Patents Assigned to Bright Devices Group Pty Ltd
  • Freezing of gait cue apparatus
    Patent number: 10251611
    Abstract: A freezing of gait cue apparatus that provides a visual cue, and a method for providing a visual cue, upon detection of a gait irregularity. The gait irregularity, such as a freeze of gait (FOG) for sufferers of neurological diseases like Parkinson's disease, is determined by a processor in communication with a motion sensor worn by the sufferer. When the gait irregularity is determined the apparatus projects a laser light beam on the ground in front of the user of the apparatus to cue them to continue walking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Bright Devices Group Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Rodney Ian McLeod Marsh, Richard Billett, Duncan Gilmore, Lydia Kay Goh, Raymond Lindsay Hope, Michael Steven McCallion, Ben McGarry, James Robert Ward
  • Freezing of Gait Cue Apparatus
    Publication number: 20140249452
    Abstract: A freezing of gait cue apparatus that provides a visual cue, and a method for providing a visual cue, upon detection of a gait irregularity. The gait irregularity, such as a freeze of gait (FOG) for sufferers of neurological diseases like Parkinson's disease, is determined by a processor in communication with a motion sensor worn by the sufferer. When the gait irregularity is determined the apparatus projects a laser light beam on the ground in front of the user of the apparatus to cue them to continue walking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: Bright Devices Group Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Rodney Ian McLeod Marsh, Richard Billett, Duncan Bartlett Gilmore, Lydia Kay Goh, Raymond Lindsay Hope, Michael Steven McCallion, Ben McGarry, James Robert Ward