Fitting system for a neural enabled limb prosthesis system
AssigneeThe Florida International University Board of Trustees
InventorsSATHYAKUMAR S. KUNTAEGOWDANAHALLI, RANU JUNG, JAMES J. ABBAS, KENNETH HORCH
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Abstract
Fitting systems and fitting methods for prostheses are provided. An instrumented prosthesis (IP), such as an instrumented prosthetic hand (IPH), can include sensors and can be connected to a neural stimulation system (NSS) or neural recording system (NRS), which includes an implanted system having electrodes. The NSS/NRS can also be connected to a software module, which can assist in calibrating the electrodes and mapping sensor values to stimulation parameters and/or mapping motor intent from recorded neural activity to control of prostheses.
Claims20
A fitting system for a prosthesis, comprising:
- an instrumented prosthesis (IP) having sensors configured to sense modalities of the IP;
- and
- a neural stimulation system (NSS) comprising a stimulator and electrodes in operable communication with the stimulator,
- wherein the IP is in operable communication with the NSS.
A fitting method for an instrumented prosthesis (IP), the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving, by a processor of a neural stimulation system (NSS), at least one sensor value from sensors of the IP;
- mapping the at least one sensor value to at least one stimulation parameter value on one or more electrodes of the NSS;
- providing the stimulation parameter value to a stimulator of the NSS in operable communication with the electrodes;
- and
- delivering, by the one or more electrodes, an electrical impulse to a peripheral nerve of a subject having the IP, in accordance with the at least one stimulation parameter value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.