US Patent Issued to BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE on July 15 for "Neurosleeve for closed loop EMG-FES based control of pathological tremors" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,196, issued on July 15, was assigned to BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE (Columbus, Ohio).

"Neurosleeve for closed loop EMG-FES based control of pathological tremors" was invented by Gaurav Sharma (Lewis Center, Ohio) and Patrick Ganzer (Columbus, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tremor suppression device includes a garment wearable on an anatomical region and including electrodes contacting the anatomical region when the garment is worn on the anatomical region, and an electronic controller configured to: detect electromyography (EMG) signals as a function of anatomical location and time using the electrodes; identify tremors as a f...