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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2017
Applicant:
Nstim Services Gmbh, Vienna, AT;
Inventors:
Oskar Aszmann, Vienna, AT;
Hans Dietl, Gablitz, AT;
Andreas Goppelt, Vienna, AT;
Christian Hofer, Vienna, AT;
Michael Friedrich Russold, Vienna, AT;
Ernesto Urbano, Vienna, AT;
Assignee:
NSTIM SERVICES GMBH, Vienna, AT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36003 (2013.01); A61B 5/112 (2013.01); A61B 5/4836 (2013.01); A61N 1/0452 (2013.01); A61N 1/0556 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0219 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device for influencing a patient's gait, comprising at least one foot lifter stimulation electrode for activating a foot lifter muscle, at least one sensor unit, at least one hip flexor stimulation electrode for activating a hip flexor muscle, and at least one control unit which is coupled to the sensor unit and the stimulation electrodes, processes sensor values from the sensor unit and, depending on the sensor values, activates at least one of the stimulation electrodes.