Abstract: Neurostimulator devices are described comprising: a stimulation assembly connectable to a plurality of electrodes, wherein the plurality of electrodes are configured to stimulate a spinal cord; one or more sensors; and at least one processor configured to modify at least one complex stimulation pattern deliverable by the plurality of electrodes by integrating data from the one or more sensors and performing a machine learning method implementing a Gaussian Process Optimization on the at least one complex stimulation pattern. Methods of use are also described.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 30, 2016
Date of Patent:
April 3, 2018
Assignees:
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC., THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, NEURORECOVERY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventors:
Joel W. Burdick, Yu-Chong Tai, John F. Naber, Robert S. Keynton, Victor Reggie Edgerton, Roland R. Roy, Yury Gerasimenko, Susan J. Harkema, Jonathan Hodes, Claudia A Angeli, Mandheerej S. Nandra, Thomas Anthony Desautels, Steven L. Upchurch, Douglas J. Jackson, Nicholas A. Terrafranca, Yangsheng Chen
Abstract: Methods are described comprising: administering to a mammal with a paralysis an electrical enabling motor control stimulation to at a sub-threshold location, wherein the electrical enabling motor control stimulation provides spontaneous voluntary movement of at least one body part.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 9, 2015
Publication date:
June 23, 2016
Applicant:
NEURORECOVERY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventors:
Victor Reggie Edgerton, Roland R. Roy, Yury Gerasimenko, Joel W. Burdick, Parag Gad, Nicholas A. Terrafranca