Edward J Wright

US Patent:

20060004298, Jan 5, 2006

Filed:

Jun 30, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/881923

Inventors:

Philip Kennedy - Duluth GA, US
Dinal Andreasen - Marietta GA, US
Yian Cheng - Alpharetta GA, US
Richard Montricul - Atlanta GA, US
Kristan Wagner - Atlanta GA, US
Ronnie Wilmink - Marietta GA, US
Edward Wright - Atlanta GA, US

International Classification:

A63F 13/00
A61B 5/04
G09B 21/00

US Classification:

600546000, 463036000, 340825190

Abstract:

A system for enabling a user to exert control with bioelectrical impulses via an input from the user includes a first electromyogram interface, a computer display and a computer. The first electromyogram interface to the user is in communication with a first source of bioelectrical impulses from the user. The computer display is capable of displaying a cursor. The computer is in communication with the electromyogram interface and the computer display, and is programmed to sense a first input from the first electromyogram interface, change a first computer control attribute in response to a state change sensed in the first input, and generate a preselected cursor action in response to a change in the first computer control attribute.

US Patent:

20090281448, Nov 12, 2009

Filed:

May 10, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/118687

Inventors:

Edward J. Wright - Atlanta GA, US
Phiip R. Kennedy - Duluth GA, US

Assignee:

NEURAL SIGNALS, INC. - Duluth GA

International Classification:

A61B 5/04
G09B 21/00

US Classification:

600546, 34082519

Abstract:

A sensing apparatus and method allows a patient to control an object by asserting a motor unit action potential. An electromyogram sensor is configured to be placed at a selected location on the patient and to sense a motor unit action potential from the patient. The electromyogram sensor is also configured to generate an EMG signal representative of the motor unit action potential. A personal area network transmitting device that is responsive to the EMG signal is configured to generate a wireless signal that corresponds to the EMG signal. A personal area network receiving device is configured to receive the wireless signal and to convert the wireless signal into an electrical signal. A processor is configured to receive the electrical signal and to generate at least one control signal that has a value corresponding to a state of the electrical signal.