210 results about "Peripheral nerve" patented technology

The invention belongs to the technical field of medical electronic equipment, and discloses a control system for alternative electrical stimulation of idiopathic tremor, and the system comprises a signal collection module which is used for obtaining tremor motion data of a patient in real time; the signal processing module is used for analyzing tremor frequency, amplitude and phase characteristics; the dynamic parameter generation module is used for generating an alternate stimulation mode according to the tremor characteristics; and the electrode array module comprises at least two stimulating electrodes and a reference electrode. The invention provides a non-invasive and dynamically optimized alternate electrical stimulation control system which is used for inhibiting hand tremor of an idiopathic tremor patient, regulation and control of a tremor network can be enhanced by alternately stimulating different peripheral nerves, the curative effect can be improved through closed-loop feedback optimization parameters, long-acting and safe tremor inhibition is achieved, and the treatment effect is improved. The problems of insufficient curative effect, nerve adaptability, surgical risk and the like in the prior art are solved.

Disclosed herein are systems, devices, and methods for stimulating nerves, including electrically stimulating peripheral nerve(s) to treat various diseases and disorders, as well as systems and methods for applying stimulation waveforms for improving the therapeutic benefit, outcomes, and / or experience relating to the same. Some systems and methods generate a biphasic stimulation waveform that includes a plurality of pulses with alternating leading phases. Some systems and methods vary one or more parameters of the stimulation waveform to correlate with a characteristic of the user. Example characteristic of the user include a phase of a tremor exhibited by the user and a respiratory cycle of the user. For some systems and methods, the stimulation waveform includes a plurality of burst with each burst ramping up in amplitude. For some systems and methods, the stimulation waveform is delivered during a time period that includes an on-cycle portion and an off-cycle portion with the stimulation waveform only being delivered during the on-cycle portion of the time period.

According to the flexible array type external field program control nerve stimulation device, the preparation method and the application thereof, the flexible array type external field program control nerve stimulation device comprises a flexible substrate layer and a stimulation response fiber array layer, and the stimulation response fiber array layer is prepared from a functional material capable of converting external field energy such as ultrasound, magnetism and light into electric energy; the flexible substrate layer with high flexibility is adopted, so that the flexible substrate layer can be matched with the surface of a nerve target tissue in a conformal manner; the stimulation response fiber array layer integrated on the flexible substrate layer in an array arrangement mode can meet the stimulation spatial resolution of neuron and even sub-neuron precision, has the characteristics of excellent flexibility, biocompatibility, passivity and wireless performance, can provide nerve electrical stimulation signals with high spatial resolution, and can be applied to the field of nerve electrical stimulation. The high-resolution nerve electrical stimulation device can be in conformal fit with the irregular surface of nerve soft tissue, and is suitable for high-resolution nerve electrical stimulation of different parts such as eyes, the brain and peripheral nerves.

A peripheral nerve stimulator to stimulate a peripheral nerve to treat essential tremor and other movement disorders, as well as overactive bladder, cardiac dysfunction and neurotransmitter dysfunction is provided. The peripheral nerve stimulator can be a noninvasive surface stimulator to provide multi-modal optimized therapy. Stimulation can be vibrational, electromechanical, thermal, radiant, electrical, magnetic, electromagnetic, light, mechanical, chemical, thermal, ultrasonic, radiofrequency (RF), acoustic, infrared, ultraviolet, x-ray, and / or microwave. Stimulation can be delivered using an open loop system and / or a closed loop system with feedback. Stimulation can be to one site or multiple sites.

A peripheral nerve device can be used to stimulate a peripheral nerve to treat essential tremor, Parkinson tremor, and other forms of tremor. The device may contain an interface separated, partially separated, or connected to a housing, and which may interact with the user. The interface may connect to the housing and be disposable after use for a period of time.

A system and method for locating and guiding a peripheral nerve evaluation (PNE) lead. The system comprising an X-ray system to capture images of the patient. The images are processed by the system and are provided to a user to utilize an augmented reality (AR) system for inserting a needle for placing leads for the PNE procedure.

The treatment system includes a limb sleeve containing a heating subsystem, a pressure subsystem, and a vibration subsystem. The heating subsystem provides controlled cyclic heating to the limb, leading to dilation of the microvasculature and improved blood flow to nerve receptors. The pressure subsystem provides progressively staged, cyclic pressure to the limb, thereby improving blood circulation to the limb, reducing edema buildup, and flushing waste out the lymphatic system. The vibration subsystem provides controlled vibrotactile sensation to the limb to promote neuronal stimulation and decrease pain sensation. The treatment system allows for a multi-faceted approach in disease stabilization and assistive, personalized treatment for peripheral neuropathy.

