TY - GEN
T1 - A programmable and portable NMES device for drop foot correction and blood flow assist applications
AU - Breen, Paul P.
AU - Corley, Gavin J.
AU - O'Keeffe, Derek T.
AU - Conway, Richard
AU - ÓLaighin, Gearóid
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - The Duo-STIM, a new, programmable and portable neuromuscular stimulation system for drop foot correction and blood flow assist applications is presented. The system consists of a programmer unit and a portable, programmable stimulator unit. The portable stimulator features fully programmable, sensor-controlled, constant-voltage, dual-channel stimulation and accommodates a range of customized stimulation profiles. Trapezoidal and free-form adaptive stimulation intensity envelope algorithms are provided for drop foot correction applications, while time dependent and activity dependent algorithms are provided for blood flow assist applications. A variety of sensor types can be used with the portable unit, including force sensitive resistor based foot switches and NMES based accelerometer and gyroscope devices. The paper provides a detailed description of the hardware and block-level system design for both units. The programming and operating procedures for the system are also presented. Finally, functional bench test results for the system are presented.
AB - The Duo-STIM, a new, programmable and portable neuromuscular stimulation system for drop foot correction and blood flow assist applications is presented. The system consists of a programmer unit and a portable, programmable stimulator unit. The portable stimulator features fully programmable, sensor-controlled, constant-voltage, dual-channel stimulation and accommodates a range of customized stimulation profiles. Trapezoidal and free-form adaptive stimulation intensity envelope algorithms are provided for drop foot correction applications, while time dependent and activity dependent algorithms are provided for blood flow assist applications. A variety of sensor types can be used with the portable unit, including force sensitive resistor based foot switches and NMES based accelerometer and gyroscope devices. The paper provides a detailed description of the hardware and block-level system design for both units. The programming and operating procedures for the system are also presented. Finally, functional bench test results for the system are presented.
UR - http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/532959
M3 - Conference Paper
C2 - 18002481
SN - 9781424407873
SP - 2416
EP - 2419
BT - Proceedings of the 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE EMBS: Cité Internationale, Lyon, France August 23-26, 2007
PB - I.E.E.E.
T2 - IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual Conference
Y2 - 30 April 2015
ER -