Motor function neural control interface for spinal cord injury patients

An apparatus for assisting a patient having a spinal cord injury, the apparatus comprising:

• an electrical brain signal monitoring interface configured to record at least one electrical brain signal of the patient;
• a functional electrical stimulation (FES) device configured to connect via FES electrodes with a paralyzed portion of the patient that is paralyzed due to the spinal cord injury and to control the paralyzed portion of the patient by applying FES to the paralyzed portion of the patient via the FES electrodes;
• an electronic processor operatively connected with the electrical brain signal monitoring interface to receive the at least one electrical brain signal and with the FES device to control the FES applied to the paralyzed portion of the patient;
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• a non-transitory storage medium storing instructions readable and executable by the electronic processor, the instructions including:
• electrical brain signal demultiplexing instructions that are executable by the electronic processor to demultiplex the at least one electrical brain signal into an efferent motor intention signal and at least one afferent sensory signal;
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• FES control instructions that are executable by the electronic processor to control the FES applied to the paralyzed portion of the patient by the FES device based on at least the efferent motor intention signal.