612 results about "Motor function" patented technology

A wearable device assembly has a housing supporting a controller, display and indicator system thereon. The controller has at least one sensor wherein activity of a user wearing the device is detected. The controller selectively illuminates the indicator system to indicate a level of activity of the user.

A user-friendly reliable process is provided to help diagnose (assess) and treat (rehabilitate) impairment or deficiencies in a person (subject or patient) caused by a traumatic brain injury (TBI) or other neurocognitive disorders. The economical, safe, effective process can include: generating and electronically displaying a virtual reality environment (VRE) with moveable images; identifying and letting the TBI person perform a task in the VRE; electronically inputting and recording the performance data with an electronic interactive communications device; electronically evaluating the person's performance and assessing the person's impairment by electronically determining a deficiency in the person's cognitive function (e.g. memory, recall, recognition, attention, spatial awareness) and/or motor function (i.e. motor skills, e.g. balance) as a result of the TBI or other neurocognitive disorder.

A wearable device has a carrier having an aperture. A device has a USB connection and a protrusion wherein the protrusion is received in the aperture to connect the device to the wristband. The device is a USB type device having athletic functionality. The device may further be configured to receive calibration data such that a measured distance may be converted to a known distance based on athletic activity performed by a user.

Brain-Machine Interface (BMI) systems or movement-assist systems may be utilized to aid users with paraplegia or tetraplegia in ambulation or other movement or in rehabilitation of motor function after brain injury or neurological disease, such as stroke, Parkinson's disease or cerebral palsy. The BMI may translate one or more neural signals into a movement type, a discrete movement or gesture or a series of movements, performed by an actuator. System and methods of decoding a locomotion-impaired and/or an upper-arm impaired subject's intent with the BMI may utilize non-invasive methods to provide the subject the ability to make the desired motion using an actuator or command a virtual avatar.

The present invention is related to mammalian nutrition and effects thereof in individuals with age associated cognitive decline such as Age Associated Memory Inpairment (AAMI) or a dementing illness such as Alzheimer's disease or related dementia, or Mild Cognitive Impairment, such as improving performance in, or reversal, prevention, reducing and delaying decline in, one or more of cognitive function, memory, behavior, cerebrovascular function, motor function, and/or brain physiology are seen. In particular, the present invention utilizes medium chain triglycerides, in one embodiment, administered as part of a long-term treatment regimen, to preserve or improve learning, attention, motor performance, cerebrovascular function, social behavior, and to increase activity levels, particularly in aging mammals.

A wheelchair has a primary articulated member and at least one secondary articulated member, a primary sensor for detecting the position of the primary member, a secondary sensor for detecting the position of the secondary member, and a controller capable of articulating the secondary articulated member as a function of the movement of the primary articulated member.

The invention provides a method, and dosage form therefor, of treating impaired motor function associated with Parkinson's disease, anti-Parkinson's drug treatment, e.g. L-Dopa therapy, and/or dementia associated with Parkinson's disease. The invention includes the combined administration of an NMDA receptor antagonist and an antidepressant, e.g., the combination of amantadine and citalopram or venlafaxine, or an NMDA receptor antagonist and an anxiolytic agent, e.g., amantadine and buspirone or trazodone, for the amelioration of undesired tremors, akinesia, dyskinesia, or bradykinesia associated with one or more different disorders or diseases. The drugs can be included in a single dosage form. One embodiment includes a combination dosage form containing each drug in controlled release forms. Another embodiment includes a combination dosage form providing a controlled release of an NMDA receptor antagonist and a rapid release of a neuroactive agent after administration to a subject.

The invention relates to a robot for polling a transmission line. The robot comprises a mobile body; two body slipways capable of changing the relative distance are arranged on the mobile body; a positive and negative screw is arranged in the mobile body and comprises a positive screw section and a negative screw section, screw nuts are arranged on the two screw sections and fixedly connected with the body slipways, and one end of the positive and negative screw is provided with a first motor; one side of each body slipway is provided with a Y-shaped groove with narrow underside and wide upside, each body slipway is connected with a swing mechanism, a mechanical arm is fixedly arranged on the swing mechanism, the mechanical arm is provided with a clamping mechanism and a running mechanism in turn from the bottom to the top, a second screw controlled by a second motor is arranged in the mechanical arm, and a second locking nut is arranged outside the second screw. The robot has the advantages of simple structure, convenient operation, safety and high efficiency, has the capability of passing through a barrier on the transmission line with rolling or crawling, and has the function of adapting to variable curvature track copying motion.

