# US 2015/0148866 A1 · Method for functional electrical stimulation therapy > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2015/0148866 A1 - Document ID: US20150148866A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/411,200 - Filed: 2013-06-26 - Published: 2015-05-28 - Earliest claimed: 2012-06-26 - Assignees: MyndTec Inc. - Applicants: Simple Systems Inc. - Inventors: Abudulkadir Bulsen; Naaz Ankur Desai; Milos Popovic - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20150148866A1 ## CPC - A61N 1/36003: {of motor muscles, e.g. for walking assistance} - A61N 1/0452: {Specially adapted for transcutaneous muscle stimulation [TMS]} - A61N 1/0492: {Patch electrodes (A61N1/0412, A61N1/0428 take precedence)} - A61N 1/36034: {specified by the stimulation parameters} - A61N: ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY (measurement of bioelectric currents A61B; surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body A61B18/00; anaesthetic apparatus in general A61M; incandescent lamps H01K; infrared radiators for heating H05B) ## Abstract A functional electrical stimulation method for rehabilitating, treating, retraining, and/or otherwise improving upper extremity mobility and control in persons having impaired or disabled upper extremities due to stroke or spinal cord injury, comprising stimulation of the lumbricalis muscles. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 -83. (canceled) ### Claim 84 A method for functional electrical stimulation therapy comprising a stimulation of at least one lumbricalis muscle in a hand, wherein the stimulation is through an electrical pulse. ### Claim 85 (depends on 84) The method of claim 84 further comprising a stimulation of at least one interossei muscle of the same hand. ### Claim 86 (depends on 84) The method of claim 84 further comprising stimulation of at least one thumb flexor muscle of the same hand. ### Claim 87 (depends on 84) The method of claim 84 further comprising stimulation of at least one dorsal interrosseous muscle of the same hand. ### Claim 88 (depends on 84) The method of claim 84 further comprising stimulation of at least one finger extensor muscle of the same hand. ### Claim 89 (depends on 88) The method of claim 88 wherein the stimulation of the at least one lumbricalis muscle and the at least one interossei muscle comprises: placing at least one electrode on a proximal phalanx of a finger, proximal to a metacarpopharangeal joint, on said hand; placing return electrode on the proximal and posterior part of a wrist on said hand; passing an electric current through the at least one electrode to the return electrode. ### Claim 90 (depends on 88) The method of claim 88 wherein the stimulation of the at least one finger extensor occurs before the stimulation of the at least one lumbricalis muscle. ### Claim 91 (depends on 88) The method of claim 88 comprising: a. stimulation of the at least one finger extensor muscle; b. stimulation of the at least one lumbricalis muscle; c. relaxation of the at least one lumbricalis muscle; and d. relaxation of the at least one finger extensor muscle; wherein steps a-d are repeated at least 5 times. ### Claim 92 (depends on 88) The method of claim 88 comprising: a. stimulation of the at least one finger extensor muscle; b. stimulation of the at least one lumbricalis muscle; c. relaxation of the at least one finger extensor muscle; d. stimulation of the at least one finger extensor muscle; e. relaxation of the at least one lumbricalis muscle; and f. relaxation of the at least one finger extensor muscle; wherein steps a-f are repeated at least 5 times. ### Claim 93 (depends on 88) The method of claim 88 comprising: a. stimulation of the at least one finger extensor muscle; b. stimulation of the at least one lumbricalis muscle; c. relaxation of the at least one finger extensor muscle; d. stimulation of at least one finger flexor muscle; e. relaxation of the at least one lumbricalis muscle; and f. relaxation of the at least one finger flexor muscle; wherein steps a-f are repeated at least 5 times. ### Claim 94 (depends on 88) The method of claim 88 comprising: a. stimulation of the at least one finger extensor muscle; b. stimulation of the at least one lumbricalis muscle; c. relaxation of the at least one finger extensor muscle; d. stimulation of at least one finger flexor muscle; e. relaxation of the at least one lumbricalis muscle; f. stimulation of the at least one lumbricalis muscle; g. relaxation of at least one finger flexor muscle; h. stimulation of the at least one finger extensor muscle; i. relaxation of the at least one lumbricalis muscle; j. relaxation of the at least one finger extensor muscle; wherein steps a-j are repeated at least 5 times. ### Claim 95 (depends on 88) The method of claim 88 comprising: a. stimulation of the at least one finger extensor muscle; b. stimulation of the at least one lumbricalis muscle; c. relaxation of the at least one finger extensor muscle; d. stimulation of the at least one thumb flexion muscle; e. relaxation of the at least one thumb flexion muscle; f. stimulation of the at least one finger extensor muscle; g. relaxation of the at least one lumbricalis muscle; and h. relaxation of the at least one finger extensor muscle; wherein steps a-h are repeated at least 5 times. ### Claim 96 (depends on 88) The method of claim 88 comprising: a. stimulation of the at least one lumbricalis muscle; b. stimulation of the at least one dorsal interrosseous muscle; c. relaxation of the at least one lumbricalis muscle; d. relaxation of the at least one dorsal interrosseous muscle; e. stimulation of the at least one finger extensor muscle; and f. relaxation of the at least one finger extensor muscle; wherein steps a-f are repeated at least 5 times. ### Claim 97 (depends on 84) The method of claim 84 comprising: a. stimulation of the at least one finger extensor muscle; b. stimulation of the at least one lumbricalis muscle; c. relaxation of the at least one finger extensor muscle; d. stimulation of the at least one finger extensor muscle; e. relaxation of the at least one lumbricalis muscle; and f. relaxation of the at least one finger extensor muscle; wherein steps a-f are repeated at least 5 times. ### Claim 98 (depends on 84) The method of claim 84 comprising: a. stimulation of the at least one finger extensor muscle; b. stimulation of the at least one lumbricalis muscle; c. relaxation of the at least one finger extensor muscle; d. stimulation of at least one finger flexor muscle; e. relaxation of the at least one lumbricalis muscle; and f. relaxation of the at least one finger flexor muscle; wherein steps a-f are repeated at least 5 times. ### Claim 99 A method for stimulation of a lumbricalis muscle on a hand, comprising: a. placing at least one electrode on a proximal phalanx of a finger, proximal to a metacarpopharangeal joint, on said hand; b. placing an anode on the proximal and posterior part of a wrist on said hand; and c. passing an electric current through the at least one electrode to the anode. ### Claim 100 (depends on 99) The method of claim 99 wherein the stimulation is through an electrical pulse having an amplitude capable of producing desired muscle contractions for carrying out movement and tasks in physiologically accurate manner. ### Claim 101 A method for stimulation of a dorsal interrosseous on a hand, comprising: a. placing at least one cathode electrode on a posterior part of the hand between two metacarpals, on said hand; b. placing an anode on the proximal and anterior part of a wrist on said hand; and c. passing an electric current through the at least one electrode to the anode.