There is provided a transvenous cryoneurolysis system and method for accessing and targeting neural treatment sites to relieve a variety of clinical indications, including peripheral neuropathy. A neurosome approach is described that includes one or more target nerves to receive selective cryoneurolysis via a target vein. The system performs a variety of freeze-thaw cycles via the target vein to induce a desired axial cryolesion along a target nerve. The target nerves and veins are selected to combine the treatment of the identified neurosome for pain relief in addition to the regenerative properties of cryoneurolysis.

A peripheral nerve stimulator can be used to stimulate a peripheral nerve to treat essential tremor. Parkinson tremor, and other forms of tremor. For example, a stimulation device can record and transmit data to a cloud-based server in certain aspects.

A peripheral nerve stimulator can be used to stimulate a peripheral nerve to treat essential tremor, Parkinson tremor, and other forms of tremor. In one aspect, the stimulation algorithm is designed to optimize the therapy. The algorithm may be a learning algorithm to tailor the stimulation over time to adjust in real-time to a user's tremor user-defined needs. Stimulation can be delivered using open and / or closed loop systems.

A peripheral nerve stimulator can be used to stimulate a peripheral nerve to treat essential tremor. Parkinson tremor, and other forms of tremor. Stimulation of nerves using machine learning algorithms are provided in certain aspects.

A peripheral nerve stimulator can be used to stimulate a peripheral nerve to treat essential tremor, Parkinsonian tremor, and other forms of tremor. The stimulation pattern may alternate between the nerves. Improved stimulation algorithms can incorporate at least one of tremor feedback, external data, predictive adaptation, or long-term monitoring data. The device may be configured as a wrist worn device to stimulate three nerves to provide tremor reduction.

Methods and systems for providing peripheral nerve stimulation are disclosed. Stimulation is delivered to a trunk of the nerve using electrodes configured at different circumferential locations about the nerve. Action potentials evoked by the stimulation within branches of the nerve are measured to map neural element within the trunk to the branches. The mapping can inform the selection of stimulation parameters that provide a therapeutic benefit and / or avoid unwanted side effects.

A Peripheral Nerve Stimulation (PNS) system and method are disclosed. The system includes a headset with ear hooks and electrodes for placement on the mastoid processes. A stimulation device connected to the headset via lead wires delivers a pulsed electrical current to the electrodes. The device communicates with a computing device equipped with a mobile application that controls the stimulation characteristics. The mobile application allows users to adjust settings, monitor progress, and access treatment sessions. The system also includes snap ports for electrode attachment, self-adhesive hydrogel electrodes, and current control mechanisms using a digital potentiometer and waveform generator. The method includes pre- and post-session anxiety rating, personalized treatment based on user inputs, and tracking of physiological biomarkers. The application supports multiple operating systems, secure cloud data storage, and enables data sharing with healthcare providers. The invention provides a comprehensive, customizable, safe solution for managing anxiety and insomnia.

A peripheral nerve stimulator can be used to stimulate a peripheral nerve to treat essential tremor, Parkinsonian tremor, and other forms of tremor. The stimulator may be inductively charged in certain aspects. The stimulation device can be configured to be worn on the wrist of a user.

The application provides a peripheral nerve precise regulation method and system based on a multi-channel flexible electrode, and is applied to the technical field of data processing. The physiological parameter information of a target user is processed based on a target peripheral nerve stimulation model to generate a muscle contraction characteristic comprehensive index, wherein the muscle contraction characteristic comprehensive index includes a muscle contraction amplitude, a contraction frequency, and the contraction frequency is clearly distinguished according to fast muscle, slow muscle and different movement modes. The training purpose information and the muscle contraction characteristic comprehensive index of the target user are processed based on the target peripheral nerve stimulation model to generate a preliminarily adjusted muscle contraction signal. The preliminarily adjusted muscle contraction signal is processed based on the physiological characteristic information of a target organ to generate a secondarily adjusted muscle contraction signal. The secondarily adjusted muscle contraction signal is processed based on the movement intensity interval information of the target organ to generate a target peripheral nerve stimulation signal.

Embodiments of the disclosure provide a device. The device comprises a body and a hook coupled to the body. The hook can be configured to receive a collar. The device comprises an arm coupled to the body. The collar can be positioned between the arm and the hook. The device comprises an actuator coupled with the hook. When the collar is in an open configuration, the collar can be positioned between and engaged by the hook and the arm. The collar can surround a peripheral nerve. From the open configuration, the actuator can be configured to pull the hook towards the body thereby forcing the collar to close around the peripheral nerve and force the collar into a closed configuration.

