Patent SG-11201903520U-A (SG)
Title: A tens device for activity monitoring, gait analysis, and balance assessment
Inventor: KONG XUAN
IPC: A61B5/11
Filed: 2017-11-13
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property :::` , 111111101111011101 HIM 01110101011111110111011110111 I 111110 lil Oil lil Organization International Bureau (10) International Publication Number 03 (43) International Publication Date .....•\"\" WO 2018/089916 Al 17 May 2018 (17.05.2018) WIPO I PCT (51) International Patent Classification: CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, A61B 5/00 (2006.01) A61N 1/32 (2006.01) DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, A61B 5/11 (2006.01) A61N 1/36 (2006.01) HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, A61N 1/04 (2006.01) KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, (21) International Application Number: MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, PCT/US2017/061351 OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, (22) International Filing Date: TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. 13 November 2017 (13.11.2017) (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every (25) Filing Language: English kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, (26) Publication Language: English GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, (30) Priority Data: TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, 62/420,728 11 November 2016 (11.11.2016) US EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, (71) Applicant: NEUROMETRIX, INC. [US/US]; 1000 Win- TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, ter Street, 1st Floor, Waltham, MA 02451 (US). KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). (72) Inventors: KONG, Xuan; 4 Putman Road, Acton, MA 01720 (US). MOYNIHAN, Martin J.; 1606 Streams Hill Published: _ Rd., Waltham, MA 02451 (US). GOZANI, Shai N.; 38 — with international search report (Art. 21(3)) York Terrace, Brookline, MA 02446 (US). = (74) Agent: PANDISCIO, Mark J.; Pandiscio & Pandiscio, _ = 436 Boston Post Road, Weston, MA 02493 (US). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, (54) Title: A TENS DEVICE FOR ACTIVITY = - MONITORING, GAIT ANALYSIS, AND BALANCE ASSESSMENT (57) : Apparatus for transcutaneous electrical nerve stimu- lation in a user, the apparatus comprising: a housing; an application 860 unit for providing mechanical coupling between the housing and the = _ --- -----850 user's body; a stimulation unit mounted to the housing for electrical- = User Input 100 ly stimulating at least one nerve with at least one stimulation pulse 138 37 = ------.--- / during a therapy session; and a determination unit mounted to the TENS DEVICE — housing and configured to perform at least one of: (i) determining an = 1 ,,,,,m,, 132 activity level of the user; (ii) determining a gait characteristic of the = = ---. Processor Activity, for Gait, all d cymhe„Pe 133 134 user; (iii) determining a balance function of the user; and (iv) deter- — Balance Analysis and for Device mining apparatus placement position on the user. = — Position Estimation < 135 136 = < / — 515 > Controller for modifying stimulation nay memr~ /' b2 11 .4 265 ----] I 410 STIMULATOR ,tD 11 415 212 442 210 C:7 C:7 420 444 1-432 c GC 430 stratum corneum 105 GC skin and tissue 11 140 FIG. 4 ei C