Patent ID: 6678563
Filing Date: 2004-01-13
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
A method of providing functional neuromuscular stimulation comprising the steps ofproviding a controller comprising (a). a housing, (b). a display screen carried by the housing, (c). an output device carried by the housing that can be coupled to the electrode, (d). a microprocessor carried by the housing coupled to the output device including a processing element operative in a first functional mode to generate a signal pattern to an electrode to control a motor stimulation function, the processing element also being operative in an second functional mode to control a neuromuscular stimulation function, and (e). the microprocessor further including an embedded operating system to execute on the display screen a graphical interface guiding selection and enablement of the motor and neuromuscular stimulation functions, selecting on the graphical interface the enablement of the motor stimulation function, selecting on the graphical interface the enablement of the neuromuscular stimulation function, and operating the controller to concurrently affect the motor and neuromuscular stimulation functions.