Patent ID: 11967247
Assignee: REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  A | IPC A  G

Claim 12:
13. An apparatus, comprising:
an arm band configured for prosthetic training including a plurality of housing elements, an electromyography (EMG) sensor, at least one kinematic sensor, and a processing element;
an electromyography (EMG) control module in communication with the processing element of the arm band configured to:
receive EMG information generated by the EMG sensor in response to movement of a residual limb of a user wearing the arm band in one or more physical dimensions; and
identify a gesture class based on the EMG information; and

a virtual reality (VR) system including:
a VR display;
one or more VR detectors configured to receive data from the one or more kinematic sensors; and
a VR control module in operative communication with:
the one or more VR detectors for determining a position of the arm band with respect to the VR system;
the VR display; and
the EMG control module,

the VR control module being configured to prompt the user to perform a training gesture within the gesture class in each of the one or more physical dimensions and generate instructions to control movement of a virtual reality limb displayed on the VR display based at least on a gesture instruction generated by the EMG control module in response to the user performing the training gesture; and

wherein the EMG control module is further configured to:
train based on the gesture class and the EMG information received in response to the user performing the training gesture,
wherein the gesture class is trained using EMG information received from user movement in each of the one or more physical dimensions, and
wherein the EMG control module as trained is configured to provide the gesture instruction to a prosthetic device worn by the user in response to the user performing the identified intended gesture.