US 12,440,674 B2
Apparatus for detecting motion
Anno Jakob Koetje, Surrey (GB)
Assigned to Actegy Limited, Bracknell (GB)
Appl. No. 18/002,857
Filed by Actegy Limited, Bracknell (GB)
PCT Filed Jun. 22, 2021, PCT No. PCT/GB2021/051581
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 21, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/260366, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 30, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2009479 (GB), filed on Jun. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0256246 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. A61N 1/36 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/36031 (2017.08) [A61N 1/36003 (2013.01); A61N 1/36034 (2017.08)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Apparatus for detecting motion of a device for electrical stimulation of a subject, the apparatus comprising:
(i) a motion detector to detect the motion of the device and generating a motion output signal in response to the detected motion, the motion output signal being indicative of the amount of detected motion;
(ii) a processor coupled to the motion detector, the processor receiving the motion output signal from the motion detector and generating a first processor output signal in response to the received motion output signal;
(iii) an output device coupled to the processor, the output device receiving the first processor output signal from the processor and generating a first output signal in response to the received first processor output signal;
wherein the processor generates the first processor output signal if either: (i) the received motion output signal is greater than a threshold; or (ii) the received motion output signal is less than a threshold; and
wherein the device further comprises a pivot member, the pivot member being adapted to permit the device to pivot around the pivot member in response to motion of a body part in contact with the device.