Spinal Cord Stimulation Device
AssigneeReach Neuro, Inc.
InventorsMarc Philip Powell, Camila Pagán Santiago, Charli Ann Hooper
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Abstract
The present disclosure describes methods, sensors, and systems for detecting movement of a spine and stimulating specific regions of the spinal cord in response to the movement. The disclosure includes sensors having one or more sensing elements to sense movement of the spine and one or more stimulating elements configured to electrically stimulate an area proximate the spine. When a movement of the spine is detected via the sensor, the one or more stimulating elements modulate an electrical stimulus.
Claims20
1-66. (canceled)
A method of detecting movement of a spine, and stimulating specific regions of the spinal cord, the method comprising:
- providing a sensor having one or more sensing elements to sense movement of the spine;
- providing one or more stimulating elements configured to electrically stimulate an area proximate the spine;
- detecting, via the sensor, a movement of the spine;
- modulating an electrical stimulus provided by the one or more stimulating elements at an area proximate the spine in response to the detected movement;
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- arranging the one or more sensing elements such that the one or more sensing elements align with a direction of deformation of the sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.