US 11,701,512 B2
Virtual patch electrodes for electrical muscle stimulation and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation
Collin F. Dunlap, Columbus, OH (US); Sam Colachis, Columbus, OH (US); and Joshua R. Branch, Columbus, OH (US)
Assigned to BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE, Columbus, OH (US)
Filed by Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, OH (US)
Filed on Jul. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/390,282.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/058,914, filed on Jul. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0032041 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. A61N 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/0484 (2013.01) [A61N 1/0452 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a wearable garment including a plurality of electrodes; and
a processor;
wherein the processor is configured to:
define a region of interest (ROI) for electrode activation via a subset of the plurality of electrodes;
determine one or more target patterns of electrode current to be applied by the subset of the plurality of electrodes of the ROI based on a desired functional movement; and
determine an optimized electrode current for at least one of the subset of the plurality of electrodes based on a difference between a desired electrode current and an actual electrode current;
wherein the wearable garment is configured to provide the optimized electrode current, via the subset of the plurality of electrodes, to the ROI, based on the one or more target patterns.