US 12,232,845 B2
Tactile stimulation device
Steven M. Barlow, Lincoln, NE (US); and Jacob L. Greenwood, Lincoln, NE (US)
Assigned to NUtech Ventures, Lincoln, NE (US)
Appl. No. 17/294,257
Filed by NUTECH VENTURES, Lincoln, NE (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 14, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/061460
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 14, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/102520, PCT Pub. Date May 22, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/767,482, filed on Nov. 14, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0015634 A1, Jan. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/0053 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tactile stimulation device comprising:
at least one pneumatic switch, wherein the at least one pneumatic switch includes a plurality of solenoids, wherein a first solenoid of the plurality of solenoids is associated with a high pressure, wherein a second solenoid of the plurality of solenoids is associated with a vacuum pressure, wherein a third solenoid of the plurality of solenoids is associated with an atmospheric pressure, wherein the high pressure is greater than the atmospheric pressure, wherein the atmospheric pressure is greater than the vacuum pressure;
an applicator connected to the at least one pneumatic switch, wherein the at least pneumatic switch is configured to connect the applicator to the plurality of solenoids; and
a controller operatively connected to the at least one pneumatic switch,
wherein the controller is configured to generate one or more selection signals configured to cause the at least one pneumatic switch to adjust a connection of the applicator to at least one of the first solenoid associated with the high pressure, the second solenoid associated with the vacuum pressure, or the third solenoid associated with the atmospheric pressure to stimulate a nerve ending of a user,
wherein the at least one pneumatic switch is configured to switch between a resting state and one or more simulated states
when the at least one pneumatic switch is in the resting state, the third solenoid is configured to supply the atmospheric pressure to the applicator.