Patent ID: 9326909
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: A61H,A63B

Claim Text:
1. A portable therapeutic device for improving voluntary control of paretic muscles in a patient extremity, comprising: a plurality of micro-motors configured to deliver a vibratory sensation to selected patient extremity points as vibratory inputs; a housing; a plurality of light sources arranged on the housing to deliver visual input to the patient when a micro-motor is vibrating, wherein each light source is associated with a designated micro-motor; a micro-processor residing within the housing and programmed to send control signals to actuate the micro-motors and associated light sources for designated times and sequences in order to form cycles of somatosensory inputs; a manual override switch for selectively preventing the plurality of light sources from commencing illumination during any portion of the cycles of somatosensory inputs; and a reset button configured to initiate a new cycle of vibratory and visual inputs by the micro-processor in response to manual resetting.