Patent ID: 11890208
Assignee: TOUCH BIONICS LIMITED
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 15:
16. A method of operating a prosthetic device that includes a moveable digit, the method comprising:
receiving a plurality of input control signals from a plurality of electromyography (EMG) sensors;
determining a single input command signal based at least in part on the plurality of input control signals;
selecting an operating profile from a plurality of operating profiles based at least in part on user fatigue;
concurrently selecting a particular hand gesture and a particular magnitude of an operating parameter for the particular hand gesture based on a comparison of the single input command signal with the selected operating profile,
wherein the selected operating profile comprises a plurality of ranges, each range of the plurality of ranges corresponding to a different combination of a respective hand gesture of the moveable digit of the prosthetic device and a magnitude of an operating parameter for the respective hand gesture, and wherein a quantity of the plurality of ranges of the selected operating profile is different from a quantity of the plurality of ranges of at least one other operating profile of the plurality of operating profiles,
wherein the particular hand gesture and the particular magnitude of an operating parameter are selected based on a particular range of the plurality of ranges that corresponds to the single input command signal; and
instructing the moveable digit to perform a digit movement corresponding to the selected hand gesture at or with the selected magnitude of the operating parameter.