Surgery – Truss – Pad
Patent
1986-08-20
1988-06-14
Cohen, Lee S.
Surgery
Truss
Pad
128421, A61N 100
Patent
active
047504994
ABSTRACT:
An FES method for partially restoring the motor function of a person having paralyzed muscles, the method comprising implanting a force sensor comprising a nerve electrode for sensing electrical signals primarily from mechanoreceptors associated with a peripheral sensory nerve that supplies glabrous skin of the person having the paralyzed muscles; producing an electrical control signal for activating a muscle stimulator in response to the electrical signals sensed by the nerve electrode; and stimulating the paralyzed muscles in accordance with the control signal.
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Caserza Steven F.
Cohen Lee S.
Philips Timothy G.
Rowland Bertram I.
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