US 11,726,567 B2
Delivery of somatosensation for medical diagnostics or guiding motor action
Samuel Colachis, Columbus, OH (US); Eric Meyers, Columbus, OH (US); Justin Sanchez, Vienna, VA (US); and David Friedenberg, Worthington, OH (US)
Assigned to BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE, Columbus, OH (US)
Filed by Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, OH (US)
Filed on Apr. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/714,225.
Application 17/714,225 is a division of application No. 17/336,556, filed on Jun. 2, 2021, granted, now 11,334,159.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/072,552, filed on Aug. 31, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/035,709, filed on Jun. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0229493 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 3/01 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); G16H 80/00 (2018.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); A61N 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/015 (2013.01) [A61N 1/0484 (2013.01); A61N 1/36031 (2017.08); A61N 1/36034 (2017.08); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); G16H 80/00 (2018.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A training device comprising:
a learner wearable device including an array of electrodes, a garment wearable on a body part with the array of electrodes in electrical contact with skin of the body part, and an electronics module configured to use the array of electrodes of the learner wearable device to measure electromyography (EMG) signals generated by the wearer of the learner wearable device and to apply a somatosensation pattern providing guidance to the wearer of the learner wearable device in performing a motor action; and
an expert wearable device including an array of electrodes, a garment wearable on a body part with the array of electrodes in electrical contact with skin of the body part, and an electronics module configured to use the array of electrodes of the expert wearable device to measure EMG signals from a wearer of the expert wearable device while the wearer of the expert wearable device is performing the motor action;
wherein the electronics module of the learner wearable device is further configured to:
compare the measured EMG signals generated by the wearer of the learner wearable device and the EMG signals from the wearer of the expert wearable device measured while the wearer of the expert wearable device is performing the motor action; and
generate the somatosensation pattern based on the comparison.