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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2019
University of Washington, Seattle, WA (US);
Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA (US);
Rajesh P. N. Rao, Seattle, WA (US);
Jeffrey G. Ojemann, Seattle, WA (US);
Eberhard E. Fetz, Seattle, WA (US);
Chet T. Moritz, Seattle, WA (US);
Jeffrey Herron, Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for promoting neuroplasticity in a brain of a subject to improve and/or restore neural function are disclosed herein. One such method includes detecting residual movement and/or muscular activity in a limb of the subject, such as a paretic limb. The method further includes generating a stimulation pattern based on the detected movement and/or muscular activity, and stimulating the brain of the subject with the stimulation pattern. It is expected that delivering stimulation based on the detected residual movement and/or muscular activity of the limb will induce neuroplasticity for restoring neural function, such as control of the limb. A second method involves detecting brain signals and delivering contingent stimulation. A third method involves delivering pairs of successive stimulus patterns to two brain sites, controlled either by preprogrammed sequences or contingent on neural or muscular activity or movement.