Sensor
AssigneeUniversity of Miami
InventorsPeter P Tarjan, Monica Kaufer-Braverman, Leonard L. Rasquinha
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Abstract
A plurality of locally sensitive, far-field immune sensors are mounted in mutually spaced relation on the exterior of the body of a subject to detect electrical signals associated with voluntary skeletal muscle activity in the immediate physical vicinity of the sensors. The detected signals are used to determine which, if any, of a predetermined series of voluntary skeletal muscle maneuvers is performed by the subject. A signal bearing a predetermined relationship to the maneuver is then transmitted to a device to be controlled based on which maneuver the subject has performed. Also disclosed are a novel sensor and a method of making same.
Claims5
A sensor comprising:
- an electrically conductive inner surface;
- an electrically conductive continuous middle surface spaced from and surrounding said inner surface in a plane;
- an electrically conductive continuous exterior surface spaced from and surrounding said middle surface in said plane;
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- an electrical conductor electrically connecting said inner surface to said exterior surface, said conductor, said exterior surface and said inner surface all being formed of a single, unitary piece of electrically conductive material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.