A recovery walking aiding robot belongs to walking aiding robots and recovery machinery, solves the problem that an existing recovery walking aiding robot is inflexible to pass through the narrow environment, simple in motion function and high in requirements for operation flexibility of users, and well meets actual recovery requirements. The recovery walking aiding robot comprises a handrail frame, a connection frame, a flat type microcomputer, an S-shaped support rod and a base plate, wherein the handrail frame is fixed with the connection frame through a linear bearing, the flat type microcomputer is installed on the connection frame through a support seat, the connection frame is arranged on the base plate through the S-shaped support rod, a control box is arranged on the base plate, and an environmental self-adaption module, a motion intention identification module, a speed control module, a falling prevention module and a motor driving module are loaded on the flat type microcomputer. The recovery walking aiding robot can automatically adapt to complex external environments, can achieve the functions of detecting and avoiding obstacles, preventing sliding and the like, provides falling prevention, and solves contradiction between dyskinesia of users and operation requirements of the robot.

Motor-driven compressor-alternator unit including pistons. Each piston has a large diameter portion and a smaller diameter portion extending from the large diameter portion. The large diameter portion slides within a first cylinder and provides a motor function. The smaller diameter portion slides within a second cylinder and provides a compressor function. An arrangement at least one of inactivates the motor function during compressor operation, inactivates the compressor function during motor operation, and activates ambient heat recovery during motor operation. This Abstract is not intended to define the invention disclosed in the specification, nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.

In a method for allowing a patient suffering from a neurological disease and being treated with medication to self-monitor his or her current state, information regarding the motor functions and/or verbal and/or cognitive abilities of the patient are interactively acquired upon using a computer located for easy and repeated access by the patient, and at least one criterion number or a statement describing the state is determined on the basis of this information by an expert system at the computer and is made available to the patient by an output device at the computer.

A method and system which provides wireless, noninvasive electrical stimulation to different muscle groups to allow the user to conduct physical activities, such as walking, by stimulating various muscle groups in the body at the correct times of activation or by stimulating muscle groups in a simulation mode when standing, sitting or lying down, whereby walking is not required to stimulate the various muscle groups. The system provides a small portable wearable system which utilizes available software, including Bluetooth technology, to provide electrical nerve stimulating pulses with low current, minimal phase charge which is controlled remotely and induce desired muscle contraction with increased comfort for the user. The present method and system applies electrical stimulation with accurate timing, based on a three-dimensional motion sensor, as a trigger to initiate stimulation and which is adapted to turn itself on and off when not walking.

In a hybrid excavator, a hydraulic pump and a generator motor are connected in parallel to an output shaft of an engine and a rotation motor is driven by a battery. The generator motor assists the engine by performing a motor function. Power consumption of each of the hydraulic pump and the rotation motor is detected. The output of the hydraulic pump and the rotation motor is controlled such that the sum of the detected power consumption does not exceed maximum supply power set as the sum of power that can be supplied to the hydraulic pump and the rotation motor.

The invention discloses a motor function rehabilitation monitoring system based on a wireless body area network. The system comprises a sensor terminal node, a wireless gathering node, a wireless body area network gateway, a personal terminal, a remote medical terminal and an information feedback system, wherein the sensor terminal node comprises a medical sensor, a signal conditioning circuit, a microprocessor unit and a wireless transceiver unit which are sequentially connected, the medical sensor sends collected data into the signal conditioning circuit for preprocessing, and the wireless transceiver unit is controlled to perform wireless transmission after the data is processed by the microprocessor unit; the data collected by the sensor terminal node sequentially passes through the wireless gathering node and the wireless body area network gateway and is respectively transmitted into the personal terminal and the remote medical terminal, and the data is transmitted into the information feedback system after being processed by the remote medical terminal, and is displayed by a 3D model built through the information feedback system. The monitoring system can be used for monitoring the exercise rehabilitation situation of a patient in real time, providing reasonable guidance and advices for subsequent rehabilitation training and improving the rehabilitation training effect.

The invention relates to a finger motor function rehabilitation robot comprising an executing part and a driving part which are connected by steel wire rope outer sleeves (5a, 5b, 5c and 5d), wherein the executing part is divided into a palm bone joint module (2), a near-end joint module (3) and a far-end joint module (4); and the driving part is divided into four independent driving modules (1a, 1b, 1c and 1d) to drive the executing part. Because the whole system realizes far distance and variable distance transmission though steel wire ropes, the hands of people can arbitrarily move in a certain range in a rehabilitation process. The invention has the advantages that each joint of fingers is singly driven in a bidirectional mode; the robot has mechanical position-limiting function and can regulate the maximal rotating range of each finger joint to satisfy the requirement of different motion ranges of a patient in different rehabilitation periods; and the robot is suitable for hands with different sizes to wear in a certain range, and the hands can arbitrarily move in a certain range.