Systems and methods of applying electrical stimulation to achieve sustained relief of chronic pain that comprise a coiled wire percutaneous lead configured for insertion into a portion of a body that is proximal to a region of pain and an electrode formed integrally on the coiled wire percutaneous lead, wherein the electrode is configured to be positioned inside the body and at a therapeutically effective distance from a portion of at least one peripheral nerve that innervates the region of pain. The systems and method may also include an electrical stimulation device operatively coupled to the lead to apply electrical stimulation through the at least one electrode to at least one peripheral nerve that innervates the region of pain, to activate target peripheral nerve fibers while preventing activation of non-target peripheral nerve fibers and avoiding changing or blocking neural activity in off-target peripheral nerve fibers in the at least one peripheral nerve to create comfortable sensations in the region of pain and produce pain relief by modulating central nervous system plasticity associated with the pain.

The invention discloses siRNA capable of knocking down Pr18a9 gene expression and application of the siRNA, and relates to the technical field of biological medicine. The invention provides a positive-sense strand sequence and an antisense strand sequence of the siRNA, and the siRNA is used for preparing a preparation for promoting Schwann cell survival. According to the invention, the Prl8a9 gene of SCs is knocked down by virtue of a small interfering RNA technology; by improving the proliferation and migration capabilities of the Schwann cells, the apoptosis rate of the Schwann cells is reduced, and the survival rate of the Schwann cells is further improved. Meanwhile, a transcriptome sequencing technology is applied, key genes and pathways of Schwann cells treated by siPr18a9 are deeply excavated, and a theoretical support is provided for research on a repair mechanism after peripheral nerve injury.

The present disclosure relates to the use of therapeutic ultrasound to non-invasively stimulate multiple peripheral nerve pathways that modulate energy homeostasis. An embodiment of the disclosed neuromodulation techniques includes neuromodulation techniques to treat a patient with a metabolic disorder. Certain embodiments of the disclosure are discussed in the context of blood glucose regulation.

The application belongs to the technical field of bone organ preparation, and relates to a bone organ for promoting nerve growth and a construction method and application thereof. The construction method comprises the following steps: S1, immersing a hydrogel mineralization scaffold with conductive polymer induction in an EDC / NHS crosslinking agent, and sterilizing and crosslinking; S2, immersing the crosslinked product in a culture medium and culturing, inoculating bone organ seed cells, and replacing the culture medium with a complete culture medium for adaptive culture; and S3, transferring to an osteogenic induction culture medium for osteogenic induction, so as to obtain the bone organ for promoting nerve growth. Compared with the prior art, the bone organ constructed by the application has good biological activity, osteogenic activity and bone conduction, can effectively promote the growth of peripheral nerves, provides a reliable in-vitro model for bone-nerve interaction research, and provides a new technical path and theoretical basis for bone-nerve integrated regeneration and repair.

The invention belongs to the technical field of injection auxiliary fixing devices, and particularly relates to a peripheral nerve injury drug delivery auxiliary injection device which comprises a fixing seat, the fixing seat comprises a clamping plate, an adjusting belt is arranged on the clamping plate, an injection position is formed in one side of the clamping plate, and the clamping plate is connected with a bearing table through a connecting plate; a palm groove and a thumb groove are formed in the bearing table, a bearing groove is formed in the top of the bearing table, an adjusting table is installed in the bearing groove, a bearing frame is installed in the adjusting table, an assembly fixing groove is formed in the bearing frame, and a screw joint ring is installed in the assembly fixing groove. The invention aims to provide the auxiliary injection device for peripheral nerve injury drug delivery, the problems that existing manual injection is inaccurate in positioning, poor in stability and inconvenient to operate are solved, accurate alignment of injection positions, stable fixation of limbs of a patient and flexible adjustment of injection angles and heights are achieved, the operation intensity of medical staff is reduced, and the operation efficiency is improved. The drug delivery effect is improved.

1. Name of the product in this design: Electromyography Evoked Potential Instrument. 2. Purpose of this design: To determine the functional status and suspected lesions of the peripheral neuromuscular system and central nervous system, detect subclinical lesions, and accurately locate lesions. 3. The key design feature of this product is its shape. 4. The image or photograph that best illustrates the design's key points: a 3D model. 5. The bottom surface of this product is a part that is not easily seen or cannot be seen during use, so the bottom view is omitted.

A peripheral nerve stimulator to stimulate a peripheral nerve to treat essential tremor and other movement disorders, as well as overactive bladder, cardiac dysfunction and neurotransmitter dysfunction is provided. The peripheral nerve stimulator can be a noninvasive surface stimulator to provide multi-modal optimized therapy. Stimulation can be vibrational, electromechanical, thermal, radiant, electrical, magnetic, electromagnetic, light, mechanical, chemical, thermal, ultrasonic, radiofrequency (RF), acoustic, infrared, ultraviolet, x-ray, and / or microwave. Stimulation can be delivered using an open loop system and / or a closed loop system with feedback. Stimulation can be to one site or multiple sites.

