US 12,377,266 B2
Systems and apparatus for gait modulation and methods of use
Arkady Glukhovsky, Valencia, CA (US); and Keith McBride, Ventura, CA (US)
Assigned to Bioness Medical Inc., Valencia, CA (US)
Filed by Bioness Inc., Valencia, CA (US)
Filed on May 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/142,837.
Application 15/872,634 is a division of application No. 14/223,340, filed on Mar. 24, 2014, granted, now 9,867,985, issued on Jan. 16, 2018.
Application 18/142,837 is a continuation of application No. 17/103,249, filed on Nov. 24, 2020, granted, now 11,691,009.
Application 17/103,249 is a continuation of application No. 16/146,368, filed on Sep. 28, 2018, granted, now 10,850,098, issued on Dec. 1, 2020.
Application 16/146,368 is a continuation of application No. 15/872,634, filed on Jan. 16, 2018, granted, now 10,086,196, issued on Oct. 2, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0033511 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61B 5/103 (2006.01); A61F 5/01 (2006.01); A61N 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/36003 (2013.01) [A61B 5/112 (2013.01); A61B 5/4836 (2013.01); A61B 5/4851 (2013.01); A61B 5/6811 (2013.01); A61B 5/1038 (2013.01); A61B 5/6807 (2013.01); A61B 5/6828 (2013.01); A61F 5/01 (2013.01); A61N 1/0452 (2013.01); A61N 1/0484 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
receiving, at an electric stimulator and from a sensor, a first signal associated with a gait characteristic;
calculating, via a processor operatively coupled to the electric stimulator, one or more system parameters based at least in part on the first signal associated with the gait characteristic;
sending a first stimulation signal, based at least in part on the one or more system parameters, from the electric stimulator to an electrode assembly to cause the electrode assembly to provide an electric stimulation to a portion of a neuromuscular system of a limb resulting in one of dorsiflexion or plantarflexion of a foot of the limb;
receiving, at the electric stimulator and from the sensor, a second signal associated with the gait characteristic; and
terminating or decreasing the electric stimulation of the portion of the neuromuscular system of the limb based on the receiving of the second signal associated with the gait characteristic, the terminating or decreasing resulting in a ceasing or relaxation of the one of the dorsiflexion or the plantarflexion; and
sending a second stimulation signal from the electric stimulator to the electrode assembly to cause the electrode assembly to provide the electric stimulation to a different portion of the neuromuscular system of the limb resulting in the other of the dorsiflexion or the plantarflexion of the foot of the limb substantially concurrently with or in a substantially inverse process to the ceasing or relaxation of the one of the dorsiflexion or the plantarflexion resulting from the terminating or the decreasing.