Systems and methods for automated muscle stimulation
AssigneeSage Products, LLC
InventorBrian J. Fahey
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Abstract
A method of electrically stimulating a target muscle of a patient includes placing at least one stimulation electrode in electrical contact with the target muscle and applying an electrical signal to the stimulation electrode. The method further includes obtaining a signal from a sensing element placed on the patient, wherein the sensing element is configured to detect at least one biological parameter of the patient associated with contraction of the target muscle caused by the application of the electrical signal, and adapting stimulation of the target muscle by the at least one stimulation electrode using the obtained signal.
Claims20
A method of electrically stimulating a target muscle of a patient, comprising:
- placing at least one stimulation electrode in electrical contact with the target muscle;
- applying an electrical signal to the stimulation electrode;
- obtaining a signal from a sensing element placed on the patient, wherein the sensing element is configured to detect at least one biological parameter of the patient associated with contraction of the target muscle caused by the application of the electrical signal;
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- adapting stimulation of the target muscle by the at least one stimulation electrode using the obtained signal.
A muscle stimulation system, comprising:
- at least one stimulation electrode adapted to be placed in electrical contact with a target muscle of a patient;
- a sensing element adapted to be placed on the patient, wherein the sensing element is configured to detect at least one biological parameter associated with contraction of the target muscle;
- an electrical stimulation energy source selectively communicable with the stimulation electrode and the sensing element;
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- a controller configured to adapt stimulation energy applied to the at least one stimulation electrode by the energy source in response to a biological parameter detected by the sensing element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.