Ronald E Cotton

US Patent:

20200401224, Dec 24, 2020

Filed:

Jun 22, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/908337

Inventors:

- Chicago IL, US
Ronald Cotton - Chicago IL, US

Assignee:

Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago d/b/a Shirley Ryan AbilityLab - Chicago IL

International Classification:

G06F 3/01
A61B 5/04
A61B 5/22
A61B 5/11
A61B 5/00

Abstract:

A system for utilizing wearable, wireless-connected sensors that record both IMU and EMG muscle activity for rehabilitation with kinematic monitoring is disclosed. The system runs an efficient quaternion-based complementary filter that estimates the sensor orientation while correcting for estimate drift and constraining magnetometer estimates to only influence heading. The difference in the two sensor orientations is used to estimate the joint angle, which can be further improved with joint axis estimation. Thus, successful tracking of joint angle and muscle activity in a home environment can be accomplished with the sensors and a smartphone. Further, a system utilizing these sensors may include video-capable cameras configured for capturing a video of a pose of the user, and a game framework executable by a processor in communication with the sensors and the cameras. The system may include a game framework configured to utilize a pose trajectory and one or more joint angles determined using the sensors to provide biofeedback to a user.

US Patent:

20200100692, Apr 2, 2020

Filed:

Sep 30, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/588202

Inventors:

- Chicago IL, US
Ronald Cotton - Chicago IL, US

Assignee:

Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago d/b/a/ Shirley Ryan AbilityLab - Chicago IL

International Classification:

A61B 5/04
G06F 3/01

Abstract:

Various embodiments of a platform for providing electromyographic biofeedback are disclosed. The platform includes a sensor device having an IMU and electrodes for simultaneous tracking of IMU and EMG activity. The IMU and EMG data may be generated and leveraged in conjunction with a gaming application provided to a user while engaged to the sensor device to provide biofeedback therapy for rehabilitation.