System and method for assistive gait intervention and fall prevention

A computer program product for gait intervention and fall prevention, the system comprising:

• a non-transitory computer-readable medium having executable instructions encoded thereon, such that upon execution of the instructions by one or more processors, the one or more processors perform operations of:
• receiving, with an analytics module, sensor data from a plurality of sensors distributed about a body suit and, based on the sensor data, analyzing a particular user's gait and predicting falls;
• utilizing a balance controller to determine joint torques and vestibular balance adjustments required to compensate for a risk of a predicted fall;
• and
• activating, with a closed-loop biostim control module, a vestibulo-muscular biostim array distributed about the body suite to compensate for a risk of a predicted fall.

A computer implemented method for gait intervention and fall prevention, the method comprising an act of causing one or more processors to execute instructions encoded on a non-transitory computer readable medium, such that upon execution of the instructions, the one or more processors perform operations of:

• receiving, with an analytics module, sensor data from a plurality of sensors distributed about a body suit and, based on the sensor data, analyzing a particular user's gait and predicting falls;
• utilizing a balance controller to determine joint torques and vestibular balance adjustments required to compensate for a risk of a predicted fall;
• and
• activating, with a closed-loop biostim control module, a vestibulo-muscular biostim array distributed about the body suit to compensate for a risk of a predicted fall.