The invention discloses a transdermal patch containing lidocaine, the transdermal patch comprises a polymer matrix layer, the polymer matrix layer comprises active ingredients lidocaine, an acrylic acid pressure-sensitive adhesive and a penetration enhancer, the weight content of the lidocaine is 21-33%, the weight content of the acrylic acid pressure-sensitive adhesive is 45-75%, the weight content of the penetration enhancer is 1-10%, and the weight content of the penetration enhancer is 1-10%. The weight content of the penetration enhancer is 3%-25%. The transdermal patch disclosed by the invention is simple in prescription and process, good in drug permeability and colloid application performance and high in stability, can be continuously used for a long time without causing skin irritation, and is suitable for treating peripheral nerve related pains, especially patients requiring long-term administration such as post-herpes zoster neuralgia.

The invention belongs to the technical field of medical apparatus and instruments, and discloses a household traditional Chinese medicine directional drug permeation device applied to chemotherapy-related peripheral neuropathy, the household traditional Chinese medicine directional drug permeation device comprises an adjustable electrode plate and an elastic bandage, the adjustable electrode plate comprises a main electrode plate and a branch electrode plate detachably mounted at any side position of the main electrode plate; the whole main electrode plate is of an E-shaped structure; square medicine cores are respectively arranged in the three-finger section of the main electrode plate and the rectangular grooves in the bottoms of the branch electrode plates; and elastic bandages cover the front and rear ends of the tops of the main electrode plate and the branch electrode plates. Through improvement and innovation of the shape of the electrode slice, the electrode slice is designed to be of an integrated structure according to the position relation of the eight-wind-eight-evil acupuncture points, the electrode slice is applied to drug penetration treatment of the eight-wind-eight-evil acupuncture points at the tail ends of the four limbs, a personalized treatment scheme can be provided according to the specific conditions of a patient, the treatment accuracy and effectiveness are enhanced, and the treatment cost is reduced. And a new normal form for treating the chemotherapy-related peripheral neuropathy is created.

A system for controlled neuromodulation procedures is disclosed. A system for controlled micro ablation procedures is disclosed. Systems and methods for imaging, monitoring, stimulating, and / or ablating neurological structures coupled to one or more organs of the lower urinary tract (LUT) are disclosed. Such processes may be used to alter the hormonal secretions from one or more organs, to modulate the growth of an organ, alter the growth rate or rate of perineural invasion of a tumor, or the like. In particular such processes may be used to slow, halt and / or reverse the growth of a prostate gland or a prostate tumor.

The application provides a self-coiled flexible peripheral nerve electrode and a preparation method and application thereof, and the preparation method comprises the following steps: preparing a double-layer flexible liquid metal electrode with an exposed site; stretching the double-layer flexible liquid metal electrode, and then fixing two ends of the double-layer flexible liquid metal electrode to obtain a stretched electrode; coating a polymer prepolymer reaction solution on a surface of the stretched electrode which is opposite to the exposed site, and curing the polymer prepolymer reaction solution to form a fixing layer, so as to obtain a three-layer composite electrode; under the condition that the two ends are fixed, the fixing layer in the three-layer composite electrode faces downward, the fixing of one end of the three-layer composite electrode is released, and the three-layer composite electrode is self-coiled. The self-coiled flexible peripheral nerve electrode prepared by the preparation method of the self-coiled flexible peripheral nerve electrode has high conductivity, can realize self-coiling of the electrode, improves the detection quality and long-term stability of nerve signals, and avoids mechanical damage of nerve tissue caused by electrode implantation.

Embodiments described herein relate to restorative solutions for segmental peripheral nerve (PN) defects using allografted PNs for stimulating PN repair. More specifically, embodiments described herein provide for localized immunosuppression (LIS) surrounding PN allografts as an alternative to systemically suppressing a patient's entire immune system. Methods include localized release of immunosuppressive (ISV) agents are contemplated in one embodiment. Methods also include localized application of immunosuppressive (ISV) regulatory T-cells (Tregs) and / or mesenchymal stomal cells in other embodiments. Hydrogel carrier materials are also described herein.

The invention provides a wrist closed-loop peripheral nerve electrical stimulation method and system, and relates to the technical field of nerve regulation and wearable medical instruments.The method comprises the steps that physiological signals and wearing state information of the radial styloid process, the ulna styloid process and the wrist transverse grain midpoint of the wrist are obtained, and the reference range and the dynamic calibration boundary of stimulation parameters are obtained; based on the reference range and the dynamic calibration boundary, determining a structural relationship according to the position data of the radial styloid process, the ulna styloid process and the wrist cross grain midpoint of the wrist, and performing regional characteristic analysis on the structural relationship to obtain an analysis result; and calculating geometric characteristics in the regional characteristic analysis result to obtain a geometric moment quantification result of the region. According to the invention, an individual parameter setting, closed-loop online updating and long-term maintainable engineering system is realized.