Patent ID: 9597504
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: A61H,A61N,G09B

Claim:
1. A method for non-invasively assisting neurorehabilitation in a patient comprising: engaging a patient in an exercise wherein the patient's ability to perform the exercise is hindered by impairment of the patient's nervous system; providing intraoral cutaneous stimulation of at least one of the patient's trigeminal nerve or the patient's facial nerve via a mouthpiece situated within the patient's mouth, the mouthpiece having an array of one or more electrodes disposed on at least one surface of the mouthpiece; and delivering electrical pulses from a pulse generator to the patient's tongue via the mouthpiece, the delivery of electrical pulses being contemporaneous with the patient's engagement in the exercise and independent of the patient's surrounding environment and the patient's engagement in the exercise.