguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Koji Yamaguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shunichi Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
National University Corporation Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A nerve stimulation apparatus is provided. The nerve stimulation apparatus detects nerve activities from a body surface and applies stimulation. The nerve stimulation apparatus includes a stimulation apparatus with multiple electrodes which are arranged on skin and a current supply unit which supplies a current to the electrodes, which stimulation apparatus provides the current to a living body percutaneously to stimulate a target nerve; a measurement apparatus which measures activities of muscles governed by the nerve according to the stimulation from the stimulation apparatus; and an information processing apparatus which determines, based on a measurement result of the nerve activities obtained from the measurement apparatus, which electrode is capable of providing the target nerve activities equal to or greater than a desired value.