Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080317297 | Computer-Based Facial Paralysis Assessment - A computer-based system is presented for grading facial paralysis, which system is adapted to be operated by a patient, including a camera system for collecting a series of images of the patient's face for analysis by a computer system, and a display which provides visual feedback to the patient so that the computer system can prompt the patient to carry out specific movements or facial exercises. This system is applicable for use in a home environment by a patient. | 12-25-2008 |
20090012436 | ORTHOSIS AND TREATMENT METHOD - Orthosis, configured to be worn by a patient, particularly to treat a medical disorder of the patient, the orthosis ( | 01-08-2009 |
20090171233 | BIOFEEDBACK SYSTEM AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A biofeedback system and a display device for the use in the biofeedback system. Also disclosed is a method for a biofeedback treatment of a person or an animal. Biofeedback is a therapy method which is used in rehabilitation facilities, for example in the neurological rehabilitation. A neural signal magnitude below a certain threshold does not result in a muscle response, for example, because the provided stimulus is insufficient to trigger the muscle. In order to provide a patient with an intuitive feedback of the sub-threshold neural signal nevertheless, the signal is detected and made recognizable to the patient. | 07-02-2009 |
20090204030 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING THE FUNCTIONAL USE OF LIMBS - The invention relates to the area of rehabilitation for patients with motor disabilities, especially for hemiplegic patients. With the present invention a long term, e.g. day and night, patient activity monitoring can be established in a home environment. A core idea of the invention is to evaluate the functional use of a limb by determining the synchronicity of the patient's movements depending on the movement's cyclicity. With this approach a reliable assessment of limb usage can be made based on the daily living activities of the patient. With the present invention the progress of rehabilitation can be monitored and guidance can be provided to therapists and patients about the state of the rehabilitation process. It further makes them aware of a lack of limb usage. | 08-13-2009 |
20090259148 | HEALTH MANAGEMENT DEVICE - The invention relates to a health management system comprising a body or limb movement detecting means for detecting the movements and position of a users body or limb(s) in 3D space, a movement analyzing means for analyzing the data of the measurement carried out by the body or limb movement detecting means, wherein the body or limb movement detecting means comprises at least three sensors or markers for tracking a user's body or limb movement in 3D space by measuring an angle embedded by two body parts of the user which are connected to each other by a joint being the apex of the angle to be measured, at which one of the sensors or markers is provided. To detect the offset a change in distance between two neighboring sensors or markers indicates an offset of the sensor at the joint spaced apart from the apex. | 10-15-2009 |
20090299232 | HEALTH MANAGEMENT DEVICE - A method of analyzing a user's body or limb movement and to a health management system comprising a body or limb movement detecting means for detecting the movement of a user's body or limb(s), a movement analyzing means for analyzing O whether or not a result of the measurement carried out by the body or limb movement detecting means deviates from a pre-specif ϊed value, a recording means for recording and temporarily storing the movement of the user's body or limb(s), wherein, if the result of the measurements carried out by said body movement detecting means exceeds a predetermined threshold, the movement recorded by the recording means is forwarded from the recording means to a storing means in order to provide summary information about the user's movements of the body or limb(s) exceeding the predetermined threshold. | 12-03-2009 |
20100004565 | SENSOR ARRANGEMENT FOR HOME REHABILITATION - A sensor arrangement for home rehabilitation in particular after a stroke comprising at least two sensors. The sensors are attached to the user's body. Each sensor includes—a receiver for receiving a first signal being generated from a source outside the sensor | 01-07-2010 |
20100022351 | FEEDBACK DEVICE FOR GUIDING AND SUPERVISING PHYSICAL EXERCISES - The present invention is related to a feedback device ( | 01-28-2010 |
20100036288 | LIMB MOVEMENT MONITORING SYSTEM - A limb movement monitoring system, comprising a motion sensor, a garment comprising spatially addressable photonic textiles and spatially resolving pressure-sensitive textiles and furthermore a muscular activity sensor, a processing unit processing the data from the sensors and issuing illumination commands to the spatially addressable photonic textiles and a database. There is furthermore a process for monitoring limb movement by the system. | 02-11-2010 |
20100105991 | SYSTEM FOR REHABILITATION AND/OR PHYSICAL THERAPY FOR THE TREATMENT OF NEUROMOTOR DISORDERS - The invention discloses a sensor docking unit ( | 04-29-2010 |
20100116277 | SWITCHABLE JOINT CONSTRAINT SYSTEM - The present invention concerns a switchable joint constraint system comprising at least one motion sensor, a joint constraint which is switchable between a mobile and an immobile state, a signal processing unit and a database. Motion sensor signals are compared to predefined situations. The joint constraint is switched according to whether predefined situations are met. The present invention furthermore concerns a process for handling sensor signals in such a system. The system may be used to support a constraint induced therapy (CIT) for the treatment of e. g. hemiplegy. | 05-13-2010 |
20100180238 | USER INTERFACE SYSTEM FOR A PERSONAL HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENT - The present invention relates to a user interface system for a personal healthcare environment. Furthermore the invention relates to a method of operating such a user interface system. In order to provide a user interface system which can easily be used by disabled users, a user interface system ( | 07-15-2010 |
20100188231 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC SENSOR POSITION RECOGNITION - The present invention relates to an automatic sensor position recognition system comprising: a position recognition unit ( | 07-29-2010 |
20100208945 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SELECTING THE VIEWING CONFIGURATION OF A RENDERED FIGURE - A method for determining a viewing configuration of a rendered figure of a rehab-patient or a sports trainee, aiming to deliver a suitable view on the rendered figure, the method comprising the steps of capturing motion data in the 3D space of one or more body parts of the rehab-patientor the sports trainee and providing them to a computer; and further the step of performing on the computer measurements of deviation of the captured motion data from a reference list of motion data and/or measurements of main motion direction; and based on the results of the above measurements, determining the viewing configuration. | 08-19-2010 |
20110234489 | GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATIONS - There is provided a controller for a display device, the controller comprising a processor configured to receive an indication of the orientation of a user of the display device; receive an indication of the orientation of the display device; and generate a graphical representation of a user of the display device using the received indications, such that the orientation of the graphical representation of the user is adapted based on the orientation of the display device. | 09-29-2011 |