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US 2023/0106799 A1Published application
Thermotactile stimulation prosthesis
AssigneeThe Johns Hopkins University
InventorsRama Venkatasubramanian, Luke E. Osborn, Robert S. Armiger, Meiyong Himmtann, Jonathan M. Pierce
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Abstract
A thermotactile stimulation prosthesis includes a prosthesis extremity having a prosthesis interface configured for attachment to a human limb, and a thermoelectric actuator array coupled to the prosthesis interface and configured to establish a noninvasive thermoneural human-machine interface capable of providing sensations of temperature to the human limb.
Claims20
A thermotactile stimulation prosthesis comprising:
- a prosthesis extremity having a prosthesis interface configured for attachment to a human limb;
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- a thermoelectric actuator array coupled to the prosthesis interface and configured to establish a noninvasive thermoneural human-machine interface capable of providing sensations of temperature to the human limb.
An interactive reality device comprising:
- a hollow shell configured to fit with a human appendage, the hollow shell including an outer shell surface and an inner shell surface, the inner shell surface opposing the outer shell surface, surrounding an inner void configured to receive the human appendage;
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- a plurality of a plurality of thin-film thermoelectric (TFTE) actuators disposed on the inner shell surface, the plurality of TFTE actuators configured to establish a noninvasive thermoneural human-machine interface capable of providing sensations of temperature to the human appendage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.