US 12,239,836 B1
Gait trainer with neuromodulation integration
Marissa Koscielski, Columbus, OH (US); Adrian Rodriguez, South Bend, IN (US); and Leanne Tang, Evanston, IL (US)
Assigned to ENLIGHTEN MOBILITY LLC, South Bend, IN (US)
Filed by Enlighten Mobility, LLC, South Bend, IN (US)
Filed on Oct. 19, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/074,036.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/916,863, filed on Oct. 18, 2019.
Int. Cl. A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61H 3/04 (2006.01); A61N 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/36003 (2013.01) [A61H 3/04 (2013.01); A61N 1/0452 (2013.01); A61N 1/0456 (2013.01); A61N 1/0472 (2013.01); A61N 1/36031 (2017.08); A61H 2201/10 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1642 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5064 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5071 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A gait training device, comprising:
a medical walker;
a leg brace operably connected to the medical walker;
a swing-linkage which physically connects the leg brace to the medical walker, and limits abduction and adduction of the user's limb;
one or more sensors that detect movement of a user's limb;
one or more neuromodulators attached to the leg brace, the neuromodulators positioned to deliver electrical impulses to the user's limb; and
a neuromodulation controller that processes data from the sensors and transmits signals to the neuromodulators to direct the neuromodulators to deliver the electrical impulses, wherein the electrical impulses cause a specific muscle to contract to accomplish a desired motion of the user